Expressive Therapies - Psychology Today

Expressive THERAPIESH istory, Theory, and Practice 1 Expressive TherapiesHistory, Theory, and PracticeCATHYA. MALCHIODIIn his seminal workThe Arts and Psychotherapy, McNiff (1981)observes that Expressive Therapies are those that introduce action to psy-chotherapy and that action within therapy and life is rarely limited to aspecific mode of expression (p. viii). While talk is still the traditionalmethod of exchange in therapy and counseling, practitioners of expres-sive Therapies know that people also have different Expressive styles one individual may be more visual, another more tactile, and so therapists are able to include these various Expressive capacities intheir work with clients, they can more fully enhance each person s abili-ties to communicate effectively and chapter introduces readers to the history and philosophy of ex-pressive Therapies and their applications in treatment.

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