Introduction. Part I. Understanding the Hands. 1. The Hands. 2. The Language of our Hands. Part II. Setting the Scene for Healing Trauma. 3. The Setting of Work at the Clay Field. 4. The Process of Work at the Clay Field. 5. Trauma Healing. Part III. Working with Adults. 6. The Nines Situations. 7. Your Story. Part IV. Work at the Clay Field with Children. 8. The Differences between Accompanying Children and Adults. 9. Working with Traumatized Children. References. Acknowledgements. Index.
A comprehensive step-by-step training manual that covers all aspects of 'Work at the Clay Field
Cornelia Elbrecht graduated with an MA in Art Education in Germany in 1974. In the following decade she trained in Gestalt Therapy, Bioenergetics and in various arts therapies at the School for Initiatic Therapy in the Black Forest, Germany and underwent a 10 year Jungian Analysis. She has worked as a registered art therapist for the past 35 years in Germany and Australia. She is director of the School for Initiatic Art Therapy in Victoria, Australia, and teaches art therapy internationally.
Working with older people with alcohol problems is based on the
real life practice experiences of the authors. Their insights
provide an honest reflection on the problems faced by both
practitioner and client. The practical nature of the text and easy
to read style is well suited to any persons with an interest in
older persons and alcohol issues.
*Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors*
During my thirty year psychiatric career I have met thousands of
victims of post-traumatic stress disorder. Despite the valiant
efforts of numerous psychiatrists and psychologists many of these
victims have been left permanently and severely affected by their
experiences. The need for new and innovative techniques for the
healing of this condition is obvious. Cornelia's work shows
logically how the mind and body can heal themselves if only they
are guided in the right direction. This book has much to offer
contemporary psychology and psychiatry and I commend Cornelia for
her revolutionary work. This is a must-read for all who work in
this area.
*Dr. Nigel Strauss, psychiatrist and author of Apollo's Lookout,
Melbourne, Australia*
Whenever methods and techniques in psychotherapy are founded in the
concept of trauma, psychology comes into contact with reality. This
book brings together the Clay Field technique and the idea that
clients can, in this way, deal more consciously with their split
off trauma experiences. It will be of immense value for the
therapeutic process.
*Professor Dr. Franz Ruppert, Professor of Psychology, University
of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany, international speaker and
trainer in Trauma Constellations, author of Symbiosis and
Autonomy*
Work at the Clay Field is an important option for gaining access to
psychological processes through sensory experiences that could
otherwise scarcely be put into words. In particular, troubled
children, barely capable of self-regulation and restraint,
experience themselves in a new way at the Clay Field; they gain
access to strata of their psychological experiences that
facilitates fundamental stability.
*Dr. Michael Günter, M.D., Professor of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Director of the Department of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of
Tübingen, Germany*
Work at the Clay Field is at the pulse of modern neuroscience. As a
neuroscientist, I like the precise descriptions around haptic
perception. It provides the basis for future directions in
neuroscience. I would not be surprised if future research will
demonstrate that haptic perception directly translates into the
forming of new synapses in the brain.
*Dr. Bernd Seilheimer, Head of Global Bioregulatory Development,
Medical Affairs and Research, Baden-Baden, Germany*
This is a guidebook which details the processes of healing trauma
at the Clay Field grounded in trauma research and interpersonal
neurobiology. Congruent with a top down and bottom up approach in
therapy with traumatized individuals, Trauma Healing at the Clay
Field is a body-based intervention that offers clients experiences
that address the somatic dimensions and facilitates neural
integration. In my experience, this innovative art therapy approach
offers a treatment intervention that is profoundly transformative
for the client living with trauma.
*Liz Antcliff, psychotherapist in private practice, Queensland,
Australia*
This is a full-bodied work covering an in-depth description of
trauma and early infant development. The metaphor of clay for
attachment, the use of the box as a container of emotions, and the
water as a purifying cleanser will all come together for the first
time reader. Cornelia's sensitive and thorough approach to haptic
connection fills a gap in art therapy literature. This is a much
needed book and will provide inspiration and guidance for
therapists who work with people who have experienced trauma.
*Maggie Wilson, RATh, senior lecturer, Masters of Mental Health Art
Therapy Program, University of Queensland*
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