{"id":9695,"date":"2020-10-04T18:14:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/?post_type=article&#038;p=9695"},"modified":"2020-10-04T18:19:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:19:38","slug":"the-performing-art-of-therapy-acting-insights-and-techniques-for-clinicians","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/the-performing-art-of-therapy-acting-insights-and-techniques-for-clinicians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Performing Art of Therapy: Acting Insights and Techniques for Clinicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <strong>Mark O\u2019Connell <\/strong>(USA)<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OConnell-cover-1020w.gif\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9667 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OConnell-cover-1020w.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The Performing Art of Therapy<\/em>\u00a0explores the myriad ways in which acting techniques can enhance the craft of psychotherapy. By understanding therapy as a performing art, clinicians can supplement their theoretical approach with techniques that fine-tune the ways their bodies, voices and imaginations engage with and influence their clients. Broken up into accessible chapters focused on specific attributes of performance, and including an appendix of step-by-step exercises for practitioners, this is a guidebook for therapists looking to integrate their theoretical training into who they are as individuals, find joy in their work, expand their empathy,\u00a0increase self-care and inspire clients to \u201cperform\u201d their own lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Performing-Art-of-Therapy-Acting-Insights-and-Techniques-for-Clinicians\/OConnell\/p\/book\/9781138737631\">www.routledge.com\/The-Performing-Art-of-Therapy-Acting-Insights-and-Techniques-for-Clinicians\/OConnell\/p\/book\/9781138737631<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark O\u2019Connell<\/strong> is a New York City-based psychotherapist in private practice and an actor. He teaches &#8220;acting&#8221; workshops for clinicians and has also authored the book\u00a0<em>Modern Brides &amp; Modern Grooms.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OConnell-pic-1020w.gif\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9668 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OConnell-pic-1020w.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>Mark O\u2019Connell, LCSW, MFA<br \/>\nNew York, NY<br \/>\n<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;l&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;&#109;a&#x72;k&#x6f;&#116;&#x68;&#101;&#x72;&#97;p&#x79;&#64;&#x67;&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x2e;c&#x6f;m\">Email Mark O&#8217;Connell<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.markoconnelltherapist.com\/\">www.markoconnelltherapist.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theperformingartoftherapy.com\/\">www.theperformingartoftherapy.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark O&#8217;Connell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":6,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"issuem_issue":[75],"issuem_issue_categories":[],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"class_list":["post-9695","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","issuem_issue-bookshelf-october-2020-vol-19no5"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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