| Description |
1 online resource (178 pages) |
| Contents |
Nature-Based Expressive Arts Therapy: Integrating the Expressive Arts and Ecotherapy by Sally Atkins and Melia Snyder ; Foreword by Corrine Glesne; Foreword by Per Espen Stoknes; Acknowledgments ; Preface; Part I: Beginning; Introduction; Purpose of the book; Stories: The rootlets of our work; The stories we are living; Paradigm shifts: Recognizing our stories; Organization of the book; Part II: Moving In; Chapter 1. Expressive Arts and Ecotherapy: Shifting Paradigms; The field of expressive arts; The field of ecotherapy; Toward a nature-based expressive arts; Summary |
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Chapter 2. Stories from the Arts The long story of the arts; Beauty; Aesthetic response and responsibility; Summary; Part III: Insearch; Chapter 3. Stories from Ecological Sciences ; The ecology of relationship; Embracing process orientation; Metaphors of wholeness: The story of Gaia; Summary; Chapter 4. Stories from Ecological Philosophy ; The universe story; Ecoepistemologies; Walking more gracefully in the world; Summary; Chapter 5. Stories from Indigenous Cultures; Indigenous peoples; Personal encounters with indigenous cultures |
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Indigenous beliefs and practices and nature-based expressive artsSummary; Part IV Finding Voice; Chapter 6. Nature-Based Expressive Arts ; Cultivating an Aesthetic Response to the World [AQ]; Theoretical integration ; Nature-based expressive arts: Basic concepts ; Stories of resilience; Teaching stories; Nature-based expressive arts in life; Summary ; Part V: Bringing Art into Life; Appendices; Appendix A: The Nature of the Body by Lauren E. Atkins, MA, MFA; Appendix B: The Pen and the Path by Melia Snyder, PhD, LPC, NCC, REAT |
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Appendix C: Cherokee Drumstick Ritual: Helping Children to Find Their Beat on Mother Earth by Keith M. Davis, PhD, NCC Fire by Friction, Appendix D: Humility and Attunement by Justin S. Cantalini, MA, LPC, NCC and Erin Rice Cantalini, MA, LPC, NCC; References; Index; Blank Page |
| Summary |
This book integrates the fields of expressive arts and ecotherapy to present a nature based approach to expressive arts work. It highlights attitudes and practices in expressive arts that are particularly relevant to working with nature, including cultivating an aesthetic response to the earth and the relationship between beauty and sustainability |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Snyder, Melia
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Glesne, Corrine
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Stoknes, Per Espen
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| ISBN |
9781784503802 |
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1784503800 |
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