Portrait Therapy
Resolving Self-Identity Disruption in Clients with Life-Threatening and Chronic Illnesses
$71.75
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2017
Summary
Portrait therapy reverses the traditional roles in art therapy, utilising Edith Kramer’s concept of the art therapist’s ‘third hand’ to collaboratively design and paint their clients’ portraits. It addresses ‘disrupted’ self-identity, which is common in serious illness and characterised by statements like ‘I don’t know who I am anymore’ and ‘I’m not the person I used to be’.
This book explores the theory and practice of portrait therapy, including Kenneth Wright’s theory of ‘mirroring…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785922930 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785922939 |
| Author: | Susan Carr |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 441g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 161mm x 231mm |
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Critics Review
This intriguing book turns the art therapy lens in the reverse direction - the art therapist painting portraits co-created with seriously ill clients, to help revalidate their self-identities. It is a fascinating book, thoroughly researched and well written. – Marian Liebmann, art therapist
Susan Carr
Dr Susan Carr is an art therapist, artist, writer and researcher, with 12 years’ experience working in palliative care. She is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Art Therapy and is based in Swindon, UK.
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