Ecopoiesis

An erudite exploration of eco-humanity and feeling through art, in being more completely with the world as well as of the world. This book takes a fresh ecological perspective and offers hopeful insights to all those with an interest in the powerful role of art, no matter what the form or function, in helping to develop the emerging area of ecopoiesis. – Professor Ross W. Prior, Principal Editor, Journal of Applied Arts & HealthThis is a brave book! This is an urgent book! Expanding far beyond conventional therapies, the book engages with complex social, economic, and political issues related to climate crisis. It positions expressive arts therapists as uniquely situated to address the interrelationship between care for the self and care for the environment, tying well-being to decolonization of the planet. – Catherine Hyland Moon, Professor Emeritus, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Stephen K. Levine, Ph.D., D.S.Sc., REAT, is Emeritus Professor at York University (Toronto) and Founding Dean of Doctoral Studies in Expressive Arts Therapy at the European Graduate School (Switzerland). He is the author, co-author or editor of many books in the field of expressive arts therapy, including Philosophy of Expressive Arts Therapy: Poiesis and the Therapeutic Imagination (2019). He is the founding editor of the journal, POIESIS: A Journal of the Arts & Communication, co-editor of the journal, Ecopoiesis: Eco-HumanTheory and Practice, co-founder of IEATA (International Expressive Arts Therapy Association), and co-founder of The Create Institute in Toronto.

Alexander Kopytin, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Petersburg Academy of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education; Chair, Russian Art Therapy Association. Author of more than 200 publications in the field of art therapy, medical psychology, ecopsychology, ecotherapy, including Ecological and Environmental Approaches in Art Therapy (2019), Clinical Art Psychotherapy with War Veterans (2016), Green Studio: nature and the arts in therapy (2016), and Environmental expressive therapies: Nature- assisted theory and practice (2017). Founding Executive Editor of the web-based journal, Ecopoiesis: Eco-Human Theory and Practice.