C.C. Thomas
Titles appearing in Art Book News Annual — January 2007
Creative arts therapies manual; a guide to the history, theoretical approaches, assessment, and work with special populations of art, play, dance, music, drama, and poetry therapies.
Ed. by Stephanie L. Brooke.
C.C. Thomas, ©2006 282 p. $66.95 RC489
0-398-07620-0
Brooke compiles 20 contributions on the history of arts therapy, theories, assessments, ethics, and use with special populations. Chapters by creative art therapists cover music, poetry, dance/movement, drama, role-play, art, and play therapies in those contexts as well as with children, those with aphasia and communication science disorders, those having traumatic stress reactions, women survivors of childhood sexual abuse, inner-city children, and refugee youth. Brooke teaches sociology and psychology online at the U. of Phoenix. The book is meant for creative arts therapists, mental health professionals, psychologists, counselors, educators, and students. No index is provided. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
