Nature-Based Expressive Arts Therapy

139 Appendices In the appendices we offer examples of the application of nature- based expressive arts theory to professional pr ...

140 APPENDIX A The Nature of the Body Lauren E. Atkins, MA, MFA Purpose and goals of the activity The purpose of this activity i ...

APPENDIX A: THE NATURE OF THE BODY 141 Time and space requirements Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes (time requirements will v ...

142 NATURE-BASED EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY brief movement. This opening provides a sense of the status of the group, the individua ...

APPENDIX A: THE NATURE OF THE BODY 143 to a visual installation. Sometimes a suggestion of responding through feeling versus thi ...

144 NATURE-BASED EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY Processing suggestions This structure is a basic outline that can be changed and adapte ...

145 APPENDIX B The Pen and the Path Melia Snyder, PhD, LPC, NCC, REAT Purpose and goals of the activity To connect with nature a ...

146 NATURE-BASED EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY or couples work. It would also be appropriate to use for the purposes of professional o ...

APPENDIX B: THE PEN AND THE PATH 147 imagine that the wind comes and takes away what is no longer needed.” (Continue breathing, ...

148 NATURE-BASED EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY ̊ (20 min.) Once participants are gathered, provide the following instructions: “For th ...

APPENDIX B: THE PEN AND THE PATH 149 ̊ (15 min) Poetic response: Instruct participants that the next 15 minutes will be used for ...

150 NATURE-BASED EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY ̊ Line 7: Bring in surprise. “You gasped when we met, knowing that wings wait inside m ...

151 APPENDIX C: Cherokee Drumstick Ritual Helping Children Find Their Beat on Mother Earth Keith M. Davis, PhD, NCC Purpose and ...

152 NATURE-BASED EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY Sandpaper Scissors Hacksaw Small electric drill Variety of drums (frame drums, tom-tom ...

APPENDIX C: CHEROKEE DRUMSTICK RITUAL 153 as there is an emphasis on an “ethic of care” in everyday interactions and activities. ...

154 NATURE-BASED EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY the activity by making a drumstick; this helps model the necessary steps in completing ...

APPENDIX C: CHEROKEE DRUMSTICK RITUAL 155 First, it is important to gain the children’s perspective on their interaction with th ...

156 APPENDIX D Fire by Friction, Humility and Attunement Justin S. Cantalini, MA, LPC, NCC and Erin Rice Cantalini, MA, LPC, NCC ...

APPENDIX D: FIRE BY FRICTION, HUMILITY AND ATTUNEMENT 157 Acceptable stalks: yucca, mullein, cattail (if these stalks are not a ...

158 NATURE-BASED EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY practice (4–6 hours total). Once you are comfortable with the skill, building the hand- ...