The Art of Emotional Healing: Over 60 Simple Exercises for Exploring Emotions Through Drawing, Painting, Dancing, Writing, Sculpting, and More

I became interested in emotional healing after my 9 months of treatments for breast cancer several years ago. Since I am also passionate about creativity and the arts, I somehow found this book in my hands and was immediately drawn in. There is a veritable WEALTH of ideas and activities here, for individual use or for use in groups. I love that it includes many modalities- not just art but also music, sound, movement and writing as well. I am using some of the ideas here in my current "Bright Side of the Road" workshops, for people who are living through difficult journeys (such as cancer, divorce, job loss...etc). --- Anne Marie Bennett, author of Bright Side of the Road: A Spiritual Journey Through Breast Cancer

I saw this author at an art therapy workshop a couple of years ago. It was an incredibly moving and meaningful experience, and I decided I wanted the book as a resource for my therapy work. It's a really comprehensive resource, including exercises in many different modalities such as movement and sound. I recommend it.

I have attended Lucia's workshops and read many of her previous books. This is one of her best yet, a definitive guide to utilizing our creative spirit to heal. I highly recommend this book!

Lucia Capacchione's Art of Emotional Healing offers a rich array of tools, ideas, exercises, experiences and wisdom to enrich our day to day living. Though this is new material, exploring many different expressive media, this book is somewhat similar to her excellent first book, The Creative Journal, in that it is also jam packed with artful directions for new and fresh results. Drawing, painting, writing, dialoguing, dancing, mask making and so many more activities are explored with Lucia's characteristic insight. I found a simple exercise about movie watching answered an important question I had been unable to clarify for myself until then - and that was just a five minute excursion! Our emotional life does not stop growing and changing, and the deeper we go into this practice called Life, the more we find to contemplate, explore and enrich us. What is important is stepping up to the plate and being willing to look inside. This book helps us to keep our eyes open, and it helps us to keep up the surprise of discovery. Veterans of personal enquiry will find much to inspire, and newbies can feel reassured that they are in Lucia's safe and capable hands. Any artists feeling stuck, in a rut or disenchanted will find new energy here. One could hardly ask for a better guide into the grand mystery of you.