Creative Arts Therapy

To find books on a particular subject, perform a keyword search in the library catalogue. 

For example: music therapy dementia

Keyword searching often retrieves a large number of results so you may like to narrow your search by adding more words. 

For example: music therapy dementia care

Click on the subject descriptions within a catalogue record to find similar books. 

For example, in Music therapy in dementia care, click on Music therapy for older people to find related books.

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Use the library catalogue to search for relevant books, printed versions of journals and newspapers etc.

Items listed in other libraries (Australia and overseas) may be requested by University of Melbourne staff and students via Inter-Library Loans.

Can't find something, or what you need is unavailable? The following catalogues can be used to find resources in libraries around Australia and the World:

• American Psychiatric Assocation Staff (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Assocation.
• Clift, Stephen (Ed) (2016). Oxford Textbook of Creative Arts, Health, and Wellbeing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Cruz, Robyn Flaum (2013). Feders' the Art and Science of Evaluation in the Arts Therapies: How do you know what's Working. Springfield: Charles C Thomas.
• Cruz, Robyn Flaum (Ed) (2012). Dance/Movement Therapists in Action. Springfield: Charles C Thomas..
• Gargaro, Evan (2015). Creative Arts Therapies and Clients with Eating Disorders.London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Hartley, Nigel and Payne, Malcolm (2008). The Creative Arts in Palliative Care. London: Jessica Kingsley.
• Hayes, Jill (2011). The Creative Arts in Dementia Care: Practical Person-Centred Approaches and Ideas. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Karkou, Vassiliki (Ed) (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Kossak, Mitchell (2015). Attunement in Expressive Arts Therapy. Springfield: Charles C Thomas.
• Rubin, Judith Aron (2012). Approaches to Art Therapy: Theory and Technique. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.
• Stickley, Theo and Clift, Stephen (2017). Arts, Health and Wellbeing; A Theoretical Inquiry for Practice. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Thompson, Barbara E (2014). Grief and the Expressive Arts: Practices for Creating Meaning. Florence: Taylor and Francis.
• Warren, Bernie (2008). Using the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.