Grief and the Expressive Arts: Practices for Creating Meaning
- Editor: Neimeyer, Robert A.
- Editor: Thompson, Barbara E.
Grief and the Expressive Arts: Practices for Creating Meaning
- Editor: Neimeyer, Robert A.
- Editor: Thompson, Barbara E.
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The use of the arts in psychotherapy is a burgeoning area of interest, particularly in the field of bereavement, where it is a staple intervention in hospice programs, children’s grief camps, specialized programs for trauma or combat exposure, work with bereaved parents, widowed elders or suicide survivors, and in many other contexts. But how should clinicians differentiate between the many different approaches and techniques, and what criteria should they use to decide which technique to use—and when? Grief and the Expressive Arts provides the answers using a crisp, coherent structure that creates a conceptual and relational scaffold for an artistically inclined grief therapy. Each of the book’s brief chapters is accessible and clearly focused, conveying concrete methods and anchoring them in brief case studies, across a range of approaches featuring music, creative writing, visual arts, dance and movement, theatre and performance and multi-modal practices. Any clinician—expressive arts therapist, grief counselor, or something in between—looking for a professionally oriented but scientifically informed book for guidance and inspiration need look no further than Grief and the Expressive Arts.
Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Foreword Sandra L. Bertman
- Preface Robert A. Neimeyer and Barbara E. Thompson List of
- Contributors
- Part I : Building the Frame
- 1. Meaning Making and the Art of Grief Therapy Robert A. Neimeyer and Barbara E. Thompson
- 2. Poiesis , Praise And Lament: Celebration, Mourning And The "Architecture" Of Expressive Arts Therapy Stephen K. Levine
- 3. Art Therapy for Processing Children's Traumatic Grief and Loss Eliana Gil
- 4. When the Gods Are Silent: The Spirit of Resilience and the Soul of Healing Michael Conforti
- 5. Expressive Therapies for Bereavement: The State of the Arts Jordan Potash and Rainbow Ho
- Part II : Doing the Work Music
- 6. Singing Goodbye Diane Austin
- 7. Hear Here - Invite Music of Memories Joy Berger
- 8. The Emerging Life Song Thelma Duffey
- 9. Playing Out Feelings on Instruments Katrina Skewes Mcferran
- 10. Lyric Analysis Natalie Wlodarczyk
- 11. Acrostic in Therapeutic Songwriting Bob Heath
- 12. Group Songwriting Using Templates Jane Lings
- 13. Singing Our Loss Dorit Amir Creative Writing
- 14. Virtual Dream Stories Robert A. Neimeyer and Polly Young-Eisendrath
- 15. "Interplaying" Gail Noppe-Brandon
- 16. Graphopoetic Process Shanee Stepakoff
- 17. The Furniture Game Jane Moss
- 18. The "I Am. . ." Poem Sally S. Atkins
- 19. Acrostic Eulogy Harold Ivan Smith
- 20. Chapters of Our Lives Robert A. Neimeyer Theater & Performance
- 21. Playback Theatre Virginia Reed Murphy and Robert A. Neimeyer
- 2. Enacting the Emotion ane Milman
- 3. Dancing In the Shadows oralee M. Scott-Conforti
- 24. The Practical Muse in Social Drama David Baecker
- 25. The Six-Part Storymaking Method Breffni Mcguinness Dance & Movement
- 26. Kinaesthetic Imagining Ilene Serlin
- 27. The Dance of Transition Kris Eric Larsen
- 28. Body Connections Alexandria Callahan
- 29. Embodied Compassion and Empathy Kris Eric Larsen and Jessica Young
- 30. Moving the Body From Within Toni Smith Visual Arts
- 31. Narrative Scrapbooking Elizabeth Maier Chernow
- 32. Sketching Out the Story Barbara E. Thompson
- 33. Drawing on Metaphor Leigh Davies
- 34. "Moments Held" Documentary Todd Hochberg
- 35. Simple Drawing Gerry R. Cox and Bernard J. Vanden Berk Multi-Modal Approaches
- 36. Conversing With the Canvas Barbara E. Thompson
- 37. Spirit Sticks Sally S. Atkins
- 38. "Living Memoires" Videography Andy Hau Yan Ho and Cecilia Lai Wan Chan
- 39. Grieffiti Lysa Toye
- 40. Dancing Among the Stones Denis Whalen
- 41. Letting the Worry Go Linda Goldman
- Part III : Art and Reflexivity
- 42. Collage: Integrating the Torn Pieces Sharon Strouse
- 43. Photographic Metaphors Irene Renzenbrink
- 44. Memorial Tattooing - Making Grief Visible Malinda Ann Hill
- 45. Enso: The Painted Journal Lisa Jennings
- 46. Moving the Immovable Ione Beauchamp
- Part IV : Programs
- 47. Restoring the Heartbeat of Hope Following Suicide Diana C. Sands
- 48. Integrative Songwriting Thomas A. Dalton and Robert E. Krout
- 49. Pongo Creative Writing for At-Risk Youth Richard Gold
- 50. Soldier's Heart: Using the Arts to Heal From War Kate Dahlstedt
- 51. Moving Through Grief One Note at a Time: Music Therapy for Bereaved Children Russell Hilliard
- 52. The Grief Healing Garden Yu-Chan Li and Cypress Chang
- 53. Expressive Arts Joining Hearts at Camp Good Grief Angela Hamblen
- Part V : Research
- 54. A Civilian's Artistic Dialogue With Combat Veterans Iishana Artra
- 55. The Art of Research Carol Wogrin, Val Maasdorp and Debra Machando
- 56. The Expressive Arts in Grief Therapy: An Empirical Perspective Carlos Torres, Robert. A. Neimeyer, and Maryl L. Neff
- 57. Persephone in the Underworld: Closing Reflections Barbara E. Thompson and Robert A. Neimeyer Epilogue: Ghosts Move, A Poem by Jessica Moore
