Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies

Mindfulness and the Art Therapies is a wonderful and comprehensive book. This is an important contribution to the growing field of mindfulness. How wonderful that Laury Rappaport has masterly brought to the forefront the importance of mindfulness and art therapies. -- Bob Stahl, Ph.D., Co-Author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Living with Your Heart Wide Open, Calming the Rush of Panic, and A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety Applications of mindfulness and meditation are demonstrating their effectiveness with stress reduction, self-regulation, trauma recovery, and overall quality of life. Likewise, the expressive arts therapies are increasingly embraced as methods of transformation that enhance health and well-being. This impressive book is a timely and seminal contribution to both the current literature on mindfulness and the arts therapies. It incorporates everything helping professionals and students need to know, including the foundations of mindfulness and arts therapies, neurobiology and somatic perspectives, and pragmatic, integrative approaches to applying methods to a variety of populations and settings. Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies brings together the basics of mindfulness and meditation in a practical, accessible way that invites not only arts therapists but also, all mental health and healthcare professionals to cultivate and apply its wisdom to both working with clients and as a personal wellness practice. -- Cathy Malchiodi, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPAT, LPCC, Trauma-Informed Practice and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, and Lesley University Mindfulness and the arts can play an important role in psychospiritual growth and the evolution of human consciousness. Is the complex consciousness that we call 'mind' and brain the same or different? If you are interested in this question, Drs. Jared D. Kass and Sidney M. Trantham provide a clear and comprehensive roadmap to your evolving understanding in their ambitious chapter in Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies. The authors decipher the most current research in brain science the autonomic nervous system, polyvagal theory and the stress response, human brain evolution, hemispheric lateralization, attachment theory, pleasure and pain, trauma and PTSD, addiction, self-awareness, empathy, memory, and emotion. They carefully link their discussion of these topics, fostering greater appreciation of the neuroanatomy and physiology of internal composure, resilience, and maturity in contrast to that of aggression, violence, and destructive coping. Kass and Trantham's chapter, toward the end of this impressive volume, provides an integrative understanding for clinicians, researchers, and anyone interested in mindfulness, meditation, the arts, and the brain. -- Lawrence Peltz, MD., Author of The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery: A Practical Guide to Regaining Control Over Your Life The integration of mindfulness practices and the art therapies is a natural and much needed evolution for clinicians and group facilitators. Dr. Laury Rappaport has brought together a remarkable group of practitioners in this timely book. The authors embrace a broad spectrum of approaches authentic movement, Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapy, Person-Centered Expressive Arts, drama, poetry, and music therapies, and moreall finding enhanced results of combining deep meditation practices with their arts modality. Theories and concepts are carefully presented with meaningful case material. The last chapter, 'Perspectives from Clinical Neuroscience: Mindfulness and the Therapeutic Use of the Arts' describes how the healing, transformative work we are doing is validated by scientific research. This book contributes new and vital material to the humanistic practices of the arts therapies as enhanced by mindfulness methods. -- Natalie Rogers, Ph.D., REAT, Author of The Creative Connection for Groups: Person-

Shaun McNiff PhD, ATR is the Provost and Dean of Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. An internationally-renowned figure in the creative arts therapies, he has written many critically-acclaimed books including Art as Medicine: Creating a Therapy of the Imagination,Educating the Creative Arts Therapist and Depth Psychology of Art. Dr McNiff has been honoured on many occasions for his pioneering contributions to the creative arts therapy field, and he is the 1997 recipient of the America Art Therapy Association's Honorary Life Member Award.

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Jakusho Kwong Roshi, Founder and Abbot, Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, Genjoji, Santa Rosa, California. Introduction. Part I. Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies: Overview and Roots. 1. Mindfulness, Psychotherapy, and the Arts Therapies. Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., ATR-BC, REAT, MFT, Professor and Consultant Mind-Body Dept., Five Branches University; Founder and Director Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute and Debra Kalmanowitz, MA, RATh, University of Hong Kong. Part II. Cultivating Mindful Awareness and Presence through the Expressive Arts. 2. The Role of Witnessing and Immersion in the Moment of Arts Therapy Practice. Shaun McNiff, Ph.D., ATR-BC, University Professor, Lesley University. 3. Intention and Witness: Tools for Mindfulness in Art and Writing. Patricia Allen, Ph.D., ATR-BC, Faculty, Art Institute of Chicago. Part III. Integrating Mindfulness with the Arts Therapies. 4. Mindfulness Based Art Therapy: Applications for Healing With Cancer. Caroline Peterson, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, Joan Karnell Cancer Center, Pennsylvania Hospital. 5. Mindful Body Awareness in Art Therapy with Chronic Pain Syndrome. Jrgen Fritsche, University of Munich, Academy of Fine Arts Munich: Graduate Program in Art Therapy, Pain Clinic, Schwabing Hospital, Munich. 6. Mindfulness and Dance Movement Therapy with Trauma. Jennifer Tantia, Ph.D., BC-DMT, LCAT, Adjunct Faculty Adlephi University; Private Practice. 7. Mindfulness and Drama Therapy: Insight Improvisation and the Transformation of Anger. Joel Gluck , M.Ed., RDT., Registered Drama Therapist, North American Drama Therapy Association. 8. Music, Imagery and Mindfulness with Substance Dependency. Carolyn Van Dort, Post-Graduate Degree, Music Therapy; Guided Imagery and Music, Teacher, Music and Imagery, University of Melbourne and Denise Grocke, Ph.D., RMT, MT-BC, FAMI. Professor of Music Therapy, University of Melbourne. 9. Poetry Therapy, Creativity, and the Practice of Mindfulness. John Fox, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, John F. Kennedy University, California Institute of Integral Studies. 10. The Silent Creative Retreat for People with Cancer: The Assissi Model for Professionals. Paola Luzzatto, Art Therapy Italiana, Bologna, Italy, David Payne, Bonnie Gabriel, Anna Lagomaggiore, Lucia Minerbi, Ellen Mullin, Gemma Oldrini and Gabriella Ventrella. 11. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and the Expressive Arts Therapies in a Hospital Based Community Outreach Program. Patricia D. Isis, Ph.D., LMHC, ATR-BC, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Private Practice, Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Instructor. 12. Mindfulness Based Expressive Therapies for People with Severe Mental Illness and Persistent Mental Illness. Daniel Herring, MA, LMHC, Founding Director: Merrick Valley Center for Mindful Healing, Haverhill, MA; Adjunct Faculty Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. Part IV. Mindfulness-Based Arts Therapies Approaches. 13. Authentic Movement and Mindfulness: Embodied Awareness and the Healing Nature of Expressive Arts. Ze Avstreih, MS, LPC, BC-DMT, NCC, Professor, Graduate School of Psychology, Somatic Counseling Psychology Program, Coordinator, Dance and Movement Therapy Concentration, Naropa University. 14. Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapies: Cultivating Mindfulness, Compassion, and Accessing Inner Wisdom. Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., ATR-BC, REAT, MFT, Professor and Consultant Mind-Body Dept., Five Branches University; Founder and Director Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute. 15. Hakomi and Art Therapy. Merryl E. Rothaus, ATR-BC, LPC, LMHC, Adjunct Faculty, Naropa Institute. 16. Mindfulness and Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy. Fiona Chang, RSW, REAT, President, Expressive Arts Therapy Association Hong Kong, Regional Co-chair, International Expressive Arts Therapy Association, Honorary Lecturer, University of Hong Kong. 17. Creative Mindfulness: Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy. Karin von Daler, M.A., MFT, REAT, teacher Expressive Arts and Mindfuln