The Healing Art of Clay Therapy by Patricia Sherwood

The Healing Art of Clay Therapy Patricia Sherwood ebook
Publisher: Acer Press
Page: 128
ISBN: 0864316917, 9780864316912
Format: pdf

Renown Health's pet therapy program taps into that vast reservoir of doggy love to bring relief to pediatric patients at Renown Children's Hospital. You can pound clay,” she said. By its very nature we intuitively know that art is healing and therapeutic—but why? In children, sculpting with clay may work effectively both as a process of cathartic release and an expression of difficult emotions. The Pet Therapy program is just one aspect of our Healing Arts Program. Part of her treatment at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital near Philadelphia included art therapy, which involves creating art as a way to help patients cope with symptoms, express themselves or reconcile issues from their lives. But it was her own art that helped Martin push through the pain of depression and her physical limitations. Is it the process itself, the actual act of making art that soothes our nerves and settles our brains? Art therapist Catherine Gillespie-Lopes on art therapy and the power of art to unlock artistic expression and heal. The Healing Art of Clay Therapy book download Download The Healing Art of Clay Therapy Therkleston, T and Sherwood, P (2004) Complementary Therapies: the.