Preface
1. Expressive Arts Therapy: Going Beyond the Limits of Language
2. Frameworks for Expressive Arts Therapy and Trauma-Informed
Practice
3. A Brain–Body Framework for Expressive Arts Therapy
4. The Reparation Is in the Relationship
5. Safety: The Essential Foundation
6. Self-Regulation: Fundamentals of Stabilization
7. Working with the Body’s Sense of Trauma
8. Trauma Narratives: Multiple Layers of Storied Expression
9. Resilience: Enhancing and Embodying Mastery and Competence
10. Meaning Making: Imagining New Narratives for Brain and Body
Resources
Appendix 1A. Body Outline Template: Adults
Appendix 1B. Body Outline Template: Children
Appendix 2. Brain Template: Profile View
Appendix 3. Brain Template: Two Hemispheres
Appendix 4. Breathing Prompts
Appendix 5. Mock Body-Mapping Activity
Appendix 6. Body-Mapping Template
Cathy A. Malchiodi, PhD, ATR-BC, LPCC, LPAT, REAT, is a psychologist and expressive arts therapist specializing in trauma recovery. Since the 1990s, Dr. Malchiodi has worked with traumatized children, adolescents, adults, and families, expanding the range of understanding of nonverbal, sensory-based concepts and methods. Founder and executive director of the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, Dr. Malchiodi has given over 700 invited keynotes, lectures, and workshops around the world, and has assisted more than 500 organizations and institutions in developing trauma-informed, expressive arts, and disaster relief programming. Her books include Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy, Understanding Children’s Drawings, and Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, Second Edition. Dr. Malchiodi is a contributing writer forPsychology Today, an active visual artist, and an aspiring musician.
“This book is at once encyclopedic in scope and profoundly poetic,
meticulously observed and heartfelt--as scientific as it is
creative. Malchiodi shows us how the legacy of trauma comprises not
only distressing memories and disturbing thoughts, but also
heartbreaking, gut-wrenching sensory experiences. Throughout
history, just about every culture has coped with trauma by
activating collective rhythms, sounds, music, improvisation and
dramatic enactments, storytelling, and other ways of self-soothing
and reconnecting with community. Malchiodi masterfully demonstrates
how the expressive arts can mobilize the body and fire the
imagination, and thereby help to restore vitality, self-efficacy,
mastery, and self-expression."--Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD, author
of The Body Keeps the Score; Founder and President, Trauma Research
Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
"For those of us who believe that imagination is at the core of
what it is to be human, expressive arts therapies are obvious tools
in the process of addressing mental disorders and psychic pain.
This book takes a systematic, rigorous, highly informative approach
to exploring how therapies that lean on the human ability to create
and depict experience can take an individual beyond a history of
adversity and trauma. This is the best introduction to expressive
arts therapies for trauma that I've seen; it will be of immense
value to anyone who is engaged in learning about these
interventions or who just wants to find out how and why they can be
so very effective."--Peter Fonagy, OBE, FMedSci, FBA, FAcSS, Head,
Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College
London, United Kingdom; Chief Executive, Anna Freud Centre
"We are seeing a momentous shift in therapeutic approaches that
help treat distressed individuals--the inclusion of the living,
sensing, knowing body. This book offers a vital contribution by
incorporating painting, dance, theatre, music, and more into the
trauma therapy armamentarium. It is a clear guide both for
therapists and educators who already utilize expressive arts and
for all those who want to expand their depth of practice."--Peter
A. Levine, PhD, Founder, Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute,
Boulder, Colorado
"This truly groundbreaking text is what the field has been waiting
for! It is the first resource to thread together interpersonal
neurobiological research on trauma with the role that expressive
arts modalities can play in facilitating posttraumatic growth.
Especially important is the systemic, culturally informed social
justice perspective within which Malchiodi contextualizes her work.
The book presents a healing-centered approach that embraces the
intrinsic human capacity to use visual arts, movement, music, song,
the written and spoken word, and drama for self- and co-regulation
and mutual empowerment. We will adopt this book as a core text with
specific relevance to our courses in Psychological Assessment and
Creative Arts Therapy, Family and Couples Dynamics, and Expressive
Arts and Trauma."--Shoshana Simons, PhD, RDT, Program Chair and
Professor, Expressive Arts Therapy, California Institute of
Integral Studies
"This is the most important book I have read recently. Malchiodi
provides powerful evidence for the significance of the expressive
arts in trauma healing, making this an essential resource for all
students and practitioners in the helping professions. The volume
deepens current theory as well as breaking new ground. It places
the individual engaged in creative expression as the authority--or,
at the very least, a co-creator with the therapist--in healing
action. Malchiodi names the expressive arts as a form of social
action, and her book has worldwide relevance across all age levels.
