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Souter-Anderson draws on insights from her own practice to propose practical suggestions for therapists to introduce work with clay with, among others, young children, adolescents, and disabled clients; she makes a convincing case for its potential as a therapeutic tool and supports this with a new theoretical underpinning which she terms a 'Theory of Contact'. Avoiding the limitations of a reductionistic manual, this book offers a wealth of ideas, exercises and resources for anyone wishing to make use of clay in their own practice. While of obvious relevance to trainees and practitioners working in art, play or drama therapy, the author's journey returns the reader to the existential root of therapy - its concern with what it means to be human. For this reason alone, this is a book worthy of the attention of therapists from all theoretical backgrounds, while as a pioneering text on therapeutic use of clay it more than earns its place on the bookshelves of creative-minded practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49724077572369,"sku":"GOR008146669","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49858207777041,"sku":"NGR9781906289171","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52724207386897,"sku":"GOR012187841","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756039237905,"sku":"NIN9781906289171","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1906289174.jpg?v=1756291691"},{"product_id":"seeking-shelter-seeking-safety-book-lynne-souter-anderson-9781906289478","title":"Seeking Shelter, Seeking Safety","description":"This book is a `MUST READ' for all play therapists and professionals trained to work therapeutically with children, adolescents, families and groups.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49737370927377,"sku":"NGR9781906289478","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51228498100497,"sku":"GOR014203499","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756039467281,"sku":"NIN9781906289478","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1906289476.jpg?v=1752976846"},{"product_id":"making-meaning-book-lynne-souter-anderson-9781906289652","title":"Making Meaning","description":"It is delightful to see another book by Lynne Souter-Anderson, contributing to the field of Clay Therapy. Her first book, Touching Clay, Touching What?: The Use of Clay in Therapy (2010), gave credence and credibility to using clay in therapy. It was a pioneering book in the field of the creative arts therapies and gave a broad perspective on working in this modality with all age groups ; This new book is written for already qualified professionals who want to add the use of Clay Therapy in their work with children and adolescents.  It is a hands-on book for practitioners and easy to read. However, the application of clay therapy in this specialist field requires appropriate additional training ; Lynne’s book is a significant addition to the small but growing library of books on the market about specialist therapeutic approaches with young children and adolescents. Play Therapy UK (PTUK)’s research analysis of over 300,000 therapeutic sessions using the ‘toolkit ‘(sand, music, clay, art\/drawing, puppets, movement, drama, therapeutic story, creative visualisation etc.) has shown that clay is the fifth most used medium in play therapy sessions. It is therefore an important medium to offer to children and adolescents to support their healing process ; Lynne achieves a good balance between the application of theory and the actual process, which is always valuable for the reader. This is especially well demonstrated in Chapter 1, ‘Clay Therapy: Theoretical Underpinning of Clay Therapy’, in which the author explains her own theoretical basis, ‘The Theory of Contact: Physical, Emotional, Spiritual and Metaphorical’. She uses the analogy of the ’five lenses’ to demonstrate the stages of immersion and discovery in the clay therapy process, and includes an invaluable diagram to clarify her theory about the evolving nature of the process ; For me the book comes really alive through the ten case studies, which demonstrate how clay therapy has been used with the younger clients and adolescents, a client group that can prove to be difficult to reach and work with in therapy.  The illustrations used deepen the experience and understanding of the process for the reader. Throughout the case studies glimpses of the quality of the therapist’s presence are seen, because she has the courage to show her own process thereby offering authenticity to the work ; To be able to do this effectively specialised training is required There is still very little published in the field, but it is heartening and exciting to see recent research initiatives described in the master’s dissertations produced by students at the Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy and Cambridge University, which are included towards the end of the book ; Lynne’s book is a ‘must-read’ for all creative play and arts therapists.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49754400424209,"sku":"NGR9781906289652","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50886479970577,"sku":"GOR014105038","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1906289654.jpg?v=1756354375"},{"product_id":"making-meaning-clay-therapy-with-children-adolescents-book-lynne-souter-anderson-9781906531201","title":"Making Meaning: Clay Therapy with Children \u0026 Adolescents","description":"How to use clay therapy to enable young people to express and explore their emotions.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50648643043601,"sku":"GOR014023208","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50899080544529,"sku":"GOR009735782","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/190653120X.jpg?v=1751124697"},{"product_id":"touching-clay-touching-what-book-lynne-souter-anderson-9781906289188","title":"Touching Clay: Touching What?","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51283924746513,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51283925303569,"sku":"GOR008486154","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1906289182.jpg?v=1751346980"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-lynne-souter-anderson.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}