The healing dance : the life and practice of an expressive arts therapist / by Kathleen Rea ; with a foreword by Stephen K. Levine.

Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publishers, Ltd., [2013]

xvi, 215 pages ; 26 cm

1. Becoming A Therapist -- 2. A Map Of Human Experience -- Influences that Form My Ground -- My Map -- Part One: Body-Based Wisdom -- Six Forms of Body Wisdom. -- My Map -- Part Two: The Self in Relationship to the World -- The World Out There -- My Map -- Part Three: Wellness and Dysfunction -- Patterns of Dysfunction -- 3. Healing Through The Arts -- A Recipe for Transformation from a Neurological Perspective -- Therapeutic Art-Based Experiences -- 1. How the Arts Provide a Sense of Safety -- 2. How the Arts Entice Exploration -- 3. How the Arts Build Relationships -- 4. How the Arts Engage People with the World -- 5. How the Arts Increase Self-Knowledge and Interaction -- 6. The Arts Encourage New Connections and -- Long-Lasting Change -- The Sum Effect of Expressive Arts Methods -- 4. The Art Of Grief -- 5. The Art Of Sensation -- My Six-Step Method -- 1. Notice the Sensation -- 2. Describe the Sensation -- 3. Stay-With the Sensation -- 4. Find a Simple Shape or Movement that Matches the Sensation -- 5. Amplify and Intensify the Sensation -- 6. Harvest -- How the Steps Work Together -- Final Words.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and index.