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‘Warren Lett’ Edited by Shaun McNiff
  • ISSN: 2040-2457
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Abstract

This article explores the unique features of Warren Lett’s practice of companioning and its significance within the international community of artistic inquiry. Emphasis is given to the role of personal process as research content and its inseparable relationship to reality. The author’s experiences with this aspect of research are compared to Lett’s work. The article also explores the parallel developments of integrated arts therapy in the United States and multimodal arts therapy in Australia, both grounded in an integral, multisensory and whole art experience that contrasts to the silos of specialized arts therapy disciplines.

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