Ellen G HOROVITZ - Head and Heart: Yoga Therapy and Art Therapy Interventions for Mental Health

Praise for Head and Heart

The incidence and burden of mental health challenges in our modern stressed society is formidable. A limitation of our current medical systems approach to treatment of mental health conditions is that it is focused on pharmaceutical, cognitive and talking therapies. These do not address the many physical, creative and spiritual aspects of these conditions, which, if they were treated, could substantially improve treatment efficacy. This book effectively addresses this limitation by providing a comprehensive and detailed theoretical and practical guide to the skills and behavioral practices from both art and yoga therapy, and is likely to be a valuable resource for both art and yoga therapists as well as conventional mental health providers.

Sat Bir Singh Khalsa PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Chief Editor, The Principles and Practice of Yoga Therapy

Yoga therapy, like art therapy, facilitates the emergence of emotion. Dr Horovitzs book conveys how one approach can complement the other, and how their reinforcement can make for more efficient movement of processes toward well-being. This publication will serve to broaden the creative art therapists understanding of yoga therapy, and how its inclusion may fortify art therapy practice.

Irene Rosner David PhD, ATR-BC, LCAT, HLM

Honorary Life Member, American Art Therapy Association

A unique and groundbreaking classic book. Highly recommended for yoga teachers, health professionals and students.

Larry Payne PhD, C-IAYT, E-RYT500

Author, Yoga After 50 for Dummies

Dr Horovitz has combined decades of knowledge and wisdom in yoga therapy and art therapy to create this masterful and informative book. She uses her interoceptive research to help clients and patients open to the strength within. Bravo, Dr Ellen!

Lakshmi Voelker

Founder, Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga

Ayurveda, known as the most ancient and complete healing wisdom, teaches that disease begins in the mind. Horovitzs step by step guidance on how to incorporate art, yoga and human warmth in the treatment plan, is a breath of fresh air on the complex journey of healing the mind. Head and HeArt provides a complete approach to restoring alignment from its roots the mind.

Christianne Asper-Contant

Clinical Ayurveda Specialist

Even after retiring from founding a prestigious graduate art therapy program, Dr Ellen Horovitz devotes herself tirelessly and selflessly to her therapy patients and senior yoga students. In addition to Hatha yoga, she practices her very own form of Bhakti and Karma yoga. This creative and pragmatic book weaves art a primary need for humans with traditional yoga and psychotherapy. In this turbulent 21st century it will do wonders for all looking to alleviate existential angst.

Franois Raoult MA, ERYT500, C-IAYT

Author, Lifsana

Dr Horovitzs emphasis on patient and professional self-care is highlighted in this comprehensive text through reflective exercises, bracketed by her sensibilities as a therapist, educator, artist, and human being. This masterful text highlights her professional and individual ethos which underscore her genuineness and authenticity while providing information that is rich in scope and visceral in context. As made evident by her riveting case examples, Dr Horovitz imparts a humanistic element that is compelling and pragmatic. This guide will enlighten both the seasoned therapist and novice who seek to juxtapose efficacious therapeutic approaches that truly marry head and heart while promoting health and well-being.

Marica Sue Cohen-Liebman PhD, ATR-BC, LPC

Author, The Art of Investigation, Forensic Art Therapy

Through her new book Head and HeArt, Dr Horovitz is sending you a ray of sunshine with a creative chromatic bridge of yogic practices and art therapy. Her rich clinical footsteps are displayed vividly to guide practitioners with practical examples along with a comprehensive theoretical foundation to interlace body and mind connections across the lifespan. Read this book and learn from one of the best.

Dr Supritha Aithal PhD, fHEA, MFA, BSc Sp&Hg

Lecturer, School of Applied Health and Social care, Edge Hill University, UK

Head and HeArt: Yoga therapy and art therapy interventions for mental health is a major contribution to the literature of psychotherapy in offering ways to engage the whole person for the most effective treatment. For all psychotherapists, but especially those treating trauma, Head and HeArt provides myriad approaches to engage the mind, body and emotions. The beautiful layout, and colorful images of yoga and art-making make this a fun book that also manages to be well-researched. Horovitz generously illustrates the safe treatment of people of all ages, cultures and needs, and provides excellent resources for intake, assessment and practice needs.

Patricia Quinn MS, LCAT, ATR-BC

Author, Art Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction and Trauma

This is an incredible book! Dr Horovitz so eloquently brings forth her unique perspective from decades of personal experience as an artist and art therapist, and as a yoga practitioner and therapeutic yoga teacher. Her writing and sharing of insights gained on her path of practice and service helps illuminate the worlds of yoga therapy, art therapy, and psychotherapy, and how they overlap. Her synthesis of these fields is clearly what is lacking in todays approach to mental health. Her holistic and therapeutic view of treatment for mental health and wellness moving forward has the potential to create a self-empowering and sustainable approach that truly incorporates mind, body and soul.

Peter Sterios

Author, Gravity & Grace, 2019 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Medal Winner; Founder, Manduka and LEVITYoGA

In her latest creative contribution to the literature of art therapy, Ellen Horovitz has managed to effectively marry two ways of knowing and healing which have been known and honored since time immemorial: art and yoga. While describing a clinical approach authentically informed and enriched by both, she has also incorporated contemporary digital resources. Art therapists can learn a great deal from her open and honest account of this new synthesis.

Judith A. Rubin PhD, ATR-BC, HLM

Author, The Art of Art Therapy; Filmmaker, Art Therapy Has Many Faces

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First published 2021 in the United Kingdom by Handspring Publishing Limited

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