Roger Grainger

Drama and Healing

The Roots of Drama Therapy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The author shows how drama therapy draws on both drama and ritual. He argues that personal construct theory provides a hermeneutically useful approach to the study of drama therapy. He shows that drama therapy itself is an effective treatment for depression and schizophrenia, having a measurable effect on thought disorder.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 251g
• ISBN-13: 9781853023378
• ISBN-10: 185302337X
• Artikelnr.: 23588797

Autorenporträt

Roger Grainger was a registered Dramatherapist, Chartered Counselling Psychologist and occasional TV actor. He held a PhD in Sociology from Leeds University as well as Doctorates in Theology and Implicit Religion, and worked as a psychiatric chaplain for the Stanley Royd Hospital in Wakefield. He was also one of the founders of the National Funeral College and was the author of several books.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Part 1 Roots. 1. Drama as Involvement. 2. The Healing Symbol.
3. Drama and Depression. 4. Drama and Schizophrenia. Part 2 Process. 5.
Approaches to Drama Therapy. 6. Some of the Cast. 7. Capturing the Image.
8. Drama Therapy and Ritual. Appendix 1. The Use of Drama Therapy in the
Treatment of Thought Disorder. Appendix 2. Instructions for Administering
the Grid Test of Thought Disorder. Appendix 3. Programme of BAD National
Conference, 1989. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.