Creative Therapist in Practice

In The Creative Therapist in Practice Hillary and Bradford Keeney present a radically innovative approach to the practice of therapy. Combining improvisational performing arts, action-oriented cybernetics, and ecstatic healing traditions, therapy is re-imagined as a creative transformative art.

List of contents

PART I
The Basics
1 The Historical Development of Creative Therapy
2 What's Different About the Creative Therapist?
3 The Practical Operations of a Creative Therapy Session
PART II
Creative Therapy Case Studies
4 Half a Beard with a Slice of Sour Cherry Pie
5 A True Fairy Tale
6 The Lady with Two Violins
7 Building a House for a Gentle Feather
8 The Intestinal Friend
9 Sharing the Bitterness Until Death Do Us Part
10 Electrically Ordained in Arkansas
11 The Lightning King
12 Our Love Is Here to Stay
PART III
Epilogue
13 Creative Therapy Is Jazz
14 How to Get Started
Appendix: A 'Pataphysical History for the Future of Creative Therapy
References

About the author

Hillary Keeney, PhD, is Director, Institute for Creative Therapy, Distinguished Visiting Professor at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, and Associate Editor of the journal, Dance, Movement, and Spiritualities.
Bradford Keeney, PhD, is the former director of several clinical doctoral programs, an improvisational pianist, and an explorer of creative approaches to psychotherapy.

Product details

• Authors: Bradford Keeney, Hillary Keeney, Keeney Hillary
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2019
• EAN: 9780367078072
• ISBN: 978-0-367-07807-2
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Group, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Social Work, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama), Creative therapy / Expressive therapies