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Description

A classic in art therapy literature since its introduction nearly two decades ago, this book is an expression of the author�s desire to link the practice of art psychotherapy to the core issues of life as presented in existentialism. The inclusion of existential in this book�s title denotes an interest in human struggle with issues of life in the face of death. The Canvas Mirror is the story of connections�the author�s connections with his patients, their connections with each other, and, ultimately, the author�s connections with the reader. We are provided in this book with a philosophy of how to be rather than a manual of what to do. The author shows us that it is possible to speak in plain language about the difficulties of therapists� patients if art therapists also speak to themselves in that same language. Unique features include: existential values and artistic traditions; metaphor, ritual, and journey; structuring chaos; existential emptiness and art; tenets of existential art therapy; the frame of The Canvas Mirror; listening to images and relating to artworks; dimensions of creative action; artists of the cutting edge; the changing face of illness; existential leadership and basic tasks; and dialoguing with dreams. Replete with numerous illustrations, this text will serve as a valuable resource to medical and mental health professionals, occupational therapists, artists, students and theorists of art, and rehabilitation professionals. The current state of mental health care, with short stays and a problem-focused approach, makes this book even more relevant today than when it was first published in 1990.
Typham this is the title: Existential Art Therapy The Canvas Mirror 3rd Edition