Suggests specific interventions that could be implemented in clinical practice Offers academic and practitioner perspectives on psychotherapy and the arts Provides insight into resource-oriented psychotherapies

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Bruce Kirkcaldy is Director of the International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health and has published over 230 articles including 11 books.

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Introduction: Psychotherapy and the Arts: A Practitioner's Guide; Bruce Kirkcaldy.- Part 1: Literature and narrative therapy.- 2. Edvard Munch as psychotherapist: a picture is worth a thousand words; Arnold Weinstein.- 3. Stories, Parables and Metaphors: Application in Langerian Mindfulness; Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi & Ellen Langer.- 4. Wounded Healers and the Impact of Literature, Drama and Film on Mental Health Treatment; Bruce Kirkcaldy & Ahmed Hankir.- 5. Film and Mental Health; Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio & Gurvinder Kalra.- Part 2: Theater and Dance Perspectives.- 6. A new theory of emotions and theatre; Jeff Zinn.- 7. Benefits of theatrical improvisation in the training of psychotherapists; Daniel J. Wiener.- 8. The Dance of Presence: Mindfulness and Movement; Shauna Shapiro & Sarah de Sousa.- Part 3: Visual Arts and Painting.- 9. Making Space: Experiences Developing a Contemplative Art Program to Introduce Mindfulness to Non-Meditators; Christine Korol & Kim Sogge.- 10. Substance abuse treatment: Therapeutic applications of art; Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou & Marina Dalla.- Part 4: Music and Performing Arts.- 11. Endeavours to quieten the savage breast: Therapeutic applications of music; Glenn Wilson.- 12. Psychological Oddities among Performing Artists; Vincent Egan, Tony Beech & Lawrence Burrow.- 13. Emotional Intelligence, Personality Disorders and the Performing Arts; Adrian Furnham.