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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826289103321

Autore

Halprin Daria

Titolo

The Expressive body in life, art, and therapy : working with movement, metaphor, and meaning / / Daria Halprin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Kingsley, 2003

ISBN

1-283-90416-0

1-4175-0190-1

1-84642-375-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/165

Soggetti

Art therapy

Arts - Therapeutic use

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Part One: Introduction; 1. Movement as Metaphor; 2. How I Got Here; Part Two: Roots and Cross-Pollination; 3. Historical Context; 4. Psychology; 5. Somatic Psychology; 6. Dance; 7. Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Avant-Garde; Part Three: The Practice; 8. Creativity, Art, and Therapy; 9. Maps and Methods of the Practice; 10. Body Part Metaphors; 11. Living Artfully with the Wounded Self; 12. Case Studies; Part Four: Conclusion; 13. Art as a Healing Force in the World; References; Further Reading

Contacting the Tamalpa InstituteSubject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on her extensive experience in expressive arts therapy, Daria Halprin presents a unique approach to healing through movement and art. She describes the body as the container of one's entire life experience and movement as a language that expresses and reveals our deepest struggles and creative potentials.