Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy

1. Expressive Arts Therapy: Going Beyond the Limits of Language

2. Frameworks for Expressive Arts Therapy and Trauma-Informed Practice

3. A Brain–Body Framework for Expressive Arts Therapy

4. The Reparation Is in the Relationship

5. Safety: The Essential Foundation

6. Self-Regulation: Fundamentals of Stabilization

7. Working with the Body’s Sense of Trauma

8. Trauma Narratives: Multiple Layers of Storied Expression

9. Resilience: Enhancing and Embodying Mastery and Competence

10. Meaning Making: Imagining New Narratives for Brain and Body

Resources

Appendix 1A. Body Outline Template: Adults

Appendix 1B. Body Outline Template: Children

Appendix 2. Brain Template: Profile View

Appendix 3. Brain Template: Two Hemispheres

Appendix 4. Breathing Prompts

Appendix 5. Mock Body-Mapping Activity

Appendix 6. Body-Mapping Template