{"title":"Caterina Frisone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaterina Frisone\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful works that explore the intersection of science, nature, and human wellbeing. Her writing delves into therapeutic environments and the ways natural settings can support healing and emotional resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful, well-researched perspectives that illuminate the power of nature-based therapies and their impact on health. Frisone’s books invite reflection on the role of the environment in personal and communal transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-therapeutic-power-of-the-maggies-centre-by-caterina-frisone-9781032155265","title":"The Therapeutic Power of the Maggie’s Centre","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book delves into the therapeutic environment of the Maggie’s centre, exploring the various means by which this environment is cultivated. With architecture that defies convention, as outlined by the design brief, alongside Maggie’s psychological support programme, this unique health facility offers extraordinary therapeutic benefits for individuals, achieving what some may describe as therapeutic power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the history of the Maggie’s centre, the book unpacks its core elements: Maggie’s \u003ci\u003eTherapeutikos\u003c\/i\u003e (the-mind-as-important-as-the-body), the Architectural Brief, and the ‘Client-Architect-Users’ Triad. It further explores Maggie’s synergy—the dynamic interaction between people and place—which enhances users’ psychological flexibility, enabling them to endure what was previously intolerable. While comfort and atmospheres are crucial, they alone do not define the therapeutic environment of the Maggie’s centre. Insights from neuroscience, which provide scientific explanations of empathy, feelings, and emotions, combined with the understanding of space as an active force that engulfs individuals in an embodied experience, are necessary to explain the wellbeing generated within a Maggie’s centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Therapeutic Power of the Maggie’s Centre\u003c\/em\u003e concludes with a critical evaluation of the Maggie’s centre as a model that could be applied to other healthcare facilities and architecture more broadly. This book is essential reading for students or professionals engaged in creating therapeutic environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608179359980,"sku":"9781032155265","price":89.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781032155265-the-therapeutic-power-of-the-maggie-s-centre.jpg?v=1778188046"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/caterina-frisone.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}