{"id":1370,"date":"2024-02-28T12:13:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2024-02-28T12:15:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:15:58","slug":"neurophototherapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/neurophototherapy","title":{"rendered":"Neurophototherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sonia-boue-neurophototherapy-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sonia-boue-neurophototherapy-cover.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sonia-boue-neurophototherapy-cover-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sonia-boue-neurophototherapy-cover-210x297.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Neurophototherapy: Playfully Unmasking with Photography and Collage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>by Sonia Bou\u00e9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A love letter to late discovery!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonia Bou\u00e9\u2019s new innovative collage-based self-help book for neurodivergent people has been funded by Arts Council England and supported by The Doug + Laurie Kanyer Art Collection. It has also been shortlisted for a <em>Contemporary Collage Magazine<\/em> Innovation Award, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Encompassing materials from Bou\u00e9\u2019s two-phase Neurophototherapy Project, it was launched online in collaboration with the London-based arts organisation, Autograph, on 20 November 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neurodivergent people, families, allies, arts and arts and health organizations, art lovers, photographers, collagists, therapists, community group leaders, and academics alike will find this original, informative, and upbeat publication of interest and relevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>So that\u2019s Neurophototherapy: therapeutic, empowering and \u2013 above all \u2013 FUN.<\/p>\n<cite>Dr. Joanne Limburg<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sonia-boue-being-more-you.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sonia-boue-being-more-you.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sonia-boue-being-more-you-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sonia-boue-being-more-you-210x179.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Being more you<\/em> by Sonia Bou\u00e9 <br>4.9&#8243;x5.8&#8243;; analog collage, Xerox printed on paper; 2021. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This joyful and life-enhancing collage-based creative method offers a gentle invitation to &#8220;reconnect with the sparky kid who didn\u2019t mask\u2026&#8221; Neurophototherapy is for neurodivergent people and anyone seeking to explore their true identity in new and creative ways. This method is suitable for artists and creative beginners alike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bou\u00e9 has identified a need for creative self-support strategies for people who discover their neurodivergent identities as adults. It is also a method that can be easily adopted by others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This publication includes explanatory texts, colour photographs, collage works, and contextual essays by Dr. Joanne Limburg and Professor of Performance at the University of Kent School of Arts, Prof. Nicola Shaughnessy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong><br><em>Neurophototherapy: Playfully Unmasking with Photography and Collage<\/em><br>by Sonia Bou\u00e9<br>136 pages; 11.7&#8243;x8.3&#8243;<br>ISBN 978-1399969291<br>\u00a318.00<br>Self-published, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A free PDF can be downloaded on both <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/autograph.org.uk\/blog\/texts\/free-download-neurophototherapy-publication\/\" target=\"_blank\">Autograph\u2019s<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soniaboue.co.uk\/neurophototherapy-2\" target=\"_blank\">Bou\u00e9\u2019s websites<\/a>, and the paperback version can be purchased on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1399969293\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>. The Autograph website is also host to an online gallery, featuring collage works by the Neurophototherapy Project focus group and a new blog article by the author, Dr. Joanne Limburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Sonia Bou\u00e9<br \/>\nSelf-published, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sonia-boue-neurophototherapy-cover.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8O04t-m6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}