Head and Heart: Yoga therapy and art therapy interventions for mental health by

Head and Heart by Ellen Horovitz

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Description Yoga Therapy and Art Therapy Interventions for Mental Health.

Publisher Description

Envisioned as a resource for yoga teachers and all mental health and health professionals, Head and Heart is intended for:all health professionals who focus on mental health and/or wellbeing and want to broaden their understanding of how yoga and creative art therapy interventions can influence mental health approaches, best practices, and efficacy of treatment those who assist the therapeutic /healing processes who aspire to incorporate both yoga and creative art therapy interventions into their practice yoga therapy practitioners/teachers and creative art therapists/teachers who wish to deepen their knowledge of integrating yoga and creative art approaches into yoga, mental health and well-being. Western psychological processes (compared to the Klesas, V?ittis, Kosas, Gu?as, Do?as, Nadi System, Cakras, and the Yamas and Niyamas) make this book accessible even to those unfamiliar with yogic philosophy and psychology. Clearing exercises, warm-up techniques, yogic breathing for mood management, modifications and sequencing of poses, assessments (for the mind and body), digital and telehealth applications, yoga prop usage, and co-morbid, clinical cases (children, adolescents and adults) are presented throughout as a guide for the reader.Practical reflection exercises are offered in the Introductory chapter and chapters 3-6. These suggested practices summarize and reiterate the clinical material for the reader, and afford expansion toward oneself and /or one's clinical caseload.No matter what form it takes to move towards a creative opening, the reader will find that this book will aid you in moving yourself and your patients into the exploration of art, yoga, and well-being. This interoceptive research (going within) facilitates an expansion towards self and others and ensures that expansion, whether making art, practising yoga or working with disease. May this book move you and your patients toward that trajectory of sattva and well-being.

Author Biography

Ellen Horovitz is an international leader and author in Art Therapy and Yoga Therapy, as well as a licensed art therapist, certified yoga therapist and psychotherapist. She is Professor Emerita and founder of the Nazareth College (Rochester, NY) graduate art therapy program, author of eight books and past president-elect of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA). She served on the AATA board director for 12 years and was responsible for rewriting the national education standards (1992) and manuals for approved graduate programs. In addition, she has served as an expert witness on art therapy education for the US Department of Justice. She has also won numerous awards and received grants from many organizations, including a graphic consultant grant from the US Department of Defense.Ellen works in private practice with individuals, couples, and families. She has given hundreds of lectures and workshops in the USA and around the world. Currently, she works for Pesi.com as a national speaker and lecturer. She has authored eight books with topics ranging from art therapy to yoga therapy to mainstream applications of digital photography. She has also authored over 50 juried articles and 17 book chapters, and is an expert in the field of Deafness/Hard of Hearing. Her book, Visually Speaking: Art Therapy and the Deaf, is translated into Korean.Learn more about Ellen at and

Details ISBN 1912085836 ISBN-13 9781912085835 Title Head and Heart Author Ellen Horovitz Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 256 Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers GE_Item_ID:151540286; About Us

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