Customer Reviews

Managing Traumatic Stress Through Art: Drawing from the Center

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This extraordinary work enabled me to work through my great stress and associated feelings after my Father was diagnosed with stomach cancer which resulted in his death. I am grateful to the authors for creating such a powerful, accessible, and healing book. The instruction is clear, concise, and most importantly, easy to follow. Guidance is offered when challenging feelings arise. One never feels left in the lurch. And I don't believe you must be an artist, at all, to use this book, though you might be prompted to continue working with the simple and easily aquired materials the authors suggest. I can't say enough about the usefulness of this book for dealing with emotional trauma.

I find this book a valuable companion easily adaptable for the professional social worker, counselor or therapist. Many of the exercises are easy to adapt and adjust for the needs of the client. Adjustable for group or individual work. My copy is filled with bookmarks. When I use it other therapists want a copy.

I found this book to be a super-great tool in managing my own traumatic stress through art. There are guided instructions and questions to answer that help you understand and deal with the traumatic stress feelings. I recommend this for anyone with Bi-Polar, PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, DBT group members, and Major Depressive Disorder sufferers. I hope you love it as much as I do and continue to.

This book has been a great support for me at home on difficult days during my recovery from PTSD. It often goes into much more depth on each subject/project than I am able to go with, but I like that I can go back and redo previous projects as I heal. The book always gets me started toward feeling and releaseing feelings, it is an outlet for fun and part of my "self-care" list. I had wanted to include art therapy in my healing process. I am not close to any practioners so this book has made it possible for me at home.

This is a great book, it took me 37 years to try to deal with PTSD and if I had worked it with another vet or a professional it might have been less painful.

This one is worth the price. I have used this book both as a tool with clients and I have used this book for ideas and interventions. Good for the student and the professional. Good for the client too.

excellent book, full of great ideas on how to process stress. great for any art therapist working with clients with traumatic stress

this is a really good book. i would recommend it to anyone recovering from trauma. you do not need to be an artist at all.