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New Developments in Expressive Arts Therapy

New Developments in Expressive Arts Therapy

Stephen K. Levine | Ellen G. Levine | Sally Atkins | Shara Claire | Kelly Clark/Keefe | Melinda Ashley Meyer DeMott | Herbert Eberhart | Rosemary Faire | Jessica Gilway | Rowesa Gordon | Judith Greer Essex | Isabelle Hayeur | Lisa Herman | Elisabeth Hösli | Majken Jacoby | Margo Fuchs Knill | Paolo J. Knill | Kelly Lycan | Carrie MacLeod | Elizabeth Gordon McKim | Shaun McNiff | Emily Miller | Judy Nisenholt | Sabine S. Silberberg | Jacques Stitelmann | Per Espen Stoknes | Brigitte Wanzenried | Peter Wanzenried | Rebekah Windmiller

(2017)

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Abstract

This collection reflects on the theory and application of expressive arts today in therapy, education, research and social and ecological change.

Bringing the understanding of expressive arts into its contemporary theoretical framework, the book reveals the expansion of the field from its initial focus on therapy alone into a diverse range of other areas of interest to therapists, educators, researchers and those interested in working for social and ecological change. The book also contains a selection of discursive writing, poetry and visual art, highlighting the importance of keeping artistic creativity at the heart of the field.

With contributions from pioneering arts therapists, this will be vital reading for arts therapists and students in the field today.


Ellen and Stephen Levine have given birth to an anthology of breadth and depth, of ideas and revelations. The writers are carefully chosen to open up the boundaries and conversations regarding expressive therapy, a discipline more needed than ever in a broken world in denial of history and in need of direction. The Levines offer a blueprint for repair, a poiesis in itself, something new and playful and powerful.
Robert Landy, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Theatre and Applied Psychology, Founding Director, Drama Therapy Program, New York University
In an age that sees too many therapists and counselors writing in strings of buzzwords and trendy movements, the contributors to this book remind us there are deeper currents that bind us in our common work. From time to time artist/therapists need to rejoice in the human, and soulful nature of making art in the service of healing. This book may provide opportunities for many to pause, take stock, and rejoice.
Bruce L. Moon, PhD, ATR-BC, Professor, Art Therapy Department, Mount Mary University
Expressive arts therapy is rapidly emerging as a mainstream approach in psychotherapy and healthcare. This volume vividly illustrates leading-edge expressive arts applications while providing important historical foundations of this field. Readers will be inspired by the authors' wisdom and insights on theory and practice of expressive arts in mental health, education, research and community work.
Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT, Executive Director, Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
New Developments in Expressive Arts Therapy: The Play of Poiesis, edited by Ellen G. Levine and Stephen K. Levine 3
Acknowledgments 8
Preface by Stephen K. Levine 9
Stuhl-leben by Brigitte Wanzenried 16
The Poietics of Alterity by Stephen K. Levine 16
Part I: Theory 19
Pasture 6 by Shaun McNiff 19
After by Sally Atkins 20
1. Cultivating Imagination by Shaun McNiff 21
2. The Essence in a Therapeutic Process, an Alternative Experience of Worlding? by Paolo J. Knill 31
3. Longing for Beauty and the Work: An Interview with Paolo Knill, conducted by Stephen K. Levine 48
4. Modality: A Phenomenological Concept for Expressive Arts by Jacques Stitelmann, Translated by Jackie Beaver 66
5. The Poietic Basis of Being: Thoughts on Expression and the Other Person Based on the Work of Merleau-Ponty by 82
Part II: Therapy 97
Nutcase Alarm by Rowesa Gordon 97
Practicum on the Eating Disorders Ward: Sonnet 1 by Shara Claire\r\n 98
6. The Arts Work: The Process of Intermodal Decentering in Professional Conversations by Herbert Eberhart 99
7. The Question of Quality Art in Expressive Arts Therapy by Shaun McNiff 113
8. A Tango in the Ruins: Encounters with Beauty in a Harm Reduction Environment by Sabine Silberberg 128
9. Stepping into Locked Space: An Algorithmic Dialogue between Choreography and In-Patient Work by Rebekah Windmiller 137
Rebekah Windmiller 137
10. The Garden of Praise and Lament: Expressive Arts Group Psychotherapy with Trauma Survivors in Exile by Melinda Ashley Meyer DeMott 145
11. Play, Art and Ritual: Working Therapeutically with Children and their Parents by Ellen G. Levine 158
Part III: Education 175
Untitled by Judy Nisenholt\r\n 175
CHANGE in the AIR by Elizabeth McKim\r\n 176
12. Aesthetic Education: Learning through the Arts by Stephen K. Levine 177
13. Aesthetic Responsibility in Expressive Arts: Thoughts on Beauty, Responsibility and the New in the Education of Expressive Arts Professionals by Margo Fuchs Knill and Paolo J. Knill 181
Margo Fuchs Knill and Paolo J. Knill 181
14. Education on the Edge: Acts of Balance by Elisabeth Hösli and Peter Wanzenried 184
15. Art Asylum: Exploring Otherness through Play and Art-Making by Ellen G. Levine 194
16. Artists in Community: The Black Mountain College and the White Mountain Graduate School by Sally Atkins \r\n 196
Part IV: Social and Ecological Change 209
Degradation and Preservation by Ellen G. Levine 209
Cedar Fire Fragment by Judith Greer Essex 210
17. Community Art: Communal Art-Making to Build a Sense of Coherence by Paolo J. Knill 211
18. The Pulse of Humanity by Carrie MacLeod 234
19. What Do You Care About? Arts Therapies in Support of Civil Courage in a “World Gone Slightly Mad” by Rosemary Faire\n 244
20. Why Eco-Philosophy and Expressive Arts? by Per Espen Stoknes 258
21. Nature as a Work of Art: Towards a Poietic Ecology by Stephen K. Levine 261
Part V: Research 273
ROCK, from 4 perspectives (2004) by Kelly Lycan 273
AMONG by Elizabeth McKim\r\n 274
22. The Open Space of Art-Based Research by Shaun McNiff 275
23. Crafting Maps, Attuning to Flesh, and Dancing the Radicant: Mobilizing the Expressive Arts and Arts-Based Research to do a Conceptual Translation of “Science as Usual” by Kelly Clark/Keefe, Jessica Gilway, and Emily Miller 281
24. Knowing Not-Knowing: Research as an Art-Analogue Process by Sabine Silberberg 301
25. Playing with Auschwitz: A Liminal Inquiry into Images of Evil by Lisa Herman 311
Lisa Herman 311
26. Per-forming Home: Spinning New Scripts for Re-Search by Carrie MacLeod 318
Cold Spell by Isabel Hayeur\r\n 329
Two Poems by Margo Fuchs Knill\r\n 330
List of Contributors 331
Subject Index 336
Author Index 342
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