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Using textile arts and handcrafts in therapy with women : weaving lives back together / Ann Futterman Collier.

By: Collier, Ann Futterman [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781849058384 (paperback).Subject(s): Textile crafts -- Therapeutic use | Art therapyDDC classification: 616.89165
Contents:
Introduction: why fiber is good for your psyche -- Threads of time: women and textile-making -- she's come unraveled: mental well-being in girls and women -- Undercovering the truth: assessing where to start -- Interwoven lives: cross-cultural applications of textile art therapy -- Theoretical underpinnings of textile art therapy -- Pulling in the warp threads you will weave with: issues, metaphors, and projects suggestions -- Unveiling the textile techniques -- Spin the web: circles of woman -- Psychologically minded female textile artists: incredible examples.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Art-making with fabrics and fibers is a natural and creative method of self-expression and can enrich the healing process. This book is a complete guide to using textiles in therapy with female clients.

Reviewing the role of textile-based handcrafts in the lives of women today, and integrating the life issues they face with the therapeutic making of fiber art, the book covers everything from the psychology of this therapeutic approach to how to carry it out effectively with a wide range of clients. Specific techniques and suggestions for practice are provided, alongside chapters on expressive writing, guided imagery, and cross-cultural applications of therapy.

This innovative book will be a useful tool for therapists, students, artists looking to build on self-exploration, and anybody else interested in the therapeutic benefits that art-making with textiles can bring about.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and indexes.

Introduction: why fiber is good for your psyche -- Threads of time: women and textile-making -- she's come unraveled: mental well-being in girls and women -- Undercovering the truth: assessing where to start -- Interwoven lives: cross-cultural applications of textile art therapy -- Theoretical underpinnings of textile art therapy -- Pulling in the warp threads you will weave with: issues, metaphors, and projects suggestions -- Unveiling the textile techniques -- Spin the web: circles of woman -- Psychologically minded female textile artists: incredible examples.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ann Futterman Collier is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with many years experience of working with textile arts and therapy. She is an Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in abnormal psychology, counseling techniques, health psychology, and art therapy theory; she also conducts research on how art-making can be used to promote well-being and mood repair. Ann resides in Flagstaff, Arizona.