Vivien Marcow Speiser
Biographic Data
| ID | 5454514 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vivien Marcow Speiser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vivien Marcow |
| FAMILY NAME | Speiser |
| SIGNATURE | SPEISER V M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lesley University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5107-7954 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A tribute to Ilene Serlin, Ph.D., BC-DMT – 1948–20241
A Tribute to Ilene Serlin, PhD, BC-DMT – 1948–2024
Journeying with Shaun McNiff
The authors have been journeying with Shaun McNiff from the inception of his training programmes at Lesley University in the mid-1970s. In those early years, students and faculty experimented together in the development and integration of new forms in therapy, education and the arts. The pioneering exuberance and creative thought McNiff personified was already evident as was his commitment to enduring principles that have sustained his influence …
The heart of the matter
This article will explore themes that emerged from writings and interviews with creative arts therapy colleagues from around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted this research from March through October 2020. During this time, everything we thought we knew about our world shifted. People are living in a ‘liminal’ in-between threshold space from pre-pandemic times to the space of the moment, in between what was and will be. Issues …
Life story and the arts
The following notes from the field introduces an original approach to working with narrative, storytelling and artistic expression in the framework of the creative and expressive arts therapies. Using an interview methodology developed by Amia Lieblich, a team of creative and expressive arts therapists teaching at The Academic College of Society and the Arts in Netanya, Israel, shares their theoretical observations and practical perspectives abou…
Arts-based disaster relief
When the time comes
This article investigates the motivation and inspiration of clinicians who are using arts-based approaches in providing psychosocial support in distressed communities during and post-disaster. Through interviewing colleagues in the field, each interviewee has found their way of creating a ceremonial structure to meet the challenges they faced on the ground. They adapt their skills and their talents for the betterment of others. They bring with th…
Breathing in and breathing out
This article will describe an expressive therapy psychosocial training approach used in august 2014 with groups of clinicians, clergy and community workers in Korea following the sinking of the Sewol ferry in April 2014. The co-facilitators were expressive arts therapists who live in Israel and the United States, respectively, and the expressive arts modalities used in this programme included dance and movement, storytelling, enactment, music and…
The arch of arts in health
Working in a troubled land
This article will describe teaching philosophies, pedagogical approaches and experiences in community outreach programmes developed by the author and other colleagues within the context of the Lesley University Extension Program in Israel. Studies of conflicts with both children and adults throughout Israel suggest a society permeated by the psychological stress and trauma associated with dislocation, conflict and violence. This article intends t…
An Arts Approach To Working With Conflict
This article describes the workshop that the authors cofacilitated at the Imagine Conference held in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2006. This workshop presented arts-based activities for working with conflict in intercultural groups. Participants were given the opportunity to creatively explore personal responses to conflict and to learn arts-based approaches to working within a group of individuals who come from different religious, ethnic, and political…
American Dancetherapy Association Conference
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An Arts Approach To Working With Conflict
This article describes the workshop that the authors cofacilitated at the Imagine Conference held in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2006. This workshop presented arts-based activities for working with conflict in intercultural groups. Participants were given the opportunity to creatively explore personal responses to conflict and to learn arts-based approaches to working within a group of individuals who come from different religious, ethnic, and political…
American Dancetherapy Association Conference
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
An Arts Approach To Working With Conflict
This article describes the workshop that the authors cofacilitated at the Imagine Conference held in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2006. This workshop presented arts-based activities for working with conflict in intercultural groups. Participants were given the opportunity to creatively explore personal responses to conflict and to learn arts-based approaches to working within a group of individuals who come from different religious, ethnic, and political…
The arch of arts in health
Working in a troubled land
This article will describe teaching philosophies, pedagogical approaches and experiences in community outreach programmes developed by the author and other colleagues within the context of the Lesley University Extension Program in Israel. Studies of conflicts with both children and adults throughout Israel suggest a society permeated by the psychological stress and trauma associated with dislocation, conflict and violence. This article intends t…
Breathing in and breathing out
This article will describe an expressive therapy psychosocial training approach used in august 2014 with groups of clinicians, clergy and community workers in Korea following the sinking of the Sewol ferry in April 2014. The co-facilitators were expressive arts therapists who live in Israel and the United States, respectively, and the expressive arts modalities used in this programme included dance and movement, storytelling, enactment, music and…
Arts-based disaster relief
When the time comes
This article investigates the motivation and inspiration of clinicians who are using arts-based approaches in providing psychosocial support in distressed communities during and post-disaster. Through interviewing colleagues in the field, each interviewee has found their way of creating a ceremonial structure to meet the challenges they faced on the ground. They adapt their skills and their talents for the betterment of others. They bring with th…
Life story and the arts
The following notes from the field introduces an original approach to working with narrative, storytelling and artistic expression in the framework of the creative and expressive arts therapies. Using an interview methodology developed by Amia Lieblich, a team of creative and expressive arts therapists teaching at The Academic College of Society and the Arts in Netanya, Israel, shares their theoretical observations and practical perspectives abou…
The heart of the matter
This article will explore themes that emerged from writings and interviews with creative arts therapy colleagues from around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted this research from March through October 2020. During this time, everything we thought we knew about our world shifted. People are living in a ‘liminal’ in-between threshold space from pre-pandemic times to the space of the moment, in between what was and will be. Issues …
Journeying with Shaun McNiff
The authors have been journeying with Shaun McNiff from the inception of his training programmes at Lesley University in the mid-1970s. In those early years, students and faculty experimented together in the development and integration of new forms in therapy, education and the arts. The pioneering exuberance and creative thought McNiff personified was already evident as was his commitment to enduring principles that have sustained his influence …
A tribute to Ilene Serlin, Ph.D., BC-DMT – 1948–20241
A Tribute to Ilene Serlin, PhD, BC-DMT – 1948–2024
Psychology (10 works) · The arts (9 works) · Art (8 works) · Art Therapy and Mental Health (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Visual arts (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)