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Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing: A Sensorimotor Art Therapy Approach to Bilateral Body Mapping

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A body-focused, trauma-informed art therapy that will appeal to art therapists, somatic experiencing practitioners, bodyworkers, artists, and mental health professionals While art therapy traditionally focuses on therapeutic image-making and the cognitive or symbolic interpretation of these creations, Cornelia Elbrecht instructs readers how to facilitate the body- focused approach of guided drawing. Clients draw with both hands and eyes closed as they focus on their felt sense. Physical pain, tension, and emotions are expressed without words through bilateral scribbles. Clients then, with an almost massage-like approach, find movements that soothe their pain, discharge inner tension and emotions, and repair boundary breaches. Archetypal shapes allow therapists to safely structure the experience in a nonverbal way. Sensorimotor art therapy is a unique and self-empowering application of somatic experiencing--it is both body-focused and trauma-informed in approach --and assists clients who have experienced complex traumatic events to actively respond to overwhelming experiences until they feel less helpless and overwhelmed and are then able to repair their memories of the past. Elbrecht provides readers with the context of body-focused, trauma-informed art therapy and walks them through the thinking behind and process of guided drawing-- including 100 full-color images from client sessions that serve as helpful examples of the work. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ North Atlantic Books


Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 4, 2018


Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 344 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1623172764


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 63


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.81 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.64 x 9.9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #110,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #165 in Post-Traumatic Stress #284 in Popular Psychology Psychotherapy #842 in Popular Psychology Pathologies


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  • Fascinating insight into body/mind connection
Format: Paperback
Really interesting book that is helpful for therapy, especially when someone tunes out of their body sensations. It is also a way to add in playfulness for those who haven't been creative in years. Well-written and well-organized with plenty of clear photographs to illustrate the process.
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2020 by Kim Bennett

  • Well written and very useful.
Format: Paperback
Great book. I am an Art Therapist and work mainly with trauma survivors. Well written. Would recommend to others in my field.
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2020 by zephyrsquared

  • Item is as expected and received timely.
Format: Paperback
Item is as expected and received timely.
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2020 by Amazon Customer

  • Brain healing without words
Format: Paperback
Practical use of art to bring emotional healing
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2019 by Heavy Reader

  • Amazing
Format: Paperback
Amazing
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2019 by rebecca stclair

  • Mind-blowing results.
Format: Paperback
Amazing! As a therapist I’ve been using Guided Drawing with clients to shut off their PTSD responses and have had success so far!
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2019 by mina loy

  • Disappointing
Format: Paperback
Not at all what I expected.
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020 by Amazon Customer

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