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Art therapy and clinical neuroscience, edited by Noah Hass-Cohen and Richard Carr ; foreword by Frances F. Kaplan

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Art therapy and clinical neuroscience

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edited by Noah Hass-Cohen and Richard Carr ; foreword by Frances F. Kaplan

Offering an authoritative introductory account of developments in neuroscience and its impact on art therapy and practice, this book explores the complex relationship between art and creativity and neurological functions such as stress response, immune functioning, child developmental phases, gender difference and much more., Art Therapy and Clinical Neuroscience offers an authoritative introductory account of recent developments in clinical neuroscience and its impact on art therapy theory and practice.Contributors explore the complex relationship between art and creativity and neurological functions such as those that occur during stress response, immune functioning, child developmental phases, gender difference, the processing of imagery, attachment, and trauma. It deciphers neuroscientific language and theory and contributes innovative concrete applications and interventions useful in art therapy.This book is essential reading for art therapists, expressive arts therapists, counselors, mental health practitioners, and students