Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies: Theory and Practice

By: Zoe Arlene Avstreih and John Fox and Fiona Chang and Bonnie Gabriel and Ellen Mullin and Jürgen Fritsche and Joel Gluck and Anna Lagomaggiore and Denise Grocke and David Payne and Merryl Rothaus and Jared D. Kass and Gemma Oldrini and Patricia Isis and Pat Allen and Debra L. Kalmanowitz and Carolyn Van Dort and Lucia Minerbi and Paola Luzzatto and Janet Surrey and Karin Von Daler and Gabriella Ventrella and Shaun Mcniff and Emily Tara Weiner and Schwanbeck Schwanbeck and Michael Franklin and Laury Rappaport and Jennifer Tantia and Sidney Trantham and Caroline Peterson and Nancy Beardall and Daniel Herring

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Synopsis: This ground-breaking book explores the theoretical, clinical and training application of integrating mindfulness with all of the arts therapies, and includes cutting-edge contributions from neuroscience. Written by pioneers and leaders in the arts therapies and psychology fields, the book includes 6 sections that examine mindfulness and the arts therapies from different perspectives: 1) the history and roots of mindfulness in relation to spirituality, psychotherapy and the arts therapies; 2) the role of the expressive arts in cultivating mindful awareness; 3) innovative approaches that add mindfulness to the arts therapies; 4) arts therapies approaches that are inherently mindfulness-based; 5) mindfulness in the training and education of arts therapists; and 6) the neuroscience underlying mindfulness and the arts therapies. Contributors describe their pioneering work with diverse applications: people with cancer, trauma, chronic pain, substance abuse, severe mental illness, clients in private practice, adolescents at camp, training dance and art therapists, and more. This rich resource will inspire and rejuvenate all clinicians and educators.