In Dreaming, Healing and Imaginative Arts Practice, Kathleen Anne Connellan brings dream theory together with art practice and art psychotherapy to demonstrate how releasing the imagination can open-up processes of healing. In this interdisciplinary and richly innovative book, Connellan focuses on nocturnal dreams, day dreams, memory and reverie, exploring how to access, depict and use these dream images to discover personal healing. Unlike other dream journals, she encourages visual recording and personal experimentation with a variety of materials and modalities, regardless of artistic ability.
Key Features
- Divided into theoretical and practical sections for a comprehensive understanding.
- Addresses foundations of dream theory and philosophy.
- Offers step-by-step exercises leading to restorative creations.
- Covers themes such as the nature of dreaming, the psyche, and the senses in remembering.
- Unique blend of scholarly research, beautiful illustration, and hands-on practicality.
Additional Information
This work will be of great interest to those studying post-graduate psychology, social work, art and arts therapy, and is an essential resource for art therapists, creative therapists, alternative psychotherapists, and social workers in practice and in training.
