Creative Psychotherapy

Eileen Prendiville is the Course Director for the MA in Creative Psychotherapy and Play Therapy at Ireland’s Children’s Therapy Centre. She is heavily involved in providing play therapy and creative psychotherapy training, both nationally and internationally. She devised ‘The Therapeutic Touchstone’, an innovative approach for use when working with vulnerable and dependent clients and, with Justine Howard, co-authored Play Therapy Today: Contemporary practice for individuals, groups and parents. Dr Justine Howard is an Associate Professor at the College of Human and Health Science at Swansea University. She is a Chartered Psychologist and specialist in developmental and therapeutic play. Her consultancy activity has included the delivery of training courses in play for a wide range of professional groups across children’s services. She is internationally recognized as an expert in play and child development, and has published numerous journal articles, book chapters and books in this field.

Dedication Introduction Foreword Section 1: Applying the principles of neurobiology to play and expressive arts-based practice 1: Neurobiology for psychotherapists 2: Neurobiologically informed psychotherapy 3: The role of non-directive and directive/Focused approaches to play and expressive arts therapy for children, adolescents, and adults 4: Counselling skills in action with children, adolescents and adults Section 2: Working with the Brainstem and Midbrain 5: The role of music and rhythm in the development, integration and repair of the self 6: Being, becoming and healing through movement and touch 7: Coming Alive: Finding joy through sensory play Section 3: Working with the Limbic and Cortical Systems 8: Art in Psychotherapy: The healing power of images 9: Sandtray Therapy: A neurobiological approach 10: Telling Tales: Weaving new neural networks 11: A Growing Brain – A growing imagination Conclusion & Discussion