Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies: Theory and Practice

Contents

• Acknowledgements. Foreword. Jakusho Kwong Roshi, Founder and Abbot, Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, Genjoji, Santa Rosa, California. Introduction.
• Part I . Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies: Overview and Roots.
• 1. Mindfulness, Psychotherapy, and the Arts Therapies. Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., ATR-BC, REAT, MFT, Professor and Consultant Mind-Body Dept., Five Branches University; Founder and Director Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute and Debra Kalmanowitz, MA, R
• Part II . Cultivating Mindful Awareness and Presence through the Expressive Arts.
• 2. The Role of Witnessing and Immersion in the Moment of Arts Therapy Practice. Shaun McNiff, Ph.D., ATR-BC, University Professor, Lesley University.
• 3. Intention and Witness: Tools for Mindfulness in Art and Writing. Patricia Allen, Ph.D., ATR-BC, Faculty, Art Institute of Chicago.
• Part III . Integrating Mindfulness with the Arts Therapies.
• 4. Mindfulness Based Art Therapy: Applications for Healing With Cancer. Caroline Peterson, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, Joan Karnell Cancer Center, Pennsylvania Hospital.
• 5. Mindful Body Awareness in Art Therapy with Chronic Pain Syndrome. Jurgen Fritsche, University of Munich, Academy of Fine Arts Munich: Graduate Program in Art Therapy, Pain Clinic, Schwabing Hospital, Munich.
• 6. Mindfulness and Dance Movement Therapy with Trauma. Jennifer Tantia, Ph.D., BC-DMT, LCAT, Adjunct Faculty Adlephi University; Private Practice.
• 7. Mindfulness and Drama Therapy: Insight Improvisation and the Transformation of Anger. Joel Gluck , M.Ed., RDT., Registered Drama Therapist, North American Drama Therapy Association.
• 8. Music, Imagery and Mindfulness with Substance Dependency. Carolyn Van Dort, Post-Graduate Degree, Music Therapy; Guided Imagery and Music, Teacher, Music and Imagery, University of Melbourne and Denise Grocke, Ph.D., RMT, MT-BC, FAMI. Professor of Mus
• 9. Poetry Therapy, Creativity, and the Practice of Mindfulness. John Fox, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, John F. Kennedy University, California Institute of Integral Studies.
• 10. The Silent Creative Retreat for People with Cancer: The Assissi Model for Professionals. Paola Luzzatto, Art Therapy Italiana, Bologna, Italy, David Payne, Bonnie Gabriel, Anna Lagomaggiore, Lucia Minerbi, Ellen Mullin, Gemma Oldrini and Gabriella Ve
• 11. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and the Expressive Arts Therapies in a Hospital Based Community Outreach Program. Patricia D. Isis, Ph.D., LMHC, ATR-BC, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Private Practice, Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Instruc
• 12. Mindfulness Based Expressive Therapies for People with Severe Mental Illness and Persistent Mental Illness. Daniel Herring, MA, LMHC, Founding Director: Merrick Valley Center for Mindful Healing, Haverhill, MA; Adjunct Faculty Lesley University, Camb
• Part IV . Mindfulness-Based Arts Therapies Approaches.
• 13. Authentic Movement and Mindfulness: Embodied Awareness and the Healing Nature of Expressive Arts. Zoee Avstreih, MS, LPC, BC-DMT, NCC, Professor, Graduate School of Psychology, Somatic Counseling Psychology Program, Coordinator, Dance and Movement Th
• 14. Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapies: Cultivating Mindfulness, Compassion, and Accessing Inner Wisdom. Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., ATR-BC, REAT, MFT, Professor and Consultant Mind-Body Dept., Five Branches University; Founder and Director Focusing and Expres
• 15. Hakomi and Art Therapy. Merryl E. Rothaus, ATR-BC, LPC, LMHC, Adjunct Faculty, Naropa Institute.
• 16. Mindfulness and Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy. Fiona Chang, RSW, REAT, President, Expressive Arts Therapy Association Hong Kong, Regional Co-chair, International Expressive Arts Therapy Association, Honorary Lecturer, University of Hong Kon
• 17. Creative Mindfulness: Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy. Karin von Daler, M.A., MFT, REAT, teacher Expressive Arts and Mindfulness internationally, private practice, Copenhagen and Lori Schwanbeck, MFT, Mindfulness Therapy Asso
• 18. Mindfulness and Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapy with Children and Adolescents. Emily Tara Weiner, MA, MFTI Registered Marriage and Family Therapy Intern, Masters, Marriage and Family Therapy and Art Therapy, Notre Dame De Namur University. Laury Rappa
• Part V . Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies in Education and Training.
• 19. Mindful Considerations for Training Art Therapists: Inner Friendship Outer Professionalism. Michael Franklin, MA, ATR-BC, Professor and Chair of Art Therapy Program, Naropa University.
• 20. Relational Mindfulness and Relational Movement in Training Dance Movement Therapists. Nancy Beardall, Ph.D., BC-DMT, Dance Therapy Coordinator, Lesley University. Janet Surrey, Ph.D., Founding Scholar, Jean Baker Miller Institute at the Stone Center,
• Part VI . Neuroscience, Mindfulness, and the Arts Therapies.
• 21. Perspectives from Neuroscience: Mindfulness and the Therapeutic Use of the Arts. Jared D. Kass, Ph.D., Professor of Counseling and Psychology, Lesley University. Sidney M. Trantham, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Counseling and Psychology, Lesley Univer
• Appendix A. Basic Mindfulness Exercises.
• Appendix B. Music Discography. Index.