As an emerging psychotherapeutic discipline, drama therapy has been gaining global attention over the last decade for its demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of child and adolescent populations. However, despite this attention and despite the current turbulent state of the world and the increasing population of disturbed and at-risk children, the field of drama therapy has so far lacked a standard text. Weber and Haen’s book fills this need, providing a core text for graduate students and established professionals alike. Clinical Applications of Drama Therapy in Child and Adolescent Treatment is guided by theory, but firmly rooted in practice, providing a survey of the many different possibilities and techniques for incorporating drama therapy within child and adolescent therapy. More than merely a survey of the existing literature on drama therapy, this text represents a true expansion of the field: one which articulates the breadth of possibilities and applications for drama therapy in the larger context of psychotherapy.
Author(s): Sandra Bloom, Anna Marie Weber, Craig Haen, Robert Landy
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 320
Front cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Editors......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Foreword......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
SECTION I: Individual Drama Therapy......Page 30
CHAPTER 1. Facilitating Play with Non-Players: A Developmental Perspective......Page 32
CHAPTER 2. "Don't Hurt My Mommy": Drama Therapy for Children Who Have Witnessed Severe Domestic Violence......Page 54
CHAPTER 3. Children Who Whisper: A Study of Psychodramatic Methods for Reaching Inarticulate Young People......Page 74
CHAPTER 4. Developmental Transformations in the Treatment of Sexually Abused Children......Page 96
CHAPTER 5. Creative Co-Constructions: A Psychanalytic Approach to Spontaneity and Improvisation in the Therapy of a Twice Forsaken Child*......Page 116
SECTION II: Group Drama Therapy and Integrated Models......Page 134
CHAPTER 6. Drama Therapy and Adolescent Resistance*......Page 136
CHAPTER 7. Healing through Strength: A Group Approach to Therapeutic Enantment......Page 150
CHAPTER 8. Drama Therapy in the Treatment of Children with Sexual Behavior Problems......Page 166
CHAPTER 9. Spectacle and Ensemble in Group Drama Therapy Treatment for Children with ADHD and Related Neurological Syndromes......Page 182
CHAPTER 10. Taming the Beast: The Use of Drama Therap6 in the Treatment of Children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder......Page 200
CHAPTER 11. Group Drama Therapy in a Children's Inpatient Psychiatric Setting......Page 218
SECTION III: Families and the Larger System......Page 234
CHAPTER 12. Aikido and Drama Therapy with Families and Children......Page 236
CHAPTER 13. Co-Working with Adoptive Parents to Support Family Attachments......Page 256
CHAPTER 14. Stories from the Islands: Drama Therapy with Bullies and Their Victims......Page 274
CHAPTER 15. Through the Eyes of the Therapists and Children: Drama Therapy during and after September 11th......Page 290
Name Index......Page 310
Subject Index......Page 314
Back cover......Page 320
