This book is written for therapists and for students who are becoming therapists. It offers insights to artists, teachers, and others interested in exploring the power of expressive arts for growth and healing. It provides theoretical grounding and practical applications from the collective experience of the authors who share their own immersion in the creative process. Expressive arts therapy is introduced as a reclaiming of ancient traditions that combined community, ritual, and art in healing. This book situates expressive arts therapy within the context of psychological theory and overviews the historical development and current practices in the field. The remaining chapters of the book focus on the cycles of the creative process, providing overviews, experiences appropriate for that cycle, personal stories, and poems related to that cycle. (Contains 292 references.) (GCP)