A Leap of Faith: The Call to Art,9780398070014

A Leap of Faith: The Call to Art

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780398070014
ISBN10: 0398070016
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher(s): THOMAS CHARLES C PUBLISHER
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Author Biography

Ellen G. Horovitz, Ph.D., A.T.R., B.C. is Director of Graduate Art Therapy at Nazareth College, in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword vi
Doctor Valerie Appleton
Introduction: Priming the Pump 3(1)
Mourning Loss, Soulution, and the Studio
3(1)
Living with One's Art
4(3)
Beginnings
7(3)
Possibilities
10(4)
The Mystery of the Brain
14(2)
Content Descriptions
16(2)
Pathways
18(3)
In Search of Self: Informing the Creative Process
21(28)
The Road Ahead
21(1)
A Little History
21(3)
The Work
24(25)
The Dissociated Self or True Individuation
49(32)
In Search of Self: Informing the Process
50(2)
On Creativity, Self, and Psychosis
52(6)
Where to Draw the Line
58(1)
Elemental Play and Creativity
59(3)
Case One: You Gotta Have Art
62(1)
Referring Symptoms: Psychosocial and Medical History (Hx)
62(1)
The Sessions
63(4)
Time for Art
67(5)
The Artist Within
72(9)
When Art is Enough
81(24)
Brian
81(4)
The Art Therapy Diagnostic Assessment
85(3)
Significant Sessions
88(7)
Twelve Years Later
95(4)
Afterthoughts from Brian
99(3)
Conclusion
102(3)
Primary Process: Gains for the Artist/Therapist
105(28)
Art, Dreams, and Messages Down Under
105(1)
Psychosocial History
106(1)
Educational History
106(1)
Psychological Testing
107(1)
Art Therapy Diagnostic Assessment
108(1)
Reasons for Referral
108(1)
Behavioral Observations
108(2)
Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment (CATA)
110(2)
Kinetic Family Drawing (KED)
112(1)
Art Therapy Dream Assessment (ATDA)
112(1)
Conclusion and Recommendation
113(1)
Significant Sessions
113(7)
Blurring the Boundaries and the Family Work
120(2)
The Heart of the Matter
122(3)
Intervention
125(3)
Research on Bipolar Disorder and Medication
128(1)
Results of Medication Changes
129(4)
Dragon Lore: A Tale of Countertransference
133(14)
Ellen's Story
133(2)
Performance, Power and Integrity
135(1)
Scout's Story
135(1)
Abbreviated Art Therapy Diagnostic Assessment
135(1)
Reasons for Referral
135(1)
Scout's Timeline and Genogram
136(1)
Behavioral Observations
136(1)
Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment (CATA)
137(2)
Kinetic Family Drawing Test (KFD)
139(1)
Recommendations and Conclusions
140(1)
The Countertransference Reign
140(3)
A Turning Point
143(4)
Cognition, Thought Processes, and Language Systems: Interviews with Other Artists
147(24)
The Interviews
150(1)
Interview with Parker J. Palmer
151(4)
Interview with Ai Gvdhi Waya
155(2)
Interview with Shaun McNiff
157(3)
Interview with Bruce Moon
160(1)
Interview with Valerie Appleton
161(3)
Interview with Gail Bellamy
164(3)
Interview with David Henley
167(4)
Conclusions
171(14)
A Promising Future
175(1)
Forensic Implications
176(2)
On Finishing Touches and Living with the Art
178(7)
Biblography 185(4)
Author Index 189(2)
Subject Index 191

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