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The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy: Working with Movement, Metaphor and Meaning
Drawing on her extensive experience in expressive arts therapy, Daria Halprin presents a unique approach to healing through movement and art. She describes the body as the container of one's entire life experience and movement as a language that expresses and reveals our deepest struggles and creative potentials. Interweaving artistic and psychological processes, she offers a philosophy and methodology that invites the reader to consider the transformational capacity of the arts. In this essential resource for anyone interested in the integration of psychotherapy and the arts, Halprin also presents case studies and a selection of exercises that she has evolved over her career and practised at the Tamalpa Institute for over twenty-five years.
- GenresPsychologyArt
248 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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March 9, 2015
I mostly just skimmed this one and harvested nuggets for a paper. But looking at the end notes, I am finding that I harvested quite a bit! Lots of good information. There is a chapter on body part metaphors that I did not get to but looks particularly interesting for thinking about future injuries.
June 15, 2014
A fascinating look at the history of expressive arts therapy, with chapters that also include a case study, and chapters on the how-to's of implementing expressive art therapy.
Expression of emotions through the body that simply cannot be expressed with words is an entirely valid method of communication which could help many, many people.
Expression of emotions through the body that simply cannot be expressed with words is an entirely valid method of communication which could help many, many people.
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