Explore Yourself Through Art: Creative Projects to Help You Achieve Personal Insight & Growth & Promote Problem Solving [Mass Market Paperback]

Vicky Barber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 29, 2002

Written by an experienced art therapist, Explore Yourself Through Art is the first pracatical guide to self-directed art therapy. This accessible and informative handbook offers a wide range of exercises and fascinating activities for the mind and body. Discover the benefits of:

* Automatic drawing-how scribbling can loosen your inhibitions
* Clay modeling-and it's effects on suppressed emotions and anxieties
* Masks-a powerful communication tool
* Understanding your dreams-the key to self-knowledge and self-esteem

Including guidelines to interpretation, how to tailor activities to your special needs, and coping with loss, depression, trauma, and addiction through art, this is a vital resource for anyone in search of inventive ways to resolve issues, foster change, and make informed life choices.

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About the Author

Vicky Barber is a college lecturer and trained art therapist. She has worked with clients in the private and public sectors, both in groups and on individual basis. She is currently a creative consultant to a leading advertising agency.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Plume (October 29, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452283841
• ISBN-13: 978-0452283848
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #868,873 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!, January 11, 2005

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Keggy (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

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I bought this book while searching for directives to do with my art therapy groups. The cover was so enticing I had to take a look, but I never expected to find the treasure trove inside. This is the book I have dreamed of writing myself. It is laid out beautifully, it is colorful, has great photos, good explanations, and is overall very inviting. Just thumbing through it makes me want to pull out some paints and play.

One of my favorite features is the questions to think about after each directive.

I think this is a great book for an individual to explore self expression through art, and also for the art therapy intern, hungry for ideas.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Starter Book, March 16, 2007

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Enid Sefcovic (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This book offers up solid advice for the person who would like to be more expressive but isn't sure where to start. There are easy projects that can readily be adapted to one's own ideas. Colorful photos accompany the clear, concise directions. Questions are prompts for exploring issues and feelings released as we explore ourselves using left-brain creativity. I simultaneously was reading Estes' Women Who Run with the Wolves, a Jungian interpretation of folk tales that provide clues about how to access our inner wild woman. Exploring Yourself through Art was the perfect practical manual to supplement that intellectual journey.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for art classes, December 11, 2011

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Carolyn Dargevics (Neenah, WI) - See all my reviews

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I purchased this book to create art projects for a course I was creating to uncover our hidden purpose through art. It is an excellent book!