Psychodrama

A Beginner's Guide

Zoran Djurić, Jasna Veljković and Miomir Tomić

Professional psychodramatists Zoran Djuric and Jasna Veljkovic, explain in user-friendly terms the basics of the technique and present a step-by-step guide to running a psychodrama session. Fully illustrated with colour cartoons offering examples of real psychodrama sessions, Psychodrama explores both the theory and practice in an accessible way. more »

Keywords: counselling, dramatherapy, group psychotherapy, psychodrama

Expressive and Creative Arts Methods for Trauma Survivors

Edited by Lois Carey

Drawing on detailed case studies and a growing body of evidence of the benefits of non-verbal therapies, the contributors - all leading practitioners in their fields - provide an overview of creative therapies that tap into sensate aspects of the brain not always reached by verbal therapy alone. more »

Keywords: arts therapies, counselling, creative therapies, expressive therapies, interdisciplinary arts therapies, music therapy, psychoanalysis, psychodrama, psychotherapy, trauma

Drama Therapy and Storymaking in Special Education

Paula Crimmens

This practical resource book for professionals covers the broad spectrum of students attending special needs schools. Paula Crimmens places therapeutic storymaking within the context of drama therapy and offers practical advice on how to structure and set up sessions to be compatible with special needs learning environments. more »

Keywords: ADD, Asperger syndrome, autism, child development, dramatherapy, intellectual disabilities, psychodrama, special education, storymaking

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. more »

Keywords: dramatherapy, psychodrama, psychology, psychotherapy

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. more »

Keywords: dramatherapy, group psychotherapy, psychodrama, psychotherapy

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. more »

Keywords: child psychology, children's rights, dramatherapy, psychodrama, social work

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. more »

Keywords: child protection, child psychology, dramatherapy, health care, psychodrama

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. more »

Keywords: dramatherapy, mental health, psychoanalysis, psychodrama, psychotherapy, trauma

Practical Approaches to Dramatherapy

The Shield of Perseus

Madeline Andersen-Warren and Roger Grainger
Preface by Anna Seymour

Practical Approaches to Dramatherapy is derived from the authors' experiences of working with dramatherapy in a range of different situations. It focuses on the flexibility of the applications of dramatherapeutic principles.The book provides a comprehensive account of the history, theory and practice of drama and its therapeutic use. more »

Keywords: dramatherapy, psychodrama

Creative Supervision

The Use of Expressive Arts Methods in Supervision and Self-Supervision

Mooli Lahad

In this book Lahad introduces techniques, drawn from the expressive arts therapies, which can be employed during a supervision to release information from the creative hemisphere of the brain. These techniques include storytelling, role-playing, guided fantasy, imaginary dialogues, letter-writing, drawing, and the use of colours and shapes. more »

Keywords: counselling, dramatherapy, expressive therapies, psychodrama, social work

Theory and Practice of Action and Drama Techniques

Developmental Psychotherapy from an Existential-Dialectical Viewpoint

Leni Verhofstadt-Denève

Taking a dialectical approach to developmental psychology, the author develops a personality model and shows how it can be applied in practice through psychodrama, video feedback and creative play therapy. She focuses on the treatment of children and adolescents suffering from developmental disorders, drug addiction and self-esteem problems more »

Keywords: dramatherapy, psychoanalysis, psychodrama, psychotherapy

Using Voice and Theatre in Therapy

The Practical Application of Voice Movement Therapy

Paul Newham

Using Voice and Theatre in Therapy is a guide to how dramatic improvisation can be used in a therapeutic context to promote self-expression. Paul Newham demonstrates how voice, text and speech bring out aspects of character, personality, emotion and diversity of self-image which facilitate self-understanding. more »

Keywords: counselling, dramatherapy, music therapy, psychodrama, psychology, psychotherapy, theatre

Drama Workshops for Anger Management and Offending Behaviour

James Thompson

The Blagg! and Pump! drama workshops combine dynamic drama techniques to explore issues of anger management and offending behaviour. They can be easily adapted to suit the particular needs or backgrounds of a variety of groups, from probationers and prisoners to 'at risk' youths. Both are appropriate for use with groups with behavioural problems. more »

Keywords: anger management, dramatherapy, psychiatry, psychodrama, social work

Supervision and Dramatherapy

Edited by Elektra Tselikas-Portmann

This book explores the ways in which dramatherapy techniques and concepts can be applied to supervision, and looks at how supervisions are conducted within the field of dramatherapy. The contributors offer insights into the relationships between supervisor, supervisee and client, and the dramatic roles that unfold during the supervision process. more »

Keywords: dramatherapy, psychodrama

Trust and Power

Taking Care of Ourselves through Drama

Penny Casdagli

Trust and Power is a sequence of interactive drama-based workshops that have been developed over seven years to explore with issues with young people. Using situations from real life, each workshop uses exercises to examine the positive and negative aspects of their respective themes, and how they relate to the central themes of trust and power. more »

Keywords: counselling, dramatherapy, psychodrama

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