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In
Dreaming, Healing and Imaginative Arts Practice, Kathleen Anne Connellan brings dream theory together with art practice and art psychotherapy to demonstrate how releasing the imagination can open-up processes of healing.
List of contents
List of Figures. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction; Chapter 1
: What is a dream? Keeping a dream journal; Chapter 2
: Who am I and why? Archetypes and shadows; Chapter 3
: Belonging: Dreaming and place; Chapter 4: Movement dreams: Escaping and returning; Chapter 5: The object and its crisis: Locating pain and pleasure; Chapter 6: Sensory triggers: Beyond sight; Conclusion; Index.
About the author
Dr Kathleen Anne Connellan is a retired Senior Lecturer from the School of Art, Architecture and Design at the University of South Australia. She is now a creative therapist and author committed to bringing the mind, body and soul together, and she specialises in incorporating the therapeutic benefits of creativity in healing spaces.
Summary
In Dreaming, Healing and Imaginative Arts Practice, Kathleen Anne Connellan brings dream theory together with art practice and art psychotherapy to demonstrate how releasing the imagination can open-up processes of healing.
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"A fascinating yet practical blend of imagination, art and embodiment that will speak both to the clinical field and to those involved in thinking about their art practices, Connellan is experienced, erudite, lucid and, in creatively crossing outmoded disciplinary boundaries, exceptionally brave and challenging." - Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of Essex, UK
