Sue Jennings

Introduction to Dramatherapy

Theatre and Healing Ariadne's Ball of Thread

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This accessible and comprehensive book shows the importance of theater as a healing experience. The book explains the basic theory and practice of dramatherapy, exploring the subject with an awareness of the place of dramatic expression as a natural part of life. It shows how dramatherapy is of relevance to everyone, exploring the use of drama in different life stages and during different experiences. The drama of life is considered with its significance of roles and scenes, stories and rituals, and the balance of the individual with the group. A clear and thorough investigation of the nature and uses of drama, theater, and dramatherapy is presented as well as diagnostic charts, observation charts, and charts for dramatic history taking.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 301g
• ISBN-13: 9781853021152
• ISBN-10: 1853021156
• Artikelnr.: 21349704

Autorenporträt

Sue Jennings

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Story of Ariadne. 1. Why Drama and Dramatherapy? 2.
Understanding Your Dramatic Experience. 3. Drama at the Centre and Drama at
the Margins: `Threading Our Way Through'. 4. Processing Your Own Dramatised
History: `Untangling the Thread'. 5. Transitional Dramas: `Threading Your
Way'. 6. Your Own Dramatised Present: `Weaving Your Own Threads'. 7. Drama
Ritualisation and The Living of Life: `The Need for Knots'. 8. Dramatherapy
Core Concepts: `The Thread Has Led Us Through the Maze'. 9. Dramatherapy in
Practice: `Who Holds the End of the Thread'. 10. My Own Personal Drama:
`Hanging by a Thread'. Appendix: Dramatherapy Questionnaire. Bibliography.
Further Reading.