Psychotherapy, Literature and the Visual and Performing Arts

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kirkcaldy, Bruce (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture
• Subjects: Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Psychotherapy .; Personality.; Social psychology.; Performing arts.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Psychosocial Studies.; Performing Arts.

This book explores the relevance of literature and the performing and visual arts for effective clinical psychotherapy. There is a growing interest in the use of the arts in psychotherapy, in part due to an increasing awareness of the limitations in verbal communication and scepticism towards tradit...