Pioneering art therapist Shaun McNiff guides you through his seminal methods – from choosing materials and getting started, to interpreting and dialoguing with the images you create, to using movement, sound, and writing to build on your resources. The medicine you need to heal is as close and abundant as your own imagination, he teaches. Return now to this timeless tradition for self-healing through creative expression, with Art Can Heal Your Life.
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How art heals is a mystery as old as civilization itself. To the first shamans, no remedy was more important than the medicine of the imagination. For the past 30 years artist and art therapist Shaun McNiff has worked in this same tradition, seeking ways to engage the healing energy that exists within art, and building a case for a new "therapy of the imagination" that today is practiced worldwide. Now you can learn to access this natural medicine - and explore your own soul's capacity for self-healing
About the Author
Shaun Mcniff, Ph.D.is an artist, author, and internationally recognized figure in the creative arts therapies. Dr. McNiff serves as Provost and Dean of Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts, and is the president-elect of the American Art Therapy Association. He is the founder of many graduate programs across the country, and teaches extensively in Switzerland and Israel. Dr. McNiff is the author of many books, including Art As Medicine, Depth Psychology of Art, and Trust the Process.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
better writer than speaker,
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This review is from: Art Can Heal Your Life (Audio Cassette)
This is in answer to the Denver reader. I have not reviewed Shaun's audiotape, however I have heard him speak on several occasions. I have to admit that I also was very disappointed in what he had to say about art therapy and about his work. There are other art therapists in the field who are much better speakers. If you are looking for depth, my best suggestion is to crack open one of his books (he is an eloquent writer -ie. Art as Medicine) If you are looking for an overview w/o reading,my suggestion to you is to go to a national conferance (check out American Art Therapy Association website) or to a lecture at Naropa in Boulder, CO.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not much substance here,
By A Customer
This review is from: Art Can Heal Your Life (Audio Cassette)
The speaker, while acclaimed to be an expert on art and healing, has not given the listener a tape with much substance, despite all his expertise. What comes through very clearly is the speaker's lack of involvement with people using the techniques he describes. There is little depth and authencity to what he puts forth for this reason and I was left wondering how or why to try the techniques he was proposing. He spends a lot of time talking about art and healing as if he were watching the parade and not really participating in it. Delivery of information was excellent, but it left me uninspired.
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