National Institute of Expressive Therapy

RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND READING

The Institute values the process and trancendent quality of great art.

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Aesthetic Experience in Creative Process. Melvin R. Alexenberg. (out of print)
The Denial of Death. Ernst Becker. Published by Free Press, 1997. (Paperback)
The Martin Buber - Carl Rogers Dialogue. Martin Buber, Carl Rogers, et al. Published by State University of New York, 1997. (Paperback)
The Art of the Psychotherapist. James F.T. Bugental. Published by W.W. Norton & Company, 1992 (reprint edition). (Paperback)
Intuitive Psychotherapy: The Role of Creative Therapeutic Intervention. William N. Confer. Published by Human Sciences Press, 1987. (Paperback)
Art As Experience. John Dewey. Published by Perigee, 1980. (Paperback)
Writings on Art and Literature. Sigmund Freud. Published by Stamford University Press, 1997.
Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning : A Philosophical and Psychological Approach to the Subjective (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy). Eugene T. Gendlin. Published by Northwestern University Press, 1997. (Paperback)
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Manual of the Experiential Method. Eugene T. Gendlin. Published by Guilford, 1996. (Paperback)
The Creative Process: Reflections on the Invention of Art. Brewster Ghiselin (Editor). Published by University of California Press, 1996. (Paperback reissue edition)
Freud and Cezanne:Psychotherapy As Modern Art. Alexander Jasnow, Paul Cezanne. Published by Ablex, 1994. (Paperback)
The Spirit in Man, Art and Literature. Carl Gustav Jung. Published by Princeton University Press, 1971. (Paperback)
Aesthetics of Change. Bradford Keeney. Published by Guilford, 1983.
Feeling and Form. Susanne K. Langer. Published by Macmillan, 1977. (Paperback)
The Courage to Create. Rollo May. Published by W.W. Norton, 1994. (Paperback)
The Merleau-Ponty Aesthetics Reader: Philosophy and Painting (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy). Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Published by Northwestern University Press, 1994. (Paperback)
Crossing the Bridge: Creating Ceremonies for Grieving and Healing from Life's Losses. Sydney Barbara Metrick. Published by Celestial Arts, 1994. (Paperback) Final project by National Institute of Expressive Therapy graduate.
Art for Teachers of Children: Foundations of Aesthetic Experience. Chandler Montgomery. Published by Merrill Publishing Company, 1973 (2nd edition).
At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability. Ira Progoff. (Revised) Published by J.P. Tarcher, 1992. (Paperback)
Art and Artist: Creative Urge and Personality Development. Otto Rank. Published by W.W. Norton, 1989. Originally published by Knopf, 1932. Translated from the German. Foreword by Anais Nin. (Paperback)
Education Through Art. Sir Herbert Read. Published by Pantheon Books, 1958.
New Peoplemaking. Virginia M. Satir. Published by Science & Behavior Books, 1988. (Paperback)
The Image and Appearance of the Human Body: Studies in the Constructive Energies of the Psyche. Paul M. Schilder. Published by International Universities Press, 1978. (Paperback)
Against Interpretation: And Other Essays. Susan Sontag. Published by Picador USA, 2001. (Paperback)
The Use of Humor in Psychotherapy. Herbert S. Strean, Ed. Published by Jason Aronson, 1995. (Paperback)
Creative Process in Gestalt Therapy. Joseph Zinker. Published by Random House, 1978. (Paperback)

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