Providing a new and proven way forward for practitioners who want to help children, but who do not have recourse to a qualified therapist, this book covers:tried and tested practical activities to use with childrensimple explanations of how and why dramatherapy worksinformative case studies that show activities being used in practicea useful list of further reading, centres for training and qualifications.
List of Stories Acknowledgements Foreword Preface An Introduction to Dramatherapy A Way of Working: embodiment-projection-role The Significance of Metaphor and Symbol in Dramatherapy The Value of Personal Storytelling The Use of Pre-written Material and Recurrent Themes Dream Work Working with Loss and Bereavement Group Work Appendices - Issues, Exercies, Activities, Sources, Training Bibliography and References Index