Dramatherapy and storymaking
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Sambadrama
The Arena of Brazilian Psychodrama
Edited and translated by Zoltán Figusch
Divided into three parts, the book sets the context for Brazilian psychodrama, explores the creative and innovative work that is being done, and presents observations and examples of the full range of psychodramatic techniques and practical applications. It will serve as a building block for the exchange of psychodramatic ideas cross-culturally. Learn More2005, Paperback / softback, 9.09in x 6.22in / 231mm x 158mm, 288pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-363-92005, Ebook, PDF, 288pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-460-1 -
Classroom Tales
Using Storytelling to Build Emotional, Social and Academic Skills across the Primary Curriculum
Jennifer M Fox Eades
Fox Eades shows how storytelling is a crucial element of children's education that can enrich the school curriculum and encourage social and thinking skills. She discusses the different kinds of story that are useful in the classroom, and explores the impact of individual and group dynamics on the telling and reception of these stories. Learn More2005, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.18in / 233mm x 157mm, 160pp, $24.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-304-22005, Ebook, ePUB, 160pp, $24.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-451-9 -
Rebels with a Cause
Working with Adolescents Using Action Techniques
Mario Cossa
Drawing on years of experience working with adolescents, Cossa provides a tried-and-tested model for working with adolescents in groups. Utilizing techniques found in psychodrama, sociodrama, drama therapy and sociometry, Cossa offers step-by-step guidelines on running a group development program and summarizes in easy-to-understand language. Learn More2005, Paperback / softback, 9.06in x 6.06in / 230mm x 154mm, 208pp, $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-379-02005, Ebook, ePUB, 208pp, $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-245-4 -
Storytelling with Children in Crisis
Take Just One Star - How Impoverished Children Heal Through Stories
Molly Salans
Molly Salans has been a storyteller for many years, visiting children who have depression, ADHD and behavioral problems caused by poverty, absent fathers, depressed mothers, run-down schools and violence. Describing her therapy sessions as they happened, = Salans puts the children in the context of their lives and recounts her sessions. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 9.21in x 6.22in / 234mm x 158mm, 240pp, $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-745-32004, Ebook, PDF, 240pp, $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-058-0 -
The Story So Far
Play Therapy Narratives
Edited by Ann Cattanach
Play therapy can be a very appropriate way of facilitating this kind of expression. This book describes the work of nine play therapists through the narratives of children - and some adults - whose stories emerge during their play therapy sessions. Learn More2002, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.14in / 232mm x 156mm, 240pp, $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-063-82002, Ebook, PDF, 240pp, $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-342-0 -
Communicating with Children and Adolescents
Action for Change
Edited by Anne Bannister and Annie Huntington
This book provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging resource for those interested in exploring and understanding why action methods are particularly useful when working with young people. Discussion of the application of action methods to work with young people focuses on differing issues and populations. Learn More2002, Paperback / softback, 9.21in x 6.18in / 234mm x 157mm, 240pp, $39.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-025-62002, Ebook, ePUB, 240pp, $39.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-333-8 -
Creative Advances in Groupwork
Edited by Anna Chesner and Herb Hahn
A range of experienced and respected group workers explore developments in their specific fields of practice, moving from well-established approaches towards newer ideas. The authors show how group-analytic concepts can be creatively drawn on in the context of, for instance, business practice or inter-European relationships. Learn More2001, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.22in / 233mm x 158mm, 224pp, $36.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-953-02001, Ebook, PDF, 224pp, $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-312-3 -
Pediatric Dramatherapy
They Couldn't Run, So They Learned to Fly
Carol E. Bouzoukis
Based on a study conducted with chronically ill children, Pediatric Dramatherapy shows how children who are unable to verbalize their feelings or inner conflicts can do so through dramatherapy. The major sources of stress for chronically ill children are examined as they relate to situations within selected stories. Learn More2001, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.06in / 232mm x 154mm, 256pp, $44.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-961-52001, Ebook, PDF, 256pp, $44.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-911-8 -
Creation Stories of the Middle East
Ewa Wasilewska
This comprehensive study explores the region's 'forgotten' narratives, myths and traditions. Drawing on stories from Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine and Persia, Wasilewska shows how these narratives of creation, destruction and rebirth reach to the very roots of the Biblical and Quranic Genesis. Learn More2000, 224pp -
Psychodrama with Trauma Survivors
Acting Out Your Pain
Edited by Peter Felix Kellermann and M.K. Hudgins
The contributors provide evidence of how psychodrama can be used to create paths of change for even the most severe traumatization and they also discuss the possible transmission of trauma patterns across generations. The book documents the impact of trauma and explores the development of treatment, providing models of experiential treatment. Learn More2000, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.06in / 232mm x 154mm, 352pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-893-9