This is a brilliant book that builds on what we already know from
indigenous therapies--the 'ancient university'--for healing trauma
in individuals, families, and communities."--Judy Atkinson, PhD,
Emeritus Professor and former Head, Gnibi College of Indigenous
Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University, Australia
"This book is poised to become the defining manual for expressive
arts therapists and a key source of inspiration for those trained
in 'talk therapies' only. It is exciting reading. The book is
deeply informed by neurobiology, trauma theories, research, and
decades of clinical practice--the crossover between creative and
body-focused approaches has never before been discussed in this
breadth. The book abundantly illustrates creative strategies to
enhance relationships, safety, self-regulation, resilience,
mindfulness, meaning making, and posttraumatic growth. Body-based,
healing-focused arts modalities have undeniably found their place
in psychotherapy."--Cornelia Elbrecht, MA, AThR, SEP, REAT,
Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy, Australia
"Compelling evidence attests to the value of the expressive
therapies as a treatment of choice for psychological trauma.
Malchiodi offers practical, science-supported treatment strategies,
illustrated by sensitive clinical vignettes from decades of
experience. Without ever losing sight of the therapeutic
relationship, the book emphasizes the action-oriented nature of the
expressive therapies and their power to enhance self-regulation and
communicate difficult emotional content. Written through a
contemporary lens, and peppered with pop culture references, this
text is an accessible staple for any graduate art therapy training
classroom, and will be appreciated by all clinicians interested in
holistic, whole-body care."--Juliet L. King MA, ATR-BC, LPC, LMHC,
Associate Professor of Art Therapy, The George Washington
University; Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology, Indiana
University School of Medicine
"Malchiodi has written the comprehensive work on trauma treatment
and the expressive arts. Moving case descriptions demonstrate the
power of images, movement, and music to transform the legacy of the
past."--Janina Fisher, PhD, psychotherapist, consultant, and
trainer, Oakland, California-This book is thought provoking and
reminds us that how and why therapists do what they do can make all
the difference in patients achieving health, feelings of safety,
and self-efficacy. This well-written contribution to the expressive
arts is a must-read….The book is a blend of real-life trauma
casework, seminal references and research, and the author's own
honed intuition into patient needs for expression. From beginning
to end, objectives are met and readers are left in awe of
individuals' humanness and capacity for resilience when given the
right tools and experiences….This book is a delight to read. This
author is committed to a process of learning, growing, and becoming
positively alive through self-expression. I was left heavy-hearted
with real-life story reminders of how brutality can crush the human
spirit and experience. Thank goodness the weight was lifted by an
innovative exploration into patient/client safety, reparation, and
resilience and a brilliant, effective provision of well-thought-out
information and activities.--Doody's Review Service, 7/10/2020
“This book is at once encyclopedic in scope and profoundly poetic,
meticulously observed and heartfelt--as scientific as it is
creative. Malchiodi shows us how the legacy of trauma comprises not
only distressing memories and disturbing thoughts, but also
heartbreaking, gut-wrenching sensory experiences. Throughout
history, just about every culture has coped with trauma by
activating collective rhythms, sounds, music, improvisation and
dramatic enactments, storytelling, and other ways of self-soothing
and reconnecting with community. Malchiodi masterfully demonstrates
how the expressive arts can mobilize the body and fire the
imagination, and thereby help to restore vitality, self-efficacy,
mastery, and self-expression."--Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD, author
of The Body Keeps the Score; Founder and President, Trauma Research
Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
"For those of us who believe that imagination is at the core of
what it is to be human, expressive arts therapies are obvious tools
in the process of addressing mental disorders and psychic pain.
