Full Description
This book presents fresh and practical interdisciplinary arts-based concepts and methods to support and improve therapists' work assisting individuals and groups to develop coping, expressive, and communicative skills, broaden creativity and increase flexibility. It is written in a hands-on style combining theory, detailed protocols, and examples that the author brings together, offering an array of creative ways to work with different clients for a variety of aims. The book expands arts therapy practice to additional dimensions, enriching and improving professionals' work by presenting new knowledge in fields such as "performance-based therapy," "nature therapy," supervision and assessment, and mind-body connections. Berger's creative and pioneering style extends to sharing with readers the thought processes that culminated in developing the methods he presents. This approach inspires and invites practitioners to develop and implement their own creative methods. Ronen Berger, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer, drama therapist, and supervisor. Founder of Nature Therapy and former ecologist and dancer. He is head of the Drama Therapy MA Program at Ono College - The School for Arts and Social and Tel-Hai College, and teaches at Tel-Hai College and abroad. This is his 5th book.
Contents
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Performance-Based Therapy: Using Performance as a Central Axis in Therapy; Living Statue as a Therapy Method: Theoretical Framework and Protocol; From Aggression to Creation: Using Protest Art, Graffiti, Rap, and Spoken Word to Promote; By Covering, We Reveal: Using Representative and Collective Masks for Empowerment and Transformation; From the Body to the Word: A New Framework and Protocol for Intermodal Creative Group Work; The Multi-Dimensional Pyramid Model for Supervision; Talking in a Variety of Creative Languages; Shifting Roles: An Arts-Based Supervision Model; Nature Therapy: Theoretical and Conceptual Framework; Nature Therapy Models; Nature Therapy: Ethical and Professional Considerations; Beyond the Screen: Concepts, Methods, and Ethical Guidelines to Improve Arts-Based Therapy via Zoom; Index.
