Creative Ability

A revelatory look at how poet Allen Ginsberg transformed experiences of mental illness and madness into some of the most powerful and widely read poems of the twentieth century. Allen Ginsberg's 1956 poem "Howl" opens with one of the most resonant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877736585Author Shaun McNiffFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062283252Author Dr Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiFormat PaperbackImprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 345g

'A must read for anyone interested in the 4-day week' - Heejung Chung, professor at the University of Kent and author of The Flexibility Paradox'This invaluable book offers a clear way forward: we don't need to burn ourselves out, we can work less and...

Milner's great study, first published in 1950, discusses the nature of creativity and those forces which prevent its expression. In focusing on her own beginner's efforts to draw and paint, she analyses not the mysterious and elusive ability of the...

In Leading Minds , Gardner and his research associate at Harvard Project Zero, Emma Laskin, apply a cognitive lens to leadership, drawing on Gardner's ground-breaking work on intelligence and creativity to offer fascinating revelations about the minds...

What if imagination and art are not, as many of us might think, the frosting on life but the fountainhead of human experience? What if our logic and science derive from art forms, rather than the other way around? In this trenchant volume, Rollo May...

The second edition of Receptive Music Therapy builds on the foundations of the first but provides a completely new rendition, replete with examples from contemporary practices and recognising the value of online music therapy experiences.Learn how music...

From line managers, corporate CEOs, urban designers, teachers, politicians, mayors, advertisers and even our friends and family, the message is 'be creative'. Creativity is heralded as the driving force of our contemporary society; celebrated as agile,...

There is a distinct lack of art therapy literature on working with adults with autism spectrum disorders, and this book combats this dearth by looking at the theory and practice of working with this client group. With clinical case examples throughout,...

Music therapy is a valuable method of support and treatment for those dealing with trauma within the adoption community. Music Therapy in Adoption and Trauma offers a timely and much-needed perspective for music and creative arts therapists, as well as...

Packed full of 100 creative and engaging activities for young children with special educational needs, this book enables you to have fun and enjoy developing your child's skill-based learning with them.From building biscuit construction sites and rainbow...

For much of the nineteenth century, King Alfred was as important as King Arthur in the British popular imagination. A pervasive cult of the King developed which included the erection of at least four public statues, the completion of more than...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring For thousands of years humanity has engaged in creative expression, allowing us to relate to other people, contribute to shared culture, build an identity, and give meaning to our existence. From...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869928575Author Jan FriesFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 270g

Along with Adler and Jung, Otto Rank was one of the intellectual giants in the inner circle around Sigmund Freud. Art and Artist, his major statement on the relationship of art to the individual and society, pursues in a broader cultural context Freud's...

As creative people, we have ideas. Some of us have many ideas, others have really good ones, and most of us have many really good ideas. But most of these never see the light of day. Why? If you ask a creative person, the answer will always revolve...

Readers of Susan Cain's Quiet and Daniel Pink's When will appreciate this passionate investigation into creativity and the human brain-from the perspective of an author investigating her own brain after a concussion.Author and journalist Hilde Ostby was...

Creativity is all around us. Not in art galleries. But on the train, at work, in the street outside, and in schools, hospitals and restaurants. Creative vision exists wherever people are. In this entertaining collection of real-life stories, Dave Trott...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633889545Author Pearl KatzFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Prometheus BooksPublisher Prometheus Books

"The wise man knows he doesn't know. The fool doesn't know he doesn't know." Lao Tzu "In the West they only respect experts. But the expert mind is the closed mind." Shunryu Suzuki What's the most important step in fixing a puncture? It isn't...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143129257Author Julia CameronFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936891542Author Shawn CoyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Black Irish Entertainment LLCPublisher Black Irish Entertainment LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874776539Author Julia CameronFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,USDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 27mm

This concise guide explains the theory behind drumming for therapy, as well as giving practical advice on facilitating and leading drum circles.The book explains why drumming is therapeutic, offers hands-on guidance for using drums in group therapy and...

Do you want to have great ideas? Do you want to break out of the rut of conventional thinking? Would you like to be a genius? Would presenting brilliant ideas help in your job, career and social life? How to be a Brilliant Thinker will help you to...

Responding to growing interest in DBT-informed art therapy, this edited guide focuses specifically on how these interventions can treat a variety of client groups. Combining the structure and skill development of DBT with the creativity and non-verbal...

'Tells you how to duck and dive when the unexpected surprises are incoming fast and hard.' RUBY WAX'Fascinating...packed full of practical advice on how to help you survive and thrive in an uncertain world.' MICHAEL MOSLEYDiscover how expanding and...

With easy-to-follow instructions for group activities and rhythms, this book provides tools to lead drum circles effectively with people facing a wide variety of life challenges. Sections on outcomes, setting up for success, common challenges and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585420872Author Lucia CappacchioneFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262538282Author Jonathan HaberFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 16mm

By enhancing your ability to identify connections, you can enhance your creativity. This exercise book strengthens your ability to recognise connections. The exercises are based on the theory of the book The Secret of the Highly Creative Thinker, as well...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939438744Author Arthur KoestlerFormat HardbackPage Count 752Imprint Last Century PressPublisher Last Century Press

The image, the client and the therapist are three essential aspects of the art therapy relationship; each has a separate 'voice'. In this book, originally published in 1993, the three voices come alive as the client, Kim, and the therapist, Gabrielle,...

Setting Up and Running a Therapy Business provides a succinct, practical, and accessible guide for counsellors starting out in private practice as well as for more experienced practitioners who would like advice on how to continue to attract a larger...

The nature of artistic creativity and its relationship with 'difference' has intrigued people for centuries. The Genesis of Artistic Creativity is a revealing exploration of the lives of 21 famous writers, philosophers, musicians and painters including...

What is the relationship between creativity and perversion? The boundary between the world of art and 'the artful universe of the pervert' is carefully explored in this study. Beyond the banal or picturesque variations in sexual behaviour, there lies...

This is a creative workbook full of fun exercises, challenges and exciting activities designed to strengthen children's ability to think creatively. In this book children are challenged to think of many different answers, have lots of ideas, think out of...

A guide for mining the imagination to find powerful new ways to succeed.We need imagination now more than ever-to find new opportunities, rethink our businesses, and discover paths to growth. Yet too many companies have lost their ability to imagine...

Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs. Frans...