Finding Your Voice Through Creativity: The Art and Journaling Workbook for Disordered Eating

by Mindy Jacobson-Levy, Maureen Foy-Tornay

This workbook combines art therapy exercises and guided journal writing for individuals who want to explore their relationship with food and their bodies in a new way. Written by board-certified art psychotherapists, the pages of this workbook literally serve as a canvas for thoughts and feelings "spoken" primarily through art and elaborated upon through writing. Readers are encouraged to draw, write, and create directly in the book. These images, symbols, and journal entries then become a "personal signature" that can be accessed and explored to resolve any obstacles to emotional well-being. Included are 58 expressive art projects and corresponding written exercises, which lead readers through specific stages of self-discovery related to disordered eating patterns, body image issues, relationships, life skills, emotions, self love, and personal transformation.

Genres: Self Help, Journaling, Counselling

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 2010

Reviews

[M Appleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book as a way of staying in a recovery mindset between therapy sessions.as I was a creative kid but trauma means I lost my creative side for a bit and this book is a great launch pad. I have found the journalling side to be really good to help get to the deeper questions around my trauma the bindings not the best choice. As you either need to photocopy and then hole punch the pages before putting them in a ring binder or cutting the pages out and then putting the pages in a ring binder which not only for bulky art materials(ie air dry clay) to be used also means you can have more pages for the journalling if needed

[Tamy Blanding · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it!