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1. Introduction: Psychotherapy and the Arts: A Practitioner’s Guide; Bruce Kirkcaldy.Part 1: Literature and narrative therapy.2. Edvard Munch as psychotherapist: a picture is worth a thousand words; Arnold Weinstein.3. Stories, Parables and Metaphors: Application in Langerian Mindfulness; Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi & Ellen Langer.4. Wounded Healers and the Impact of Literature, Drama and Film on Mental Health Treatment; Bruce Kirkcaldy & Ahmed Hankir.5. Film and Mental Health; Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio & Gurvinder Kalra.Part 2: Theater and Dance Perspectives.6. A new theory of emotions and theatre; Jeff Zinn.7. Benefits of theatrical improvisation in the training of psychotherapists; Daniel J. Wiener.8. The Dance of Presence: Mindfulness and Movement; Shauna Shapiro & Sarah de Sousa.Part 3: Visual Arts and Painting.9. Making Space: Experiences Developing a Contemplative Art Program to Introduce Mindfulness to Non-Meditators; Christine Korol & Kim Sogge.10. Substance abuse treatment: Therapeutic applications of art; Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou & Marina Dalla.- Part 4: Music and Performing Arts.11. Endeavours  to quieten the “savage breast”: Therapeutic applications of music; Glenn Wilson.12. Psychological Oddities among Performing Artists; Vincent Egan, Tony Beech & Lawrence Burrow.13. Emotional Intelligence, Personality Disorders and the Performing Arts; Adrian Furnham.