This accessible book comprises a collection of 80 tried-and-tested exercises, with guidelines for applying them and advice for devising new ones. Liesl Silverstone offers a variety of exercises for a diverse and multicultural client base, such as guided fantasies, one-to-one and group work focusing on the group dynamic, and some examples of working with adults with learning difficulties and children.Focusing on the non-directive, non-interpretive person-centred approach to art therapy, this inspirational book is the perfect complement to Art Therapy - The Person-Centred Way.Art Therapy Exercises is an invaluable book for art therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists and all professionals working in the field of human development.'Liesl Silverstone's new book is the outcome of a personal and professional life dedicated to the celebration of the imagination and to an unshakeable belief in the resilience of the human spirit readers will find a veritable cornucopia of exercises which have the potential to open up new vistas and to inspire imaginative journeys of great richness Simply to read them is itself a voyage of discovery but for many trainers and therapists they will constitute a repertoire on which they can draw as from an inexhaustible well.' - From the Foreword by Brian Thorne, Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of East Anglia.
CONTENTS:List of Exercises. Foreword by Brian Thorne. Introduction. Warm-up Exercises. Part 1: Art Therapy Exercises to Explore Individual Issues in Groups and One-to-One. Part 2: Art Therapy Exercises for Groups to Explore Individual Issues and the Group Dynamic. Part 3: Further Inspiration for Art Therapy Exercises: Dreams. Exercises Suitable for Working in Pairs. The Calendar. Exercises Using Different Materials. Part 4: Working with Different Clients. Art Therapy with Children. Adults with Learning Difficulties. Final Word. Space for Your Own Comments, Ideas and Inspiration.
'''Liesl Silverstone's new book...is the outcome of a personal and professional life dedicated to the celebration of the imagination and to an unshakeable belief in the resilience of the human spirit...readers will find a veritable cornucopia of exercises which have the potential to open up new vistas and to inspire imaginative journeys of great richness... Simply to read them is itself a voyage of discovery but for many trainers and therapists they will constitute a repertoire on which they can draw as from an inexhaustible well.' - From the Foreword by Brian Thorne, Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of East Anglia.''
