Dramatherapy and Destructiveness
Creating the Evidence Base, Playing with Thanatos
Published on 6. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-415-55851-8 (ISBN)
Description
Dramatherapy uses the healing aspects of drama and theatre as part of the therapeutic process and is increasingly required to supply evidence of its effectiveness. This book aims to provide an evidence base for practice with destructive clients, and raise the profile of dramatherapy as a distinct therapeutic intervention in this field.
Dramatherapy and Destructiveness discusses working with those suffering from conduct disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia and personality disorders. Divided into three parts, topics of discussion include:
theory and research underpinning the understanding of working with destructiveness
in-depth case studies of dramatherapy with a wide range of clients
analysis and evaluation of the evidence base for dramatherapy with these clients
guidelines for best practice
Dramatherapy and Destructiveness covers a wide range of client groups, settings, methods and therapeutic approaches. As well as being an invaluable resource for dramatherapists, this book will be of interest to other therapists, health professionals, social workers, teachers and artists.
Dramatherapy and Destructiveness discusses working with those suffering from conduct disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia and personality disorders. Divided into three parts, topics of discussion include:
theory and research underpinning the understanding of working with destructiveness
in-depth case studies of dramatherapy with a wide range of clients
analysis and evaluation of the evidence base for dramatherapy with these clients
guidelines for best practice
Dramatherapy and Destructiveness covers a wide range of client groups, settings, methods and therapeutic approaches. As well as being an invaluable resource for dramatherapists, this book will be of interest to other therapists, health professionals, social workers, teachers and artists.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is a stimulating read, opening the door on the experience of dramatherapy practice in challenging settings and with complex clients. The authors engage with the theme of destructiveness and the therapist's struggle to understand it with compassion and honesty." - Anna Chesner, Psychodrama and Group Analytic Psychotherapist, Co-Director, London Centre for Psychodrama, UK"... an important book for any psychological therapist working with those who 'offend' - against themselves or others." - Gwen Adshead, From the Foreword "This book is a stimulating read, opening the door on the experience of dramatherapy practice in challenging settings and with complex clients. The authors engage with the theme of destructiveness and the therapist's struggle to understand it with compassion and honesty." - Anna Chesner, Psychodrama and Group Analytic Psychotherapist, Co-Director, London Centre for Psychodrama, UK
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
1 s/w Tabelle, 6 s/w Abbildungen
1 Tables, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
356 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-55851-8 (9780415558518)
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Ditty Dokter | Pete Holloway | Henri Seebohm
Dramatherapy and Destructiveness
Creating the Evidence Base, Playing with Thanatos
E-Book
05/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€58.99
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Ditty Dokter | Pete Holloway | Henri Seebohm
Dramatherapy and Destructiveness
Creating the Evidence Base, Playing with Thanatos
E-Book
05/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€59.49
Available for download
Ditty Dokter | Pete Holloway | Henri Seebohm
Dramatherapy and Destructiveness
Creating the Evidence Base, Playing with Thanatos
Book
07/2011
Routledge
€178.27
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Persons
Ditty Dokter is professional lead and head of arts therapies at an NHS foundation trust in adult and older people's psychiatry. She works as Pathway Leader on the MA Dramatherapy at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, and lectures widely, both nationally and internationally
Pete Holloway is a consultant dramatherapist and area lead for a psychological services team within an NHS community mental health setting. He is also a Senior Lecturer on the MA Dramatherapy programme at Roehampton University, London, UK
Henri Seebohm is Programme Convenor of the MA in Dramatherapy at Roehampton University and Senior Dramatherapist and Supervisor in adult forensic psychiatry for an NHS mental health trust
Pete Holloway is a consultant dramatherapist and area lead for a psychological services team within an NHS community mental health setting. He is also a Senior Lecturer on the MA Dramatherapy programme at Roehampton University, London, UK
Henri Seebohm is Programme Convenor of the MA in Dramatherapy at Roehampton University and Senior Dramatherapist and Supervisor in adult forensic psychiatry for an NHS mental health trust
Content
Holloway, Dokter, Seebohm, Introduction. Part I: Destructiveness and Dramatherapy. Holloway, Seebohm, Dokter, Understandings of Destructiveness. Jones, Creativity and Destructiveness: A Discourse Analysis of Dramatherapists' Accounts of their Work. Dokter, Practice-based Evidence: Dramatherapy and Destructiveness. Part II: Clinical Practice. Ramsden, Joshua, Make Believe Violence, The Ladybird and the Butterfly: Dramatherapy in a Primary School Setting. Zeal, Chaos, Destruction and Abuse: Dramatherapy in a School for Excluded Adolescents. Dokter, Self-harm in Young People's Psychiatry: Transforming Munch's Scream. Jackson, Self-harm in Clients with Learning Disabilities: Dramatherapists' Perceptions and Methodology. Zografou, Dramatherapy and Addiction: Learning to Live with Destructiveness. Seebohm, On Bondage and Liberty: The Art of the Possible in Medium Secure Settings. Thorn, Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice: A Black Woman's Anger in a Forensic Setting. McAllister, From Transitional Object to Symbol: Spiderman in a Dramatherapy Group with Mentally Disordered Offenders. Holloway, Surviving Suicide: The Book of Life and Death. Part III: Towards an Evaluation of the Evidence Base So Far. Dokter, Holloway, Seebohm, Playing with Thanatos: Bringing Creativity to Destructiveness.