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“Possibly the most compelling reason for use of the expressive arts in trauma work is the sensory nature of the arts themselves; their qualities involve visual, tactile, olfactory, auditory, vestibular, and proprioceptive experiences.”
― Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process
― Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process
“Humans have historically used the arts in integrative ways, particularly within the contexts of enactment, ceremony, performance, and ritual.”
― Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process
― Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process
“It is the integrative synergy of the arts, based on cultural traditions and current trauma-informed practice, that is requisite to addressing traumatic stress with most children, adults, families, groups, and communities.”
― Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process
― Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process
“Neurobiology research has taught helping professionals that we need to "come to our senses" in developing effective components for trauma intervention.”
― Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process
― Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process
“Expressive arts therapy--the purposeful application of art, music, dance/movement, dramatic enactment, creative writing, and imaginative play--is a non-verbal way of self-expression of feelings and perceptions. More importantly, they are action-oriented and tap implicit, embodied experiences of trauma that can defy expression through verbal therapy or logic.”
― Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process
― Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process
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