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Handbook of Inquiry in the Arts Therapies: One River, Many Currents

Handbook of Inquiry in the Arts Therapies: One River, Many Currents

by Helen Payne (Editor)

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    Paperback 1993

    $7.33
Synopsis

The first book to embrace all the arts therapies, this is a ground-breaking examination of the effects of arts therapies interventions in health, education, community and social services settings. It is written by specialists in the various areas of arts therapy, addressing themes which are relevant to all arts therapists exploring the relationship between research and practice. The contributors examine different approaches and methodologies used in relation to different patient/client groups and settings.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 292
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
Published: 01 May 1993
ISBN 10: 1853021539
ISBN 13: 9781853021534

Media Reviews
This book is an achievement which goes above and beyond my expectations. It is nothing less than a physiognomy of arts therapies research in Britain today, warts and all. -- From the Foreword
This book is the first serious and thorough compilation of British arts therapies research. It includes both quantitative and qualitative studies on a wide variety of topics across the arts therapies, drama therapy, art therapy, dance/movement therapy and music therapy. Even more importantly, it includes many reflections on the nature of the research process itself and how far it fits with the nature of therapy - there is a strong theme of attention to methodology running through the whole of the book. All the authors have been honest enough to include discussion of setbacks and flaws in their research and these have been most useful in illuminating important aspects of methodology. It is essential reading for all those involved in arts therapies research or those contemplating undertaking such research. This book is an exciting milestone in the emerging history of the arts therapies and hopefully lays the groundwork for future work in this field. -- The Arts in Psychotherapy
The authors of this very useful book have a vast wealth of knowledge of such situations through their daily experiences, and they relate them through several chapters the majority of which concentrate upon the field of infancy and family relationships. Included here are the rights of the child and of its parents, the uses and abuses of psychiatric care, confidentiality, social and institutional abuses. -- The European Journal of Psychiatry
A recommended asset for students, music therapists and all arts therapy practitioners. -- British Journal of Music Therapy
Author Bio
Dr. Helen Payne is senior lecturer in Counselling at the University of Hertfordshire, and has a private practice in psychotherapy. She has a background in dance movement therapy