Grief and the Healing Arts Creativity as Therapy [Paperback]

For nearly three decades, Sandra Bertman has been exploring the power of the arts and belief--symbols, metaphors, stories--to alleviate psychological and spiritual pain not only of patients, grieving family members, and affected communities but also of the nurses, clergy and physicians who minister to them. Her training sessions and clinical interventions are based on the premise that bringing out the creative potential inherent in each of us is just as relevant-- perhaps more so--as psychiatric theory and treatment models since grief and loss are an integral part of life. Thus, this work was compiled to illuminate the many facets that link grief, counseling, and creativity. The multiple strategies suggested in these essays will help practitioners enlarge their repertoire of hands-on skills and foster introspection and empathy in readers.

Introduction

The Arts, Personal Griefs, Professional Roles On the Psychology of Loss William M. Lamers, Jr.
What the Nurse Likes  Cortney Davis
Preventing Harm in the Name of Help: Ensuring Ethical Care Through the Concept of  Preserving Own Integrity   Lynn Cummings
Becoming the Patient  Cortney Davis
MusicA Companion for the Journey from Mourning to Morning  Sally S. Bailey
Night Nurse  Cortney Davis
Comfort Care  L. J. Schneiderman
To Know of Suffering and the Teaching of Empathy Sandra Bertman and Melvin J. Krant
The Body Flute  Cortney Davis
Reflections on Suffering  Aaron Lazare
Hope and Millie  David Hatem
The Faces of AIDS: An AIDS Quilt  Wilma Bulkin Siegel
Seeing Fred On a Respirator  Carol Picard

Some Ways Caregivers Use the Arts for Themselves and Those They Companion Using Art Therapy with Pediatric Oncology Patients  Linda G. Nicholas and Suzanne Lister
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