Main description:

This second edition takes the reader further into the heart of using drama for healing. Dr. Emunah offers an expanded understanding of her Integrative Five Phase model, a foundational approach that embraces the wide spectrum of possibilities within the playing field of drama therapy. Grounded by compassionate clinical examples, including ones that reach over time into deep-seated issues, the book offers tools for action-oriented treatment, embodied therapeutic interventions, and creatively engaging a wide variety of clients.

This comprehensive text also contains over 120 techniques, categorized by phases in the session and treatment series, and subcategorized by therapeutic objective. Process-oriented drama therapy with group and individuals, as well as performance-oriented forms, are described in vivid detail. New to the second edition is an exploration of drama therapy outside of the clinical arena, including dramatic methods in family life and parenting, and drama therapy geared toward social change.

Contents:

Praise for the First Edition Acknowledgements Prologue Introduction Part I: Process 1. Stages 2. Sources 3. Stories 4. Sessions 5. Scenes Part II: Techniques 6. Beginning of the Session and Series 7. Mid-Session and Mid-Series 8. Closure of the Session and Series Part III: Performance 9. Self-Revelatory Performance 10. Therapeutic Theatre Performance 11. The Post-Performance Process Part IV: Life 12. Toward Well-Being in the Home 13. Toward Well-Being in the World Epilogue References Index