The very traumas most closely associated with the psychosexual organization of the body-representation, as reflected by the significant objects of the past, are themselves at the origin not only of neurotic symptoms and inhibitions but of creativity itself. (21 pp.)
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Art Therapy
Dynamically oriented art therapy is the oldest movement in, and the source of many of the directions of, art therapy. It should be of interest to readers in psychiatry and related professions because it originated in both psychiatric and educational settings. It offers versatile methods that can be adapted to all ages and populations, to people with most types and degrees of disturbance and disability, and to a great variety of settings and purposes. (77 pp.)
See What I’m Saying:What Children Tell Us Through Their Art
Is your child in good emotional health? Overly fearful? Struggling with a problem? Typical for his or her age? Myra Levick, Ph.D., says that the answers to all these questions can be seen in how and what your child draws. Dr. Levick, recognized expert in the filed of art therapy, discusses what children communicate through their art and gives practical tools for assessing their intellectual development and emotional development. A psychologist and an art psychotherapist, Dr. Levick is a pioneer in art therapy education. She served as the first president of the American Art Therapy Association and as Editor-in-Chief of The Arts in Psychotherapy, an international professional journal. Long associated with Hahnemann University in Philadelphia as Professor and Consultant, Dr. Levick currently is Director of the South Florida Art Psychotherapy Institute. In addition to conducting annual training seminars, Dr. Levick also serves as a guest lecturer and teacher here and abroad. (150pgs)
To See Feelingly: Art and Psychoanalysis
Art helps restore an awareness of the degree to which feeling and sensuousness always remain integral to thought and perception.
