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Author Weiss, Jules C.

Title Expressive therapy with elders and the disabled : touching the heart of life / Jules C. Weiss
Published New York : Haworth Press, [1984]
©1984

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 MELB  618.97689165 W431E  AVAILABLE
Description xx, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Activities, adaptation & aging, 0192-4788 ; v. 5, nos. 1/2 (May 1984)
Activities, adaptation & aging ; v. 5, nos. 1/2
Contents Expressive Therapy Techniques and Case Studies -- Regression of the Hospitalized Elderly and Disabled Patient as Explored Through Art Therapy -- Creative Arts Therapy for Various Elder Populations: Techniques and Processes -- The Use of Art and Writing as Therapeutic Tools for Improving Reality Orientation -- Art Therapy With a Man Who Has an Organic Mental Disorder Due to Korsadoff's Disease: Developing Self-Expression and Self-Awareness -- Art Therapy With an Aphasic Patient: Relearning Communication Skills and Expressing Feelings -- Dying, A Meaningful Experience: Encountering the Process Through Art Therapy -- The Experiential Process -- Expressive Therapy: A Pictorial Essay -- The Creative Product: An Expression of Feelings, of Thoughts, and of One's Soul -- The Conceptual Framework -- Touching the Heart of Therapy -- Whole-Life Growth and Health Program for Residential Care, Long-Term Care, and Day Treatment -- Conclusion -- The Song Is Only Heard When It Is Felt -- Growing Old Versus Old and Growing (Universities for the Second Phase of Life -- Creative Expression -- Morning Follows Every Night -- A Rite of Passage -- Appendix: Charting the Creative Arts Therapy Experience
Notes Also published as 'Activities, adaption & aging', Volume 5, Numbers 1/2, May 1984
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index
Subject Older people -- Mental health services.
Art therapy.
Arts -- Therapeutic use.
Nursing home care.
People with disabilities -- Mental health services.
Aged.
Art Therapy.
Disabled Persons.
Homes for the Aged.
Mental Health Services.
Nursing Homes.
LC no. 84000571
ISBN 0866562664
0866563725 (paperback)
Other Titles Activities, adaptation & aging, v.5, nos.1/2, 1984