Description
This book guides therapists trained in EMDR in the successful integration of the creative arts therapies to make the healing potential of EMDR safer and more accessible for patients who present with complex trauma.
Contributors from the respective fields of creative and expressive arts therapies offer their best ideas on how to combine EMDR with these therapies for maximum benefit for people from diverse backgrounds, orientations, and vulnerable populations. Chapters offer detailed case studies and images, insightful theoretical approaches, and how-to instructions to creatively enhance clinical work. Additionally, the book addresses current critical issues in the field, including the importance of an integrative and open approach when addressing cultural, racial and diversity issues, and creative interventions with clients through teletherapy.
Creative arts therapy practitioners such as art therapists, play therapists, and dance/movement therapists will find this a compelling introductory guide to EMDR.
Excellent book on the cutting edge of trauma recovery. An incredible guide for therapists to integrate EMDR and creative therapy practices. This book is especially helpful for me as a trauma- focused Art Therapist and psychologist. The examples are powerful illustrations of how EMDR combined with Art Therapy can offer deep healing for patients who present with complex trauma. The case examples were very helpful and I especially appreciated the the international focus. The author’s focus on cultural, racial and diversity issues made the book applicable for my work in many ways.
Trauma-informed art therapists & EMDR practitioners need this! With the many parallels between art therapy, EMDR, and other trauma-informed modalities (IFS, movement, somatic work) this comprehensive book outlines the integration of neurobiology and art as a way of healing, knowing, understanding, and processing complex-trauma. This is the direction of the field of mental health and trauma-informed care… I am excited to use this as the foundation for my dissertation research on EMDR, IFS, and Art therapy. YES, YES, YES TO THIS BOOK!!! Grateful and hopeful for the future of integrating these modalities for the treatment of trauma and general wellness/healing globally.