{"product_id":"art-therapy-and-creative-coping-susan-buchalter-9781849058308","title":"Art Therapy and Creative Coping Techniques for Older Adults","description":"\u003cp\u003eArt and the therapeutic uses of art provide older adults with valuable ways in which to express and share their feelings, needs and fears, and with a resource for coping with life's major changes. This practical book is filled with step-by-step exercises for art therapists and other professionals to use in work with older adults, either individually or in groups. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author provides brief, imaginative warm-ups, which encourage participants to become more at ease expressing themselves creatively. She offers ideas for engaging and innovative creative projects across a range of media, including art, music, movement, poetry and creative writing, all of which can be adapted, personalised or combined to meet the particular needs of individual participants. Points to consider when working with this client group are explored, and case study examples, with participants' artwork, are included throughout. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAppropriate for use with all relatively able older adults, including those with depression, anxiety or in the early stages of dementia, this will be an invaluable tool for art therapists as well as counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers and carers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan I. Buchalter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 184905830X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849058308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 238","brand":"Susan I. Buchalter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978711793919,"sku":"9781849058308","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_174a3804-a661-45da-8de1-adac0db73804.jpg?v=1683242729","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-therapy-and-creative-coping-susan-buchalter-9781849058308","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}