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Somatic art therapy : alleviating pain and trauma through art / Johanne Hamel ; translated by Hélène Hamel.

By: Hamel, Johanne, 1952- [author].
Contributor(s): Hamel, Hélène [translator].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2021Copyright date: ©2008Description: xviii, 174 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780367903237 (paperback); 9780367903244 (hardback); 9780367903244; 0367903245; 0367903237.Uniform titles: Art-thérapie somatique English Subject(s): Pain -- Treatment | Art therapy | Chronic pain -- Treatment | Chronic pain -- Alternative treatment | Chronic pain -- Psychological aspects | Post-traumatic stress disorder -- TreatmentDDC classification: 615.85156
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Definitions -- 1. Somatic art therapy -- 2. Chronic pain -- 3. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- Part II: An overview of art therapy treatments: an overview -- 4. Art therapy for PTSD and chronic pain: an overview -- 5. Trauma treatment: eight techniques for art therapists -- Part III: Theoretical concepts -- 6. Hypotheses about art therapy effectiveness -- 7. Dissociative processes in post-traumatic stress disorders -- 8. Neuroscience and somatic art therapy: emotional memory reconsolidation -- 9. Somatic heart coherence and the quantum model -- Part IV: Somatic art therapy applications -- 10. Somatic art therapy intervention methods for chronic pain -- 11. 'Four-quadrants' method case studies -- 12. Somatic art therapy and chronic pain: case studies -- 13. A healing metaphor -- Conclusion: the importance of developing somatic art therapy research -- Appendices.
Summary: "This book focuses on somatic art therapy for treating acute or chronic pain, especially resulting from physical and/or psychological trauma. It discusses the role of the psyche in physical healing and encourages combining of traditional medicine and holistic perspectives in treatment. Translated from the French text, this volume provides case studies and examples from the author's art psychotherapy practice of 40 years, including the four-quadrants method. Chapters review the current treatments for chronic pain and PTSD and focus on art therapeutic methods to treat those conditions, such as art therapy protocols for PTSD. The book exposes the underlying rational of somatic art therapy, covering art therapy effectiveness, Levine's somatic dissociation, van der Kolk's somatic memory, and Scaer's procedural memory concepts. Also featured are chapter contributions from art therapists Sophie Boudrias, Mylène Piché, and Dr. Patcharin Sughondhabirom. By providing a unique, clear and concise synthesis of available art therapy methods this text will appeal both to the general and professional public, including professional art therapists, psychotherapists, helping relation professionals, and medical practitioners" - back cover.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book focuses on somatic art therapy for treating acute or chronic pain, especially resulting from physical and/or psychological trauma. It discusses the role of the psyche in physical healing and encourages combining of traditional medicine and holistic perspectives in treatment.

Translated from the French text, this volume provides case studies and examples from the author's art psychotherapy practice of 40 years, including the four-quadrants method. Chapters review the current treatments for chronic pain and PTSD and focus on art therapeutic methods to treat those conditions, such as art therapy protocols for PTSD. The book exposes the underlying rational of somatic art therapy, covering art therapy effectiveness, Levine's somatic dissociation, van der Kolk's somatic memory, and Scaer's procedural memory concepts. Also featured are chapter contributions from art therapists Sophie Boudrias, Mylène Piché, and Dr. Patcharin Sughondhabirom.

By providing a unique, clear and concise synthesis of available art therapy methods this text will appeal both to the general and professional public, including professional art therapists, psychotherapists, helping relation professionals, and medical practitioners.

"Originally published in French as L'art-thérapie somatique. Pour aider à guérir la douleur chronique"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (unnumbered page 159-page 169) and indexes.

Introduction -- Part I: Definitions -- 1. Somatic art therapy -- 2. Chronic pain -- 3. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- Part II: An overview of art therapy treatments: an overview -- 4. Art therapy for PTSD and chronic pain: an overview -- 5. Trauma treatment: eight techniques for art therapists -- Part III: Theoretical concepts -- 6. Hypotheses about art therapy effectiveness -- 7. Dissociative processes in post-traumatic stress disorders -- 8. Neuroscience and somatic art therapy: emotional memory reconsolidation -- 9. Somatic heart coherence and the quantum model -- Part IV: Somatic art therapy applications -- 10. Somatic art therapy intervention methods for chronic pain -- 11. 'Four-quadrants' method case studies -- 12. Somatic art therapy and chronic pain: case studies -- 13. A healing metaphor -- Conclusion: the importance of developing somatic art therapy research -- Appendices.

"This book focuses on somatic art therapy for treating acute or chronic pain, especially resulting from physical and/or psychological trauma. It discusses the role of the psyche in physical healing and encourages combining of traditional medicine and holistic perspectives in treatment. Translated from the French text, this volume provides case studies and examples from the author's art psychotherapy practice of 40 years, including the four-quadrants method. Chapters review the current treatments for chronic pain and PTSD and focus on art therapeutic methods to treat those conditions, such as art therapy protocols for PTSD. The book exposes the underlying rational of somatic art therapy, covering art therapy effectiveness, Levine's somatic dissociation, van der Kolk's somatic memory, and Scaer's procedural memory concepts. Also featured are chapter contributions from art therapists Sophie Boudrias, Mylène Piché, and Dr. Patcharin Sughondhabirom. By providing a unique, clear and concise synthesis of available art therapy methods this text will appeal both to the general and professional public, including professional art therapists, psychotherapists, helping relation professionals, and medical practitioners" - back cover.

Translated from the original French to English.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Johanne Hamel, DPs, psychologist and art psychotherapist, specializes in Somatic art therapy as well as in Dreamwork and art therapy. She is an International lecturer in Canada, Europe, USA and Thailand.

Hélène Hamel is a self-employed translator who holds an Honors degree in translation and has been working mainly from English to French for more than 30 years.