Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy
Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives

Edited by Stephen K. Levine and Ellen G. Levine

Chapter 6: The creative connection: a holistic expressive arts process

by Natalie Rogers
my perspective, when we use the arts for self-healing or therapeutic purposes, it is most beneficial if we are not concerned about the beauty of the visual art, the grammar and style of the writing, or the harmonic flow of the song. We use the arts to let go, to express and to release. Also, we can gain insight by studying the symbolic and metaphoric messages. Our art speaks back to us if we take the time to listen to those messages. Verbalizing or sharing these feelings furthers the process of self-insight and self-analysis.”

Poiesis and post-modernism: the search for foundation in expressive arts therapy
Stephen K. Levine
Soul Nourishment, or the intermodal language of imagination
Paolo J. Knill
The necessity of form: expressive arts therapy in the light of the work of K.E. Logstrup
Majken Jacoby
Artistic inquiry: research in expressive arts therapy
Shaun McNiff

Voicework as therapy: the artistic use of singing and vocal sound to heal mind and body
Paul Newham
The creative connection: a holistic expressive arts process
Natalie Rogers
Living artfully: movement as an integrative process
Daria Halprin
Layer upon layer: a healing experience in the art studio
Annette Brederode
Music as mother: the mothering function of music through expressive and receptive avenues
Margareta Warja
Between imagination and belief: poetry as therapeutic intervention
Margo Fuchs
Poetry in the oral tradition: serious play with words
Elizabeth Gordon McKim
The Theater of the Holocaust
Yaacov Naor
In exile from the body: creating a 'play room' in the 'waiting room'
Melinda Ashley Meyer
On the playground: child psychotherapy and expressive arts therapy
Ellen G. Levine