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Expressive Arts Therapy
Creative Processes in Art and Life
Appalachian Expressive Arts Collective
Parkway Publishers
978-1-887905-68-8
$25.00 paperback
6 x 9
171 pages
Published in 2003
Appalachian, Educational, Photography & Art
Expressive Arts Therapy is written primarily for therapists and for students who are becoming therapists. It may also prove insightful to artists, teachers, and others interested in exploring the power of expressive arts for growth and healing. It offers theoretical grounding and practical applications that have grown from the Appalachian Expressive Arts Collective’s experience.

Reviews
“Expressive Arts Therapy is a rich collection of artistic writings, paintings, and wisdom drawn from a team of talented and creative counselors and therapists at Appalachian State University. The book immerses the reader with a pleasant and generous flood of verbal and visual artistic impressions. It offers practical ideas for ‘doing art’ in various forms as well as giving personal interpretations of life as art. Like a hearty soup, a reader will find much nourishment in the pages of this book. There is food for thought and feeling throughout. Taking in and digesting the wonders of this work is an exciting, powerful, and potentially transcendent adventure.”
Samuel T. Gladding, PhD, Associate Provost, Wake Forest University
“Collaboratively written by members of the Appalachian Expressive Arts Collective and especially intended for therapists (and students who are studying to become therapists), Expressive Arts Therapy: Creative Process In Art And Life is an informative and user friendly guide to exercises that incorporate art as a therapy tool to promote healing. Encompassing group activities, expression through drawing, rituals, and more, Expressive Arts Therapy is very highly recommended reading for anyone charged with helping people in need of creative counseling.”
Midwest Book Review

Links
More on Expressive Arts Therapy by Parkway Publishers:
Expressive Arts Therapy Sourcebook
Read more about the Expressive Arts Therapy program at Appalachian State University:
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/hpc/programs/expressive_arts/index.htm
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