Art and Healing: Using Expressive Art to Heal Your Body, Mind, and Spirit
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (908 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1626549583 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 258 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Barbara Ganim is director of the Institute for the Expressive Arts and on the faculty of the Holistic Counseling graduate program at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. She is the coauthor of Visual Journaling: Going Deeper Than Words to Give Voice to Your Soul.
Filled with actual stories from those who have triumphed over adversity and with more than a hundred different pieces of artwork created using this groundbreaking method, Art and Healing is sure to provide the tools needed for healing body and spirit.. Most important, you don't need to think of yourself as an artist or even believe you have any "talent" to tap into the healing powers of art.In this remarkable testament to the power of creativity, Barbara Ganim shows step-by-step how to use art to heal body, mind, and spirit. By using guided meditation and artistic techniques, you can gain insight and clarity into depression, anxiety, rage, and even illnesses, including cancer, arthritis, and AIDS.At once inspirational and instructive, Art and Healing will teach you how to connect with negative, painful, and even repressed emotions and then express them through drawing, painting, sculpture, or collage. Releasing these feelings through the creative process frees up the immune system and clears the mind, allowing the body to fight off disease and begin to heal emotional wounds. Artists have always known intuitively what science is just beginning to discover: that creating a visual image through any medium can produce physical and emotional benefits for both the creator as well as those who view it
The next best thing to taking a workshop on Art and Healing. M. Pierce This book is an inspiration! The material is presented simply, clearly, and in a logical progression. Ater reading the first few chapters, which talk about how to use the art and healing process, and the differences in expressing emotions verbally and through imagery, I felt I had a much better understanding of the topic and the confidence to try the process for myself. One of the things I especially like about it, is that it contains plenty of anecdotal work with clients and includes the artwork that came out of their process (which helped relieve the insecurity I felt about my own art ab. Excellent Interactive Book Orchid Goddess This is a very good book to help anyone learn about expressive arts and to use them for healing of self or for others. Simple and yet deep at the same time. Ganim takes us on a jouney and show us how to approach our emotions through the art work. The examples of visual pieces are just wonderful.Excellent for individual work, group therapy, and most definitely children. This book is a very fast read and you may find yourself flying a little to fast through the pagesbut I would have to say this is a worthy book to any clinician or client who want to gain understanding for themselves and othe. Excellent illustrations, but falls short Art and healing-- such an intriguing topic and title. The author has pulled together a wealth of images and stories about artists who "heal" and how art has the capacity to do the same. But I was extremely disappointed that the author stooped to claims beyond what has been researched about art as a healer-- many claims about art, imagery, and visualization are made that are not substantiated by research other than anecdotal claims. The introduction claims there is neurological evidence of art, prayer and healing all coming from the same place; if this is so, please share the research refer
Filled with actual stories from those who have triumphed over adversity and with more than a hundred different pieces of artwork created using this groundbreaking method, Art and Healing is sure to provide the tools needed for healing body and spirit. By using guided meditation and artistic techniques, you can gain insight and clarity into depression, anxiety, rage, and even illnesses, including cancer, arthritis, and AIDS. At once inspirational and instructive, Art and Healing will teach you how to connect with negative, painful, and even repres