Environmental Expressive Therapies: Nature-Assisted Theory and Practice - 9781138233072

Environmental Expressive Therapies contributes to the emerging phenomenon of eco-arts therapy by highlighting the work that international expressive arts therapists have accomplished to establish a framework for incorporating nature as a partner in creative/expressive arts therapy practices. Each of the contributors explores a particular specialization and outlines the implementation of multi-professional and multi-modal "earth-based" creative/expressive interventions that practitioners can use in their daily work with patients with various clinical needs. Different forms of creative/expressive practices--such as creative writing, play therapy techniques, visual arts, expressive music, dramatic performances, and their combinations with wilderness and animal-assisted therapy--are included in order to maximize the spectrum of treatment options. Environmental Expressive Therapies represents a variety of practical approaches and tools for therapists to use to achieve multiple treatment goals and promote sustainable lifestyles for individuals, families, and communities.

• | Author: Alexander Kopytin, Madeline Rugh
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: May 26, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 266 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Nature
• | ISBN-10: 1138233072
• | ISBN-13: 9781138233072