Art Therapy in Palliative Care

<p>This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the practice and results of art therapy in palliative care. It includes first-hand accounts from both therapists and clients in a variety of palliative care settings including:-<br> * hospices and hospitals<br> * patients own homes<br> * prisons (AIDS patients)<br> * adolescent griefwork groups<br>These case studies include examples of client art work and illustrate clearly how art therapy can allow patients to regain feelings of control over their lives.</p> Part I; Chapter 1 What is art therapy?, Michèle J.M. Wood; Chapter 2 What is palliative care?, Michèle J.M. Wood; Chapter 3 Art therapy in palliative care, Michèle J.M. Wood; Chapter 4 Some images of illness, Peter Kaye; Part II; Chapter 5 Getting started, Jackie Coote; Chapter 6 What lies within us, Gill Thomas; Chapter 7 The search for a model which opens, Camilla Connell; Chapter 8 Will the kitchen table do?, Simon Bell; Chapter 9 The story board, Sheila Mayo; Chapter 10 A narrow ledge, Ann Bartholomew; Chapter 11 The butterfly garden, Val Beaver; Chapter 12 The body as art, Michèle J.M. Wood; Chapter 13 The invisible injury, Mandy Pratt; Chapter 14 From psychiatry to psycho-oncology, Paola Luzzatto; Chapter 15 Sunbeams and icebergs, meteorites and daisies, Barbara Morley;