This book takes a systematic, rigorous, highly informative approach
to exploring how therapies that lean on the human ability to create
and depict experience can take an individual beyond a history of
adversity and trauma. This is the best introduction to expressive
arts therapies for trauma that I've seen; it will be of immense
value to anyone who is engaged in learning about these
interventions or who just wants to find out how and why they can be
so very effective."--Peter Fonagy, CBE, FMedSci, FBA, FAcSS, Head,
Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College
London, United Kingdom
"We are seeing a momentous shift in therapeutic approaches that
help treat distressed individuals--the inclusion of the living,
sensing, knowing body. This book offers a vital contribution by
incorporating painting, dance, theatre, music, and more into the
trauma therapy armamentarium. It is a clear guide both for
therapists and educators who already utilize expressive arts and
for all those who want to expand their depth of practice."--Peter
A. Levine, PhD, Founder, Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute,
Boulder, Colorado
"This truly groundbreaking text is what the field has been waiting
for! It is the first resource to thread together interpersonal
neurobiological research on trauma with the role that expressive
arts modalities can play in facilitating posttraumatic growth.
Especially important is the systemic, culturally informed social
justice perspective within which Malchiodi contextualizes her work.
The book presents a healing-centered approach that embraces the
intrinsic human capacity to use visual arts, movement, music, song,
the written and spoken word, and drama for self- and co-regulation
and mutual empowerment. We will adopt this book as a core text with
specific relevance to our courses in Psychological Assessment and
Creative Arts Therapy, Family and Couples Dynamics, and Expressive
Arts and Trauma."--Shoshana Simons, PhD, RDT, Program Chair and
Professor, Expressive Arts Therapy, California Institute of
Integral Studies
"This is the most important book I have read recently. Malchiodi
provides powerful evidence for the significance of the expressive
arts in trauma healing, making this an essential resource for all
students and practitioners in the helping professions. The volume
deepens current theory as well as breaking new ground. It places
the individual engaged in creative expression as the authority--or,
at the very least, a co-creator with the therapist--in healing
action. Malchiodi names the expressive arts as a form of social
action, and her book has worldwide relevance across all age levels.
This is a brilliant book that builds on what we already know from
indigenous therapies--the 'ancient university'--for healing trauma
in individuals, families, and communities."--Judy Atkinson, PhD,
Emeritus Professor and former Head, Gnibi College of Indigenous
Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University, Australia
"This book is poised to become the defining manual for expressive
arts therapists and a key source of inspiration for those trained
in 'talk therapies' only. It is exciting reading. The book is
deeply informed by neurobiology, trauma theories, research, and
decades of clinical practice--the crossover between creative and
body-focused approaches has never before been discussed in this
breadth. The book abundantly illustrates creative strategies to
enhance relationships, safety, self-regulation, resilience,
mindfulness, meaning making, and posttraumatic growth. Body-based,
healing-focused arts modalities have undeniably found their place
in psychotherapy."--Cornelia Elbrecht, MA, AThR, SEP, REAT,
Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy, Australia
"Compelling evidence attests to the value of the expressive
therapies as a treatment of choice for psychological trauma.
Malchiodi offers practical, science-supported treatment strategies,
illustrated by sensitive clinical vignettes from decades of
experience. Without ever losing sight of the therapeutic
relationship, the book emphasizes the action-oriented nature of the
expressive therapies and their power to enhance self-regulation and
communicate difficult emotional content. Written through a
contemporary lens, and peppered with pop culture references, this
text is an accessible staple for any graduate art therapy training
classroom, and will be appreciated by all clinicians interested in
holistic, whole-body care."--Juliet L. King MA, ATR-BC, LPC, LMHC,
Associate Professor of Art Therapy, The George Washington
University; Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology, Indiana
University School of Medicine
"Malchiodi has written the comprehensive work on trauma treatment
and the expressive arts. Moving case descriptions demonstrate the
power of images, movement, and music to transform the legacy of the
past."--Janina Fisher, PhD, psychotherapist, consultant, and
trainer, Oakland, California-This book is thought provoking and
reminds us that how and why therapists do what they do can make all
the difference in patients achieving health, feelings of safety,
and self-efficacy. This well-written contribution to the expressive
arts is a must-read….The book is a blend of real-life trauma
casework, seminal references and research, and the author's own
honed intuition into patient needs for expression. From beginning
to end, objectives are met and readers are left in awe of
individuals' humanness and capacity for resilience when given the
right tools and experiences….This book is a delight to read. This
author is committed to a process of learning, growing, and becoming
positively alive through self-expression. I was left heavy-hearted
with real-life story reminders of how brutality can crush the human
spirit and experience. Thank goodness the weight was lifted by an
innovative exploration into patient/client safety, reparation, and
resilience and a brilliant, effective provision of well-thought-out
information and activities.--Doody's Review Service, 7/10/2020
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