the use of art, play, music, dance/movement, drama, and spirituality to treatment issues relating to eating disturbance. The author's primary purpose is to examine treatment approaches which cover the broad spectrum of the creative art therapies. The collection of chapters is written by renowned, well-credentialed, and professional creative art therapists in the areas of art, play, music, dance/movement, and drama. In addition, some of the chapters are complimented with photographs of client art work, diagrams, and tables. The reader is provided with a snapshot of how these various creative art therapies are used to treat males and females suffering from eating disorders. This informative book will be of special interest to educators, students, therapists as well as people struggling with eating disorders. --- from the publisher Contents: Preface Chapter 1. EATING DISORDERS ACROSS THE WORLD Stephanie L. Brooke 2. ART THERAPY APPROACHES TO WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE EATING DISORDERS - Donna J. Betts 3. BRINGING “THE WORLD” INTO THE ROOM: ART THERAPY, WOMEN AND EATING ISSUES - Claire Edwards 4. PRESERVING THE SELF: TREATING EATING DISORDERED INDIVIDUALS WHO SELF-INJURE WITH ART THERAPY - Michelle L. Dean 5. THE BODY OUTLINE DRAWING TECHNIQUE: CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR EATING DISORDERED TRAUMA SURVIVORS - Julia Andersen 6. CREATING NEW WORLDS: USING SANDTRAY THERAPY WITH EATING DISORDERS - Charles E. Myers & Kathryn N. Klinger 7. HEALING HUNGER THROUGH PLAY: AN OVERVIEW OF PLAY THERAPY TECHNIQUES FOR COUNSELING CHILDREN WITH EATING DISORDERS - Brian L. Bethel 8. DISCOVERY AND RECOVERY THROUGH MUSIC: AN OVERVIEW OF MUSIC THERAPY WITH ADULTS IN EATING DISORDER TREATMENT - Annie Heiderscheit 9. MUSIC THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS - Marah Bobilin 10. CULTURALLY COMPETENT GROUP THERAPY WITH LATINA ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH EATING DISTURBANCE: THE USE OF POETRY AND MUSIC - Geneva Reynaga-Abiko 11. WOMEN, FOOD AND FEELINGS: DRAMA THERAPY WITH WOMEN WHO HAVE EATING DISORDERS Sheila Rubin 12. THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE FOOD: RITUAL AND COMPULSION IN EATING DISORDERS - EXISTENTIAL DRAMA THERAPY WITH ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES - Cosmin Gheorghe 13. NOURISHING THE INNER CHILD: THE SESAME APPROACH OF DRAMA AND MOVEMENT THERAPY WITH TEENS RECOVERING FROM DISORDERED EATING - Priyadarshini Senroy 14. TALKING TO THE SOCIAL ANIMAL: AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO WORKING WITH ANOREXIC AND BULIMIC CLIENTS - Shinta Hermanns 15. THE USE OF SPIRITUALITY AS A CREATIVE THERAPEUTIC MODALITY IN THE TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS - Amy Jerslid 16. NOURISHING THE YOUNG THERAPIST: ACTION SUPERVISION WITH EATING DISORDERED CLIENTS USING THE THERAPEUTIC SPIRAL MODEL Kate Hudgins 17. A POSITIVE ETHICAL APPROACH TO USING CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES WITH EATING DISORDERS Lisa D. Hinz Author Index Subject Index |