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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788132803321

Titolo

Art therapy with physical conditions / / edited by Marian Liebmann and Sally Weston ; foreword by Trevor Thompson ; contributors, Jo Beedell [and seventeen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, , 2015

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

615.85156

Soggetti

Art therapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

As the emotional components of physical illnesses become more recognised, there is a renewed interest in the potential of art therapy to help patients come to terms with injury, pain and terminal and life-long conditions.A wide range of experienced art therapists describe their work and its benefits to a variety of groups including those with cancer, debilitating conditions such as myalgic encephalopathy (M.E.) and ulcerative colitis. Physical conditions in combination with other factors such as homelessness or learning disabilities, and children with life-long and chronic conditions are also