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Arts Therapies  and Clients with Eating Disorders:  Fragile Board

Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1995, Price £19.95

Edited by Ditty Dokter

Eating disorders are of increasing concern in the medical and psychiatric professions.  Growing awareness that the arts therapies have something unique and positive to offer has lead to the publication of this book by experts in all areas of the arts therapies.  There are chapters on Art Therapy, Dramatherapy, Psychodrama, Dance Movement Therapy and Music Therapy.  Contributions are included by Music Therapists Jacqueline Robarts, Ann Sloboda, Penny Rogers and Margaret Heal.

Arts Therapies and Progressive Illness - Nameless Dread

Published by Brunner Routledge 2002, Price £18.99

Edited by Diane Waller

This book is a guide to the use of arts therapies in the treatment of patients with diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.  In the last few years arts therapies have been used in an increasingly wide range of applications with new groups of patients, such as patients in palliative care, or with learning disabilities - Diane Waller has been a driving force behind this expansion.  The book covers treatments such as art therapy, dance movement therapy and music therapy.  In addition to dealing with a wide range of debilitating diseases, it focuses on the issue of the care and treatment of dementia and the effects on patients, carers and staff and the role of the arts therapies in improving the quality of life for the increasing number of patients who will sadly develop this distressing illness.  This broadly focused, multi-disciplinary book will be of great interest to arts therapists, arts therapy educators, medical, social work and other staff who are concerned to devise care plans for these patients and their relatives.

Assessment and Evaluation in the Arts Therapies:  Art Therapy, Music Therapy and Dramatherapy

Published by Harper House Publications, Price £4.00

Edited by Tony Wigram

This book was inspired by a number of factors that are currently under debate within the Arts Therapies.  It contains contributions from Pauline Mottram, Kathy Evans, Andy Davies and Sue Morter (Art Therapy), Janet Graham, Tony Wigram and Amelia Oldfield (Music Therapy) and Maggie McAlister and Noelle Blackman (Dramatherapy).

Published by Brunner-Routledge, 2005 Price £18.99

By Phil Jones

The separate arts therapies – art, music, drama and dance – are becoming available in increasing numbers of clients. But what are the arts therapies, and what do they offer clients? This book provides, in one volume, a guide to the different disciplines and their current practice and thinking. It presents:

The Arts Therapies – A revolution in healthcare is a unique book that provides a thorough and up-to-date overview of the arts therapies. It will prove invaluable to arts therapists, health professionals, and all those who wish to learn more about the field.

Where Analysis Meets the Arts - The Integration of the Arts Therapies with Psychoanalytic Theory

Published by Karnac, 2001, Price £19.99

Edited by Yvonne Searle and Isabelle Streng

The underlying purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a theoretical framework that considers how psychoanalysis can enrich the clinical application of the arts therapies.  Five specialist arts therapies used in contemporary psychotherapy are examined:  drama, psychodrama, art, dance movement and music.  Although the contributors represent a variety of orientations and practices, it is the theme of integration which makes this book most stimulating and original, demonstrating how both psychoanalysis and the arts therapies may benefit from a meeting of minds. 

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