Books About Creative Arts Therapy

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Alvin, J. (1978). Music therapy. London: Hutchinson.
Amaghi, J., Lewis, P.,Loman, S., & Sossin, M. (1999). The meaning of movement: Developmental and clinical perspectives as seen through the Kestenberg movement profile. Newark, NJ: Gordon & Breach Publications.
Anderson, W. (Ed.). (1977). Therapy and the arts: Tools of consciousness. New York: Harper Colophon Books.

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Blanton,S. (1960).  The healing power of poetry. NY: Crowel.
Brand, A.G. (1980). Therapy in writing. Lexington, KY: Lexington Books.

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Chodorow, J. (1991). Dance therapy and depth psychology. NY: Routledge.

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Fox, J. (1995). Finding what you didn't lose: Expressing your truth and creativity through poem-making. NY: Jeremy Tarcher/Putnam.
Fox, J. (1997). Poetic medicine: The healing art of poem-making. NY: Jeremy Tarcher/Putnam.
Feder, E. & Feder, B. (1981). The expressive arts therapies. NJ: Prentice-Hall
Fleshman, B.& Fryrear, J. L. (1981). The arts in therapy. Chicago: Nelson-Hall.

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Harrower, M. (1972). The therapy of poetry. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas Publisher.
Hillman, G. & 
Gaffney, K. (19 ).  
 Artists in the community: Training artists to work in alternative settings. New York: Americans for the Arts' Institute for Community Development and the Arts.
Hornyak, L. M. & Baker, E. K. (1989). Experiential therapies for eating disorders. New York: Guildford Press.
Hynes, A.M. & Hynes-Berry, M. (1996). Biblio/Poetry therapy: The interactive process. St. Cloud, MN: North Star Publishers.

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Kalff, D. (1981). Sandplay: A psychotherapeutic approach to the psyche. Boston: Sigo.
Kaye, C. & Blee, T. (1996). The arts in health care: A palette of possibilities. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Krauss, D. & Fryear, J.. (Eds.). (1983). Phototherapy in mental health. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher.

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Leedy, J. J. .(Ed.). (1969). Poetry therapy: The use of poetry in the treatment of emotional disorders. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott.
Leedy, J. J. (Ed.). (1973). Poetry the healer. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott.
Levine, S.K. (1992). Poesis: The language of psychology and the speech of the soul. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 
Levine, S. K. & Levine, E. G. (1998). Foundations of expressive arts therapies: Theoretical and clinical perspectives. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Liebmann, M. (Ed.). (1996). Arts approaches to conflict. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Lewis-Bernstein, P. & Singer, D. (Eds.). (1982). The choreography of object relations. Keene, NH: Antioch University.
Lewis, P. (1986). Theoretical approaches in dance-movement therapy, Vol. I. Dubuque, IA: W.C. Brown-Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
Lewis, P. (1987). Theoretical approaches in dance-movement therapy, Vol. II. Dubuque, IA: W.C. Brown-Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
Lewis, P. & Loman, S. (Eds.). (1990). The Kestenberg movement profile: Its past, present and future applications. Keene, NH: Antioch University.

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McNiff, S. (1998). Art-based research. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Morrison, M.R. (Ed.). (1987). Poetry as therapy. NY: Human Sciences Press.

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Nucho, A. O. (1987). The psychocybernetic model of art therapy. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher.

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Rogers, N. (1993). The creative connection: Expressive arts as healing. Palo Alto, CA: Science & Behavior Books.
Rollins, J & Mahan, C, (19 ). From artist to artist-in-residence: Preparing artists to work in pediatric healthcare settings. Washington, DC: Rollins & Associates.
Rubin, R. J. (Ed.). (1978). Bibliotherapy sourcebook. Phoenix, AZ: OryxPress.
Rubin, J. (1984). The art of art therapy. NY: Brunner/Mazel.

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Ulman, E. & Dachinger, P. (Eds.). (1976). Art therapy in theory and practice. NY: Scholken.

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Wadeson, H. (1980). Art psychotherapy. NY: John Wiley.
Warren, B. (Ed.). (1994). Using the creative arts in therapy: A practical introduction (2nd Ed.). New York: Routledge.
Weiss, J. C. (1984). Expressive therapy with elders and the disabled: Touching the heart of life. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
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