Creative Ability

In this book Stephanie Bull and Kevin O'Farrell bring together practising clinicians who provide an insight into using contemporary art therapy with people with learning disabilities. The authentic voice of people who have learning disabilities is...

Essentials of Dance Movement Psychotherapy contributes to the global interest in embodiment approaches to psychotherapy and to the field of dance movement psychotherapy specifically. It includes recent research, innovative theories and case studies of...

For over 25 years, Thomas G. West has been a leading advocate for the importance of visual thinking, visual technologies and the creative potential of individuals with dyslexia and other learning differences. In this new book, he investigates how...

What human qualities are needed to make scientific discoveries, and which to make great art? Many would point to 'imagination' and 'creativity' in the second case but not the first. This book challenges the assumption that doing science is in any sense...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345315090Author Benjamin BloomFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm)...

Drawing on expertise in both expressive arts and grief counselling, this book highlights the use of expressive arts therapeutic methods in confronting and healing grief and bereavement. Establishing a link between these two approaches, it widens our...

This book provides clinicians (particularly those specialising in DBT) with music activities and creative ideas to implement with existing practices, to strengthen what clients are being taught in DBT skills groups. These new ideas can be used with...

Our lives are getting faster and faster. We are engulfed in constant distraction from email, social media and our 'always on' work culture. We are too busy, too overloaded with information and too focused on analytical left-brain thinking processes to be...

Using art therapy, lived experience, and DBT skills in combination, this book offers insight into how, together, these methods can help prevent youth suicide. Practical advice for professionals and case studies will result in increased confidence in...

Through their scientific research and clinical practice, husband and wife team Gene D. Cohen and Wendy L. Miller uncovered new clues about how the aging mind can build resilience and continue growth, even during times of grave illness, thus setting aside...

Examining the potential of creative writing as a therapeutic tool, particularly in terms of its influence on the self and personal development, The Self on the Page is divided into two parts. In Part One representative practitioners provide an overview...

Through the life stories of women such as Camille Claudel, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Anne Sexton, Suzanne Farrell and others and through clinical case studies, Susan Kavaler-Adler offers penetrating insights into the nature of the creative...

By creating a therapeutic outlet for processing and self-expression, art therapy is an especially effective way to help emerging adults to develop their mentalizing faculty. With an 8-week syllabus, this professional guide provides detailed directives on...

Supervision of Music Therapy discusses the theoretical bases underlying approaches to supervision in music therapy, as well as focusing on the distinctive aspects of music therapy supervision from both clinical and conceptual perspectives.In this book,...

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 9781335449412Author Gloria MarkFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Hanover Square PressPublisher Hanover Square PressWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm) 231mm...

Creative thinking made easy Being creative can be tough - and trying to come up with great ideas under pressure can leave the great ideas under wraps! Creative Thinking For Dummies helps you apply creative thinking techniques to everything you touch,...

What human qualities are needed to make scientific discoveries, and which to make great art? Many would point to 'imagination' and 'creativity' in the second case but not the first. This book challenges the assumption that doing science is in any sense...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Gold Medallion Book Awards (Inspirational) 2002.Book InformationISBN 9780877881384Author Janice ElsheimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Waterbrook...

This resource comprises a collection of accessible, flexible, tried-and-tested activities for use with people in a range of care and therapy settings, to help them explore their knowledge of themselves and to make sense of their experiences.Among the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385348393Author Jamie HolmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999824726Author Ellen PalestrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Ep Creative EnterprisesPublisher Ep Creative EnterprisesWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593328972Author Seth GodinFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 131mm * 25mm

Often seen as supernatural, unpredictable, illusory and possibly dangerous, ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance and other parapsychological activities are actually happening all the time and help us make sense of everyday experiences. First Sight provides a new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143131519Author Adam J. KurtzFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,US

What are the core concepts of art therapy? What can you learn from a drawing of a bird's nest, a collage or some scribbles? Why become an art therapist and how do you do it? What happens in the therapy room?In the style of a graphic novel, A Graphic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593138519Author Johann HariFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

From day one in a child's life, music is one of the most important things that can be used to help them grow and learn. Musical stimulation helps lay the foundations for a lifetime of skills, and this straightforward guide gives detailed advice on how to...

The first edition of Group Interactive Art Therapy presented the first theoretical formation of a model integrating the change-enhancing factors of both interactive group psychotherapy and art therapy, demonstrating its use in practice through a series...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671635145Author Betty EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)Weight(grams)...

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...

From the Preface: The argument of this book ranges from highly theoretical speculations to highly topical problems of modern art and practical hints for the art teacher, and it is most unlikely that I can find a reader who will feel at home on every...

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...

In Ungifted , cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman,who was relegated to special education as a child,offers a new way of looking at intelligence. He explores the latest research in genetics, neuroscience, and psychology to challenge the...

In Creative Collaboration, Vera John-Steiner offers rare and fascinating glimpses into the dynamic alliances from which some of our most important scholarly ideas, scientific theories and art forms are born. Within these pages we witness the creative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874778540Author Frank BarronFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,USWeight(grams) 0g

Explaining Creativity is an accessible introduction to the latest scientific research on creativity. The book summarizes and integrates a broad range of research in psychology and related scientific fields. In the last 40 years, psychologists,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781502819031Author Peter Fritz WalterFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582707594Author Christy WhitmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Beyond Words PublishingPublisher Beyond Words Publishing

With Drawing Your Stress Away and Hello, This Is Your Body Talking, art therapist and educator Dr. Lucia Capacchione presents a new concept in adult coloring: the draw-it-yourself coloring book. Forty years ago, Capacchione originated the Creative...