The arts in contemporary healing / Irma Dosamantes-Beaudry.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Transitions and the regression-reintegration process -- The intimate social sphere, and the origins of potential space, illusory experience, creativity, and self-generativity -- The intimate sphere : site of personal artistic expression and self-regeneration -- The public social sphere : site of artistic cultural expression and communal healing -- The creation of communitas through group art-making -- --

1. Introduction -- The Arts in Times of Crisis: Filling the Void -- A Contemporary, Interdisciplinary, Development-Relational, Arts-Based Model of Healing -- 2. Transitions and the Regression-Reintegration Process -- The Need for Faith and Hope during Times of Crisis -- The Arts in the Negotiation of Contemporary Transitions -- Voluntary and Involuntary Regression -- The Three Marys -- The Shadow: Reclaiming One's Projections -- Receptive Consciousness and the Bridging of Ordinary with Extraordinary Reality through the Creation of Illusory Experience and Objects -- 3. The Intimate Social Sphere and the Origins of Potential Space, Illusory Experience, Creativity, and Self-Generativity -- Contemporary Psychosocial Stressors and Resilience -- Intimate Social Sphere: Crucible for the Acquisition of Social Skills -- Human Attachment and the Development of Trust and Affective Attunement -- The First Intersubjective Relationship, the Origins of Potential Space, and the Creation of Illusory Experience and Objects -- Potential Space, Creativity, and Self-Generativity -- Human Need for a Mentoring Relationship with a Charismatic Adult -- The Emergence of the Creative Arts Therapies Field: A Contemporary Use of the Arts for Healing -- 4. The Intimate Sphere: Site of Personal Artistic Expression and Self-Regeneration -- The Illusory Object Relationship -- The Construction of a Sense of Self and the Therapeutic Intersubjective Relationship -- Object Relations Theory and Self-Organization -- The Relational Context of Creative Arts Therapies -- Reorganizing Self-Experience through the Creation of Illusory Selfobject Relationships -- Enacting and Regulating Primal Self-States -- Bolstering Coping Mechanisms and Restoring Self-Mastery -- The Recovery of Preverbal Memories -- The Somatic Dialogue of the Intersubjective Relationship -- Resurrecting an Embodied, Playful, Vital Self -- Reclaiming "Shadow" Projections and Forging an Authentic Self -- Enacting and Healing Internal Parental Splits -- Healing Cultural Splits and Forging an Authentic Self -- Summary of Case Vignettes -- 5. The Public Social Sphere: Site of Artistic Cultural Expression and Communal Healing -- Cultural Worldview and Expressive Style -- Cultural Worldview and the Appropriateness and Effectiveness of Culture-Specific Healing Practices -- Social Isolation: Ailment of Contemporary Societies -- 6. The Creation of Communitas through Group Art-Making -- The Lowering of Language and Role Social Barriers -- Forms and Expressions of Power -- Responding to Cultural Differences: The Light and the Dark Side -- Celebrating Cultural Diversity and Promoting Intercultural Conflict Resolution -- The Dark Side of Cultural Identity -- Persuading Normal People to Commit Evil Deeds -- Healing Lives Fractured by War and Restoring a Sense of Hope in the Future -- Grieving and Mourning Group Losses -- Healing Culturally Stigmatized Losses -- Summary of Group Vignettes -- 7. Recapitulation and Conclusions -- A Developmental-Relational Arts-Based Model of Healing -- Future Trends in the Creative Arts Therapies Field.

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