EMDR and Creative Arts Therapies

by Elizabeth Davis (Editor), Jocelyn Fitzgerald (Editor), Sherri Jacobs (Editor)

This book guides therapists trained in EMDR in the successful integration of the creative arts therapies to make the healing potential of EMDR safer and more accessible for patients who present with complex trauma. Contributors from the respective fields of creative and expressive arts therapies offer their best ideas on how to combine EMDR with these therapies for maximum benefit for people from diverse backgrounds, orientations, and vulnerable populations. Chapters offer detailed case studies and images, insightful theoretical approaches, and how-to instructions to creatively enhance clinical work. Additionally, the book addresses current critical issues in the field, including the importance of an integrative and open approach when addressing cultural, racial and diversity issues, and creative interventions with clients through teletherapy. Creative arts therapy practitioners such as art therapists, play therapists, and dance/movement therapists will find this a compelling introductory guide to EMDR.

360 pages, Paperback

Published October 31, 2022

About the author

Elizabeth Davis wrote her first book as an elementary school assignment when she was eight years old. It was called Silly Excuses—a book about fantastic excuses young children can tell their parents when misbehaving. Not only did she pass the project with flying colors, but her teacher was so taken with the book that she had it published in the school library. Elizabeth has been writing ever since and is currently the author of the Sanctorum Order series, which consists of thrilling contemporary romances.

She lives in The Netherlands with her husband, their son, and family cat. http://www.elizabeth-davis.com.

Reviews

[Krista V · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great resource for creative arts therapists and EMDR therapists, even when the reader is only trained in one of them. It’s full of directives, clinical considerations, etc.