The Power of Your Other Hand: Unlock Creativity and Inner Wisdom Through the Right Side of Your Brain

by Lucia Capacchione

Overview

Brain researchers have in recent years have discovered the vast, untapped potential of the brain's little-used, right hemisphere. Art therapist Lucia Capacchione discovered that our nondominant hand is a direct channel to that potential. Her research and fieldwork with people using their "other hand" provides the raw material for this classic, first published in 1988.

In workshops and private sessions, Lucia has worked with thousands of people, employing these techniques to help them become more creative, expressive, and intuitive in their day-to-day lives and also experience improved health and greater fulfillment in their relationships.

Lucia will show you how to:

• Channel the deep inner wisdom of your True Self
• Change negative attitudes about yourself
• Unlock creativity
• Uncover hidden artistic abilities
• Heal your relationships

Through various drawing and writing exercises, Lucia Capacchione hopes you will discover the power that lies hidden in your other hand. The techniques will help you explore and understand your thoughts and feelings on a completely different level and reconnect with a sense of playfulness you may have left behind in childhood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573247474
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Lucia Capacchione, Ph.D., A.T.R., R.E.A.T is a Registered Art Therapist, Expressive Arts Therapist, workshop leader and best-selling author of 15 books including The Creative Journal Method, blending writing with drawing (The Creative Journal series of books for kids, teens, adults). After successful careers in both art and education, she stumbled onto the healing power of art and of journaling with her non-dominant hand while struggling with a mysterious life-threatening illness. Many of her books are used as texts in courses on therapy, psychology, writing, art, career development and applied creativity. And her work is being used in mental health and recovery programs, medical centers, school systems (kindergarten through college), prisons, health and healing programs, spiritual retreat centers, business, and industry. She has trained professionals word-wide in the Creative Journal Expressive Arts Certification Training, and consulted for corporations, community groups and schools throughout the U.S., Canada, Italy, the UK, Australia and Mexico.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Author's Introduction 13

Chapter 1 In My Own Hands 21

Chapter 2 The Upper Hand and the Other Hand 33

Chapter 3 Letting the Right Hand Know 48

Chapter 4 Hand in Hand 66

Chapter 5 Finding the Artist Within 84

Chapter 6 Finding the Healer Within 97

Chapter 7 Recovery of the Inner Child 113

Chapter 8 Reaching Out 134

Chapter 9 The Hand of God Within 144

Questions and Answers 161

Bibliography 177

List of Permissions 181

Editorial Reviews

"The process of healing is the product, and Capacchione’s work guides us in the process, presenting tools for change. I recommend it to all." —Bernard S. Siegel, MD, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles

Bernard S. Siegal

"A practical, playful, insightful, and delightful way to get in touch with the Inner Self. It is remarkable that one’s own intuitive wisdom and creativity can be tapped so easily in a process that is readily available to us." —Joan Borysenko, PhD, Harvard Medical School, author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

Joan Borysenko

"The Power of Your Other Hand is a classic manual for self-discovery. It is a must-read not just for art therapists. It offers an applicable tool for deep psychological insight and spiritual wisdom. Lucia Capacchione’s inspiring and caring style assures that she walks every step with the reader along the way." —Cornelia Elbrecht, author of Trauma Healing at the Clay Field and Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing

Cornelia Elbrecht

"This work provides us with the road map to become more creative and insightful in our lives. Lucia offers the path to the right hemisphere of our brains and to the bounty to be found therein." —William A. Donius, author of Thought Revolution: How to Unlock Your Inner Genius

William A. Donius

"Both drawing and writing encourage a fundamental need that we have for self-expression. Writing has the added benefit of translating experience into language—which can help a person resolve trauma more quickly. Lucia Capacchione’s work is pioneering! I highly recommend The Power of Your Other Hand." —Professor James W. Pennebaker, author of Writing to Heal and Opening Up by Writing it Down

Professor James W. Pennebaker

"A powerfully creative and creatively powerful book." —Norman Cousins, author of Anatomy of An Illness

Norman Cousins

"Lucia Capacchione’s workshop was a powerful tool on my healing journey. This book shares her insights and gives you the opportunity to heal your relationship with your inner child. Go for it!" —Louise L. Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life

Louise L. Hay