Using textile arts and handcrafts in therapy with women : weaving lives back together.

Art-making with fabrics and fibers is a natural and creative method of self-expression and can enrich the healing process. This book is a complete guide to using textiles in therapy with female clients. Reviewing the role of textile-based handcrafts in the lives of women today, and integrating the l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Collier, Ann Futterman
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.
Temas:
Textile crafts > Therapeutic use.
Art Therapy > methods
Women > psychology
MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > Occupational Therapy.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Using Textile Arts and Handcrafts inTherapy with Women: Weaving Lives Back Together; Preface; 1. Introduction: Why Fiber is Good for Your Psyche; 2. Threads of Time: Women and Textile-making; 3. She's Come Unraveled: Mental Well-being in Girlsand Women; 4. Uncovering the Truth: Assessing Where to Start; 5. Interwoven Lives: Cross-cultural Applications ofTextile Art Therapy; 6. Theoretical Underpinnings of Textile Art Therapy; 7. Pulling in the Warp Threads You Will Weave With:Issues, Metaphors, and Project Suggestions; 8. Unveiling the Textile Techniques; 9. Spin the Web: Circles of Women.
  • 10. Psychologically Minded Female Textile Artists:Incredible ExamplesAppendix: Textile Survey; References; Subject Index; Author Index.

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