Creative arts therapies manual : a guide to the history, theoretical approaches, assessment, and work with special populations of art, play, dance, music, drama, and poetry therapies / edited by Stephanie L. Brooke, PH.D., NCC.

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas Publisher, Ltd., [2006]

xiii, 282 pages : black and white illustrations ; 27 cm

A short story of art therapy practice in the United States / Patricia St. John -- The theory and practice of Jungian art therapy / Hoda Mazloomian -- The assessment attitude / Anne Mills -- Individual art therapy with resistant adolescents / Susan Boyes -- Art therapy within an interdisciplinary framework : working with aphasia and communication science disorders / Ellen G. Horovitz -- The history of play therapy / Mistie D. Barnes -- Theoretical perspectives of play therapy / Joshua A. Thomas-Asker and Sally S. Sloan -- Combining play and cognitive interventions in the treatment of attachment disordered children / Kevin O'Connor -- Play therapy assessment / Charles E. Myers -- Expressive therapies with grieving children / Hilda R. Glazer -- Moving with meaning : the historical progression of dance/movement therapy / Laurice D. Nemetz -- Theoretical perspectives in D/MT : visions for the future / Sabine C. Koch -- The Kestenberg Movement Profile / Suzanne C. Hastie -- Assessment in dance/movement therapy / Robyn Flaum Cruz -- In-school dance/movement therapy for traumatized children / Rena Kornblum and Robyn Lending Halsten -- Meditation and movement therapy for children with traumatic stress reactions / Deborah A. O'Donnell -- The history of music therapy / Joke Bradt -- Music therapy theoretical approaches / E. Magdalena LaVerdiere -- A mosaic of music therapy assessments / Eric B. Miller -- Empowering women survivors of childhood sexual abuse : a collaborative music therapy-social work approach / Sandra L. Curtis and Gisèle C.T. Harrison -- Music therapy with inner city, at-risk children : from the literal to the symbolic / Vanessa A. Camilleri -- Ancient and modern roots of drama therapy / Sally Bailer -- Drama therapy theoretical perspectives / Yehudit Silverman -- The use of role-play as an assessment instrument / Ted Rubenstein -- Dramatherapy and refugee youth / Yasmine Rana -- Psychodrama still growing and evolving after all these years / Karen Carnabucci -- Poetry, the healing pen / Mari Alschuler -- The therapeutic value of poetry / Norma Leedy -- Creative connections / Michael P. Hand -- Ethical delivery of creative therapeutic approaches / Kristin Larson. Includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographical references.