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Clay is universally recognized as a medium of creative expression, and it also has great potential for therapeutic application. These two properties of clay are celebrated together in a book that explores the history, theory and techniques of claywork in eliciting therapeutic outcomes. Vignettes and case material explain and expand the text, which interweaves an appreciation of clay in art with many practical suggestions for its use in therapy.
Clay is universally recognized as a medium of creative expression, and it also has great potential for therapeutic application. These two properties of clay are celebrated together in a book that explores the history, theory and techniques of claywork in eliciting therapeutic outcomes. Vignettes and case material explain and expand the text, which interweaves an appreciation of clay in art with many practical suggestions for its use in therapy.
By according equal status to aesthetic outcomes and artistic integrity, the author offers a new and holistic approach to claywork. Practitioners and educators in the fields of therapy and art will find his book to be an essential source of information and ideas.
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David Henley is Director of the Art Therapy Program at Long Island University and Clinical Director of a psychiatric group serving children with ADHD and related disorders. During his career as an art therapist and educator he has lectured, taught and written extensively on many aspects of art therapy.
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One summer day, a group of children attending a therapeutic day camp assembled by a sandy lake-shore for their group art therapy experience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aesthetic viability, edible clay, bisque ware, throwing process, mouse child, glaze fire, mute child, electric kiln, clay body, art therapist, figurative sculpture, opening vignette, polymer clay, art therapy, contact comfort Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asperger Syndrome, New Mexico, Ethan Brand, Andy Goldsworthy, Dawn Henley, Native Americans, Zen Buddhism New!
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- The Language of the Goddess by Marija Gimbutas in Back Matter
- A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics by Suzanne G. Valenstein in Back Matter
- The Living Tradition of Maria Martinez by Susan Peterson in Back Matter
- Art Therapy: A Handbook (Psychotherapy Handbooks Series) by Diane Waller in Front Matter
- The Empty Fortress: Infantile Autism and the Birth of the Self by Bruno Bettelheim in Back Matter
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- Sand, Water, Silence: The Embodiment of Spirit : Explorations in Matter and Psyche by Mary Jane Markell in Front Matter
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