Buchalter Susan - Art Therapy And Creative Coping Techniques For Older Adults - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Art and the therapeutic uses of art provide older adults with valuable ways in which to express and share their feelings needs and fears and with a resource for coping with life's major changes. This practical book is filled with step - by - step exercises for art therapists and other professionals to use in work with older adults either individually or in groups. The author provides brief imaginative warm - ups which encourage participants to become more at ease expressing themselves creatively. She offers ideas for engaging and innovative creative projects across a range of media including art music movement poetry and creative writing all of which can be adapted personalised or combined to meet the particular needs of individual participants. Points to consider when working with this client group are explored and case study examples with participants artwork are included throughout. Appropriate for use with all relatively able older adults including those with depression anxiety or in the early stages of dementia this will be an invaluable tool for art therapists as well as counsellors psychotherapists social workers and carers.
Title: Art Therapy And Creative Coping Techniques For Older Adults
Author(s): Buchalter Susan
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Barcode: 9781849058308
Pages: 328 Pages, 36 Black And White Photographs
Publication Date: 7/1/2011
Series: Arts Therapies
Category: Creative Therapy (Eg Art, Music, Drama)