Psychotherapy, Literature and the Visual and Performing Arts

<div>1. Introduction: Psychotherapy and the Arts: A Practitioner’s Guide;&nbsp;Bruce Kirkcaldy.- Part 1:&nbsp;Literature and narrative therapy.-&nbsp;2. Edvard Munch as psychotherapist: a picture is worth a thousand words; Arnold Weinstein.-&nbsp;3. Stories, Parables and Metaphors: Application in Langerian Mindfulness;&nbsp;Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi & Ellen Langer.-&nbsp;4. Wounded Healers and the Impact of Literature, Drama and Film on Mental Health Treatment;&nbsp;Bruce Kirkcaldy & Ahmed Hankir.-&nbsp;5. Film and Mental Health;&nbsp;Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio & Gurvinder Kalra.- Part 2: Theater and Dance Perspectives.-&nbsp;6. A new theory of emotions and theatre; Jeff Zinn.-&nbsp;7. Benefits of theatrical improvisation in the training of psychotherapists; Daniel J. Wiener.-&nbsp;8. The Dance of Presence: Mindfulness and Movement;&nbsp;Shauna Shapiro & Sarah de Sousa.- Part 3: Visual Arts and Painting.-&nbsp;9. Making Space: Experiences Developing a Contemplative Art Program to Introduce Mindfulness to Non-Meditators;&nbsp;Christine Korol & Kim Sogge.-&nbsp;10. Substance abuse treatment: Therapeutic applications of art; Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou & Marina Dalla.- Part 4: Music and Performing Arts.-&nbsp;11. Endeavours&nbsp; to quieten the “savage breast”: Therapeutic applications of music;&nbsp;Glenn Wilson.-&nbsp;12. Psychological Oddities among Performing Artists; Vincent Egan, Tony Beech & Lawrence Burrow.-&nbsp;13. Emotional Intelligence, Personality Disorders and the Performing Arts; Adrian Furnham.</div><div><br></div>