Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy:
Accessing the Body’s Wisdom and Creative Intelligence
Contents
Foreward by Judith A. Rubin
Introduction
Part I: Focusing and Art Therapy
Chapter 1: Focusing: History and Concepts
Chapter 2: Gendlin’s Focusing Method.
Chapter 3: Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy
Chapter 4: Art Therapy: History, Concepts, and Practice
Part II: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy
Bridging Focusing and Art Therapy
Chapter 5: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Basics
Part III: Clinical Approaches
Chapter 6: Clearing a Space with Art
Chapter 7: Focusing-Oriented Art Psychotherapy
Groups: Theme-Directed
Chapter 8: Stress Reduction in Psychiatric Day Treatment
Chapter 9: Self-Care in a State Prison
Chapter 10: Transforming the Inner Critic
Chapter 11: Bridging Cultures
Specialty Applications
Chapter 12: Health and Wellness: A Cancer Support Group; Working with Pain
Chapter 13: Working with Trauma
Chapter 14: Spirituality and Psychotherapy
Chapter 15: Expanding to the Other Expressive Arts
Part IV: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy Exercises
Chapter 16: Guided Exercises:
Individual and Groups. Health and Wellness. Trauma. Spirituality, Couples and Families
Appendix: Supervision and Self-Care; Resources