Kreativ terapi (konstterapi, musikterapi, dramaterapi)

Kan vi må bättre genom att läsa litteratur? Vilken litteratur i så fall? Och hur går det egentligen till att läsa i hälsofrämjande eller personlighetsutvecklande syfte? Frågorna utgör utgångspunkter i det första större verket om biblioterapi på sv...

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Stephen Johnson undersöker hur den ryske tonsättaren Dmitrij Sjostakovitjs musik tog form under Stalins terrorregim och gestaltade det förtryckta folkets rädsla och hopp. Johnson skriver om musikens läkande inverkan på människor som lider av psyki...

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One of the most unexpectedly useful things we can do when we're feeling glum or out of sorts is to look at pictures. The best works of art can lift our spirits, remind us of what we love and return perspective to our situation. A few moments in fr...

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Demonstrating the benefits of creative expression for patients living with acute or chronic illness, this volume provides a complete, practical introduction to medical art therapy. It presents evidence-based strategies for helping people of all ag...

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Tänk vilken tillgång det är att ha nära till en vacker park eller trädgård när man befinner sig i kris, blivit sjuk eller gammal och är beroende av vård! En medvetet anlagd och använd trädgård intill vårdinrättningen påverkar nämligen både vår liv...

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____________________________ We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how. Creativity is usually regarded as a mysterious, rare gift that only a few possess. John Cleese begs to differ, and in this short, immensely practical and often ver...

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Almametoden har utvecklats av Janet Svensson, som är pionjär i Sverige inom bildterapins område. I den här boken sammanfattar hon 25 år som kliniskt verksam bildterapeut. Teoretiskt har Almametoden C. G. Jungs struktur över psyket som grund. Almam...

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BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson explores the power of Shostakovich's music during Stalin's reign of terror, and writes of the extraordinary healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness. Johnson looks at neurological, psychotherapeu...

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A SUNDAY TIMES FILM & TV BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Razor-sharp and as funny as I May Destroy You ... A gifted writer' Sunday Times | 'A remarkable talent' Guardian | 'A perfect truth-teller of our time' ELLE | 'Le...

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Through play, as children, we learn the rules and relationships of culture and expand our tolerance of emotion. Here, leading writers such as Jaak Panksepp, Allan Schore, Pat Ogden and Louis Cozolino illuminate what play and creativity mean for th...

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This landmark book not only offers the first account of the history of emotion in Western music, with a broad sweep from Gregorian chant to Beyonc, but also lays out an original theory for understanding musical emotion that centers the work of com...

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This Handbook provides an overview of psychology-based research on media entertainment that investigates how media users are drawn into and affected by entertaining media experiences. The 41 chapters introduce field-defining and emerging theories ...

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Dementia is a significant health issue facing our aging population. Although there is no known cure, there is increasing evidence that music is an effective treatment for various symptoms of dementia. Music therapy and musical activities can have ...

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The Handbook of Imagination and Culture is a unique interdisciplinary collection of chapters showing the centrality of imagination in the development of persons and societies. This book brings together a group of psychologists, philosophers, socia...

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The performing arts is an emerging area of youth community practice that has tremendous potential for reaching and positively transforming urban youth lives and to do so in a socially just manner.

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In Resonant Recoveries, author Jillian C. Rogers shows what a profound effect World War I had on French musical life as musicians and their audiences turned to music as a consolatory practice to help them mourn their losses and heal their wounds.

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This book provides a practical guide to empirical approaches that are ready for incorporation in the contemporary musicologist's toolkit, including perspectives from music theory, computational musicology, thnomusicology, and the psychology and so...

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The importance of cognition in teaching, learning, and research in music education has been championed by individuals in the arts, led by Elliot Eisner of Stanford University and by psychologists such as Howard Gardner of Harvard University and Ro...

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This book is a thoughtful, informative, and practical guide for anyone involved in caring for the seriously and chronically ill or dying. The connection between spirituality and medicine has been receiving a lot of attention in both the scientific...

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The literature dealing with the auditory impact of studio-based practices and technologies on the listening experience is scattered and mainly comprises specialized articles inaccessible to most audio professionals and students. Making Sense of Re...

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Collaborative Insights provides new, interdisciplinary perspectives on the relationship between music and well-being at every point in life.

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Music Downtown Eastside offers an in-depth look at how music-making can promote human rights among the homeless and others living in urban neighborhoods marked by poverty. Author Klisala Harrison critically examines a wide range of local initiativ...

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Psychology for Musicians, Second Edition draws on insights provided by recent research in music psychology, combining academic rigor with accessibility to offer readers research-supported ideas that they can readily apply in their musical activities.

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We make or listen to music for the powerful effect it has on our emotions, and we can't imagine our lives without music. Yet we tend to know nothing about the intricate networks that neurons create throughout our brains to make music possible. The...

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Since the publication in 1986 of Sloboda's book The Musical Mind, music psychology has developed as a vibrant area of research, exerting influence on areas as diverse as music education and cognitive neuroscience. This new book brings together 23 ...

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The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing considers various applications of dance in promoting wellbeing. The handbook's five sections encompass diverse perspectives on dance and related movement practices, including physical, socio-cultural and ...

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A man kidnaps his two children, murders one, and attempts to kill the other. The prosecution seeks the death penalty, while the defense employs an unusual strategy to avoid the sentence. The defendant's attorneys turn to more than 100 examples of ...

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DK brings you an all-encompassing knitting book jam-packed with pretty patterns, savvy stitches and more! With over 120 patterns to choose from for a variety of knitting stitches, this design book is sure to unleash your potential and inspire your...

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Get a quick, expert overview of the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions in health care. This practical resource compiled by Dr. Olivia Swedberg Yinger provides a concise, useful overview of the profession of music therapy, inclu...

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Art and Expressive Therapies Within the Medical Model explores how to best collaborate across disciplines as art and expressive therapists continue to become increasingly prevalent within the medical community. This collection of diverse chapters ...

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