Action therapy with families and groups: Using creative arts improvisation in clinical practice.

Action Therapy With Families and Groups introduces clinicians to innovative therapeutic options that can be used with families and groups: action methods or therapy approaches involving physical movement and expressive arts techniques. These methods provide clients and therapists new ways of both looking at problems and discovering solutions to these problems and are thus especially appropriate to skills training, role development and expansion, relationship enhancement, and short-term treatment with groups, couples, and families. Contributors provide a brief overview of featured action methods and illustrate the application of their particular method to specific therapy cases, discussing the rationale behind their clinical choices and how they handled any special challenges or complications. Chapters illustrate family therapy that focuses on dealing with grief and loss, family reorganization, and the effects of trauma as well as group therapy approaches to the treatment of addictive and compulsive disorders, self-mutilation, substance abuse, autism, chronic mental illness, and career difficulties. This book will appeal to students, educators, and mental health professionals looking for fresh approaches to working with their clients and ways to expand their therapeutic options. Introduces clinicians to innovative therapeutic options that can be used with families and groups: action methods or therapy approaches involving physical movement and expressive art techniques. These methods offer clients and therapists new ways of looking at problems and discovering solutions to these problems and are thus especially appropriate to skills training; role development and expansion; relationship enhancement; and short-term treatment with groups, couples, and families. Contributors provide a brief overview of featured action methods and illustrate the application of their particular method to specific therapy cases, discussing the rationale behind their clinical choices and how they handled any special challenges or complications. Chapters illustrate family therapy that focuses on dealing with grief and loss, family reorganization, and the effects of trauma as well as group therapy approaches to the treatment of addictive and compulsive disorders, self-mutilation, substance abuse, autism, chronic mental illness, and career difficulties. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) This title introduces clinicians to innovative therapeutic options that can be used with families and groups: action methods or therapy approaches involving physical movement and expressive arts techniques. These methods provide clients and therapists new ways of both looking at problems and discovering solutions to these problems and are thus especially appropriate to skills training, role-development and expansion, relationship enhancement and short-term treatment with groups, couples and familes. Contributors provide a brief overview of featured action methods and illustrate the application of their particular method to specific therapy cases, discussing the rationale behind their clinical choices and how they handled any special challenges or complications. Chapters illustrate family therapy that focuses on dealing with grief and loss, family reorganization and the effects of trauma as well as group therapy approaches to the treatment of addictive and compulsive disorders, self-mutilation, substance abuse, autism, chronic mental illness and career difficulties. Annotation Eight contributions overview action therapy methods involving physical movement and expressive arts techniques and illustrate the application of each method to specific therapy cases, describing the rationale behind clinical choices and the handling of special challenges. Topics include dynamic family play with young children, rehearsals for growth applied to substance abuse groups, and group art therapy with self-destructive young women. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) cover.jpg......Page 1 200300832-FRM.pdf......Page 2 200300832-001.pdf......Page 18 200300832-002.pdf......Page 21 200300832-003.pdf......Page 46 200300832-004.pdf......Page 76 200300832-005.pdf......Page 102 200300832-006.pdf......Page 105 200300832-007.pdf......Page 133 200300832-008.pdf......Page 161 200300832-009.pdf......Page 195 200300832-010.pdf......Page 227 200300832-011.pdf......Page 264 200300832-BKM.pdf......Page 272 Annotation "Action Therapy With Families and Groups introduces clinicians to innovative therapeutic options that can be used with families and groups: action methods or therapy approaches involving physical movement and expressive arts techniques. These methods provide clients and therapists new ways of both looking at problems and discovering solutions to these problems