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Theory and Practice of Action and Drama Techniques

Theory and Practice of Action and Drama Techniques

Developmental Psychotherapy from an Existential-Dialectical Viewpoint

Leni Verhofstadt-Denève

Paperback: £29.99 / $47.95

1999, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 250pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-803-8, BIC 2: AN MQTC

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Preface, Professor Hubert Hermans. Introduction. PART ONE:THEORETICAL FOUNDATION: AN EXISTENTIAL - DIALECTICAL APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 1. Dialectic. 2. Basic topics for an existential psychology. 3. An existential - dialectical developmental psychology: Basic principles and underlying personality model. 4. The dynamics of personality developmental. 5. Summary. PART TWO: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOTHERAPY: METHODS AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. 6. Psychodrama. 7. Psychodrama and developmental psychotherapy. 8. A psychodramatic approach to dreams in a developmental therapy for adolescents. 9. Action and drama techniques at school. 10. Action techniques for boosting self-esteem in obese children, Caroline Braet, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University of Ghent. 11. Self-reflective techniques in individual therapy with adolescents in a residential setting, Karen Adriaenssens, Clinical Psychologist working with children and adolescents, and Jan Schrans, Clinical Psychologist at working in a youth clinic. 12. The application of self-reflective action techniques for drug-addicted youngsters in an individual therapy, Greet Robijn, Clinical Psychologist working with illegal drug users. 13. Using video in a therapeutic setting self-reflection and videofeedback, Veerle Vander Zwalmen, Consultant at a guidance centre for children and adolescents. Epilogue. References. Index.