Creativity, spirituality, and mental health : exploring connections / / Kelley Raab Mayo

• Autore: Raab Kelley A
• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.1/9
• Soggetto topico: Psychology, Religious; Psychology and religion; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Mental illness - Religious aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Marion Milner on Mysticism and Creativity; 3 Spirituality and Creativity: Theory and Practice; 4 Hope and the Religious Imagination; 5 Issues of Mood and Anxiety; 6 Eating Disorders; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book emphasizes the integral connections between imagination, creativity, and spirituality and their role in healing. Part One highlights the work of a neglected yet important psychoanalyst, Marion Milner - a painter and undeclared mystic - expanding her work on creativity, mysticism, and mental health. Part Two explores imagination and creativity as expressed in fostering hope and in spiritually-oriented therapies, particularly for mood, anxiety, and eating disorders - offering practical application of studies in imagination and the arts. Raab Mayo concludes that both creativity and the
• Titolo autorizzato: Creativity, spirituality, and mental health
• ISBN: 1-315-57473-X; 1-317-15814-8; 1-317-15813-X; 1-282-34429-3; 9786612344299; 0-7546-9635-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812569203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies