Gender and difference in the arts therapies : inscribed on the body

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Inscribed on the Body: Gender and Difference in the Arts Therapies Prof. Susan Hogan Feminism as Practice: Crafting and the Politics of the Therapeutic Dr. Savneet Talwar Under the Skin: Barriers and Opportunities for Dance-Movement Therapy & Art Psychotherapy with LGBT+ Clients Dr. Thania Acarón & Alison Wren Breaking and Entering: Wounded Masculinity and Sexual Offending Emma Allen Body Politics and Performance of Gender in Music Therapy Dr Randi Rolvsjord & Dr Jill Halstead Mask and Gender: From Concealment to Revelation, from Pain to Relief.
Arts Therapies with Masks. A Journey Through Art Therapy Irina Katz-Mazilu Mediating the Cultural Boundaries: The Rise of Lion Rock Spirit in Hong Kong Women Bianca Ling Cheun Lee & Regina Wai Yin Au Gender Difference Expressed in Costuming and Dramatic Play: Warrior Cat Boy Dr Jeanne Sutherland On Being a Male Dramatherapist Dr. Clive Holmwood The Perilous House Silvia Wyder Gender Fluidity Through Dance Movement Therapy Julie Hall Gender Research in Dance Movement Therapy Katherina Forstreuter and Sabine C.
Koch Art Therapy and Motherhood as a Rite of Passage Evelina Jagminaite Gender Identity, Sexual Identity and Sexual Orientation in a Drama-Therapeutic Context: An Attachment Perspective Craig Flickinger Dismantling the Gender Binary in Elder Care: Creativity Instead of Craft Dr. Erin Partridge Beyond Masculine and Feminine: Responding to Real Expressions of Gender Identity and the Effect on our Own Gender Identity in Psychotherapy Practice Mark Wheeler Beyond the Binaries: Negotiating Gender and Sex in Music Therapy Dr Susan Hadley and Maevon Gumble

Gender and Difference in the Arts Therapies: Inscribed on the Body offers worldwide perspectives on gender in arts therapies practice and provides understandings of gender and arts therapies in a variety of global contexts. Bringing together leading researchers and lesser-known voices, it contains an eclectic mix of viewpoints, and includes detailed case studies of arts therapies practice in an array of social settings and with different populations.

In addition to themes of gender identification, body politics and gender fluidity, this title discusses gender and arts therapies across the life-course, encompassing in its scope, art, music, dance and dramatic play therapy.

Gender and Difference in the Arts Therapies demonstrates clinical applications of the arts therapies in relation to gender, along with ideas about best practice. It will be of great interest to academics and practitioners in the field of arts therapies globally.