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Imagining Animals : Art, Psychotherapy and Primitive States of Mind - Caroline Case

Imagining Animals

Art, Psychotherapy and Primitive States of Mind

By: Caroline Case

eText | 30 July 2025 | Edition Number 1

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This classic edition of Imagining Animals explores how the making of animal images in art therapy and child psychotherapy can act as a powerful catalyst for children who may be struggling with communication. Readers will benefit from learning about the different ways that animal symbolism can support autistic children and children navigating trauma, abuse and depression in engaging with the therapeutic process.

This essential book explores two contrasting primitive states of mind throughout: the investing of the world around us with life through animism and participation mystique, and the lifeless world in the states of mind encountered in children who are hard to reach. Featuring a new introduction by the author, subjects covered in subsequent chapters include, but are not limited to:

  • Animal/human relationships
  • Animal symbolism
  • Animals on stage in therapy and anthropomorphic animal objects
  • Three-dimensional clay-work
  • The location of the self in animals

Imagining Animals offers a unique insight into the role and representation of animal imagery in art therapy and child psychotherapy. This is an essential read for all arts and play therapists working with children as well as adult psychotherapists interested in the use of imagery.

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