Poiesis: The Language of Psychology and the Speech of the Soul
Stephen K. Levine argues that poiesis, the creative act, is also the act by which we affirm our identity and humanity; in exploring this subject he shows the essential affinity of the creative and the therapeutic processes and explores the nature of creative acts. This book looks in detail at the connections between expressive arts, such as poetry, and psychology and develops understanding of the theoretical foundations which connect the arts and psychotherapy. It considers the context in which modern therapy emerged and looks at various aspects of different arts therapies. It provides a much-needed step in the theoretical underpinning of the expressive therapies.
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Poiesis: The Language of Psychology and the Speech of the Soul
Stephen K. Levine argues that poiesis, the creative act, is also the act by which we affirm our identity and humanity; in exploring this subject he shows the essential affinity of the creative and the therapeutic processes and explores the nature of creative acts. This book looks in detail at the connections between expressive arts, such as poetry, and psychology and develops understanding of the theoretical foundations which connect the arts and psychotherapy. It considers the context in which modern therapy emerged and looks at various aspects of different arts therapies. It provides a much-needed step in the theoretical underpinning of the expressive therapies.
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Poiesis: The Language of Psychology and the Speech of the Soul

Poiesis: The Language of Psychology and the Speech of the Soul

by Stephen K. Levine
Poiesis: The Language of Psychology and the Speech of the Soul

Poiesis: The Language of Psychology and the Speech of the Soul

by Stephen K. Levine

Overview

Stephen K. Levine argues that poiesis, the creative act, is also the act by which we affirm our identity and humanity; in exploring this subject he shows the essential affinity of the creative and the therapeutic processes and explores the nature of creative acts. This book looks in detail at the connections between expressive arts, such as poetry, and psychology and develops understanding of the theoretical foundations which connect the arts and psychotherapy. It considers the context in which modern therapy emerged and looks at various aspects of different arts therapies. It provides a much-needed step in the theoretical underpinning of the expressive therapies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781853024887
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 04/01/1997
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.35(w) x 8.35(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Stephen K. Levine is Associate Professor of Social Science and Social and Political Thought at York University, Toronto. He is the Chairperson of CREATE (the Creative and Expresive Arts Therapies Exchange) and co-Training Director at ISIS-Canada, a training programme in expressive arts therapy.

Table of Contents

Foreword Paolo Knill. Introduction. 1. Psychotherapy and the Arts. 2. The Artist as Therapist: Towards a Poetic Psychology. 3. The Idea of Integration in the Arts Therapies. 4. The Play of Imagination: On the Possibility of Expressive Therapy. 5. Bearing Gifts to the Feast: The Presentation as a Rite of Passage in the Education of Expressive Therapists. 6. Image Abuse and the Dialectic of Interpretation. 7. The Dialectic of Creativity: From Innocence to Experience and Back Again. 8. The Myth of Orpheus: Poetry as a Healing Art. 9. 'And Yet' Poetry After Auschwitz. 10. Brooklyn Memories.
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