Using Superheroes and Villains in Counseling and Play Therapy (eBook, PDF)

A Guide for Mental Health Professionals
Redaktion: Rubin, Lawrence C.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Through rich and research-grounded clinical applications, Using Superheroes and Villains in Counseling and Play Therapy explores creative techniques for integrating superhero stories and metaphors in clinical work with children, adolescents, adults, and families.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429847288
• Artikelnr.: 57150356

Autorenporträt

Lawrence C. Rubin, PhD, ABPP, LMHC, RPT-S, is a Professor of Counselor Education at St. Thomas University, where he directs the Mental Health Counseling Program, and an Adjunct Professor of Counselor Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He maintains a private practice as a psychologist, counselor, and play therapist, specializing in children, teens and families, and is widely published on the subjects of counseling and popular culture. Dr. Rubin is also the editor of Psychotherapy.net.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editor
About the Contributors
Foreword: Superheroes Matter, Villains Too
Josué Cardona
Introduction: Superheroes, Past, Present and Future
Lawrence C. Rubin
Part I Superheroes, Super Theories
1. Flourishing After the Origin Story: Using Positive Psychology to Explore
Well-being in Superheroes and Supervillains
Sophia Ansari and Christina M. Scott
2. Alter Egos and Hidden Strengths: The Powers of Superheroes in
Child-Centered Play Therapy
LaTrice L. Dowtin
3. Control, Corruption, and Destruction, Oh My! The Role of Villains in
Experiential Play Therapy®
Justin D. Kruse and Joyce Arendt
4. The Healing Power of Superhero Stories: Bibliotherapy and Comic Books
Yoav Cohen-Manor
Part II Using Heroes and Superheroes to Treat Specific Disorders
5. I Like Them Because They Are Fast and Strong: The Use of Superheroes in
Play Therapy with a Latency-Age Boy with Developmental Coordination
Disorder
Aimee Loth Rozum
6. Using Spidey Senses During the Storm of Anxiety
Janina Scarlet
7. Superhero or Villain? Merging Play Therapy with CBT for Children with
Autism
Roz Casey
8. Superheroes and Villains in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder
Michael Smith and Carol Kirby
Part III Strength in Numbers: Superhero Teams
9. I Can Be a Super Friend! Using Scripted Story to Promote Social
Emotional Skills for Young Children with Problem Behaviors
Judith Lester
10. Stronger Together: The Family as a Super Hero Team
Steve Kuniak
11. El Diablo: What His Role in the Suicide Squad Teaches Children about
Emotion Regulation and the Power of Connection
Rachel Hutnick
12. Using the Avengers to Influence the Self-Actualization Process for
Children
Brenna Hicks
Part IV Villains Rise to the Challenge of Helping
13. No Joking Matter-Villains are People, Too: Working with the School
Bully
Meredith Nealy Starling
14. Brain Food: Integrating IPNB & Zombies with Diverse Populations
Robyn Joy Park
15. How Secrets Influenced Relationships for Harry Potter Heroes and
Villains: Parallels in Contextual Family Therapy
Sarah D. Stauffer and April D. Pachuta
Part V Superheroes at the Intersection
16. Female Superheroes: Raising a New Generation of Girls and Boys
Lara Taylor Kester
17. Beyond Canon: Therapeutic Fanfiction and the Queer Hero's Journey
Larisa A. Garski and Justine Mastin
18. The Black Panther Lives: Marveling at the Internal Working Models of
Self in Young Black Children Through Play
LaTrice L. Dowtin and Mawule A. Sevon
19. Un-Masking the Alter Ego: Fear and Freedom in the Affirmation of the
Inner Hero
Kory Martin
Afterword
Lawrence C. Rubin
Index