Speaking about the Unspeakable

Non-Verbal Methods and Experiences in Therapy with Children
Herausgeber: Mccarthy, Dennis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Life's most pivotal experiences, both good and bad, can be truly expressed via the language of the imagination. Through creativity and play, children are free to articulate their emotions indirectly. Here, the contributors describe a wide variety of non-verbal therapeutic techniques, illustrating their descriptions with moving case studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781843108795
• ISBN-10: 1843108798
• Artikelnr.: 23408039

Autorenporträt

Dennis McCarthy is a licensed mental health counselor in New York State and is the director of Metamorfos Institute. He is a psychotherapist working with both children and adults and specializing in sandplay and dream work. Initially trained as a dancer, he weaves the body's innate urge to move into all of his work. Dennis McCarthy is the author of "If You Turned into a Monster" Transformation through Play: A Body-Centred Approach to Play Therapy, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Dr. Priscilla Rodgers. Introduction. Dennis McCarthy LMHC. 1. The
Hidden Treasure of the Self. Jenny Bates LCSW. 2. Getting the Inside Out:
Speaking with Clay. Michelle Rhodes LMSW ATR-BC. 3. Speaking with the Body:
Using Dance/Movement Therapy to Enhance Commnication and Healing with Young
Children. Susan Loman ADTR and Claire LeMessurier ADTR. 4. Speaking with
Silence: Play Therapy with Selective Mute Children. Brenda Lawrence LCSW-R.
5. The Secret Garden: Healing through Nature. Dr.Ilka List. 6. Speaking
with the Imagination. Dr. Patti Knoblauch. 7. Dance/ Movement Therapy with
Children. Rena Kornblum ADTR. 8. The Healing Power of Creative Expression.
Dr. Nancy Rowe. 9. Getting to the Core: Moving through the Language
Barrier. Noelle Ghnassia-Damon LCSW-R. 10. Quicksand: A Provocation to
Change. Dennis McCarthy. Epilogue. Dennis McCarthy. Contributors. Index.