Product Description: Dramatherapy is increasingly being used in schools and educational establishments as a way of supporting young people’s emotional needs. This book examines the space between drama education and Dramatherapy exploring the questions: Does a therapist teach? When does the role of the drama teacher border on that of therapist? How do these two professions see and understand each other and the roles they play? In Drama Education and Dramatherapy, Clive Holmwood draws on his experience as a Dramatherapist and examines the history of drama education and Dramatherapy, exploring the social, political, therapeutic and artistic influences that have impacted these two professions over the last century...read more

Product Description: Walsh argues that there are many links between theatre and therapy when considering actor training, theatre in therapeutic contexts, and contemporary theatre and performance. He draws on a range of examples that include the drama of Sarah Kane, the method acting of Daniel Day Lewis and performances by Ruby Wax and David Hoyle...read more

Product Description: ed., 1997, Taylor and Francis (Brunner/Mazel). Austin, TX. Presents a systematic method for developing skills in improvisational play, and discusses the benefits and psychodynamics. For psychology professionals as well as those in education and theater arts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The metaphor linking the world with the stage is one that has captured the imagination of philosophers, poets, and social scientists for centuries. Shakespeare, calling all the world a stage, described it best hundreds of years ago; now, in Persona and Performance, Robert J...read more

Product Description: A practical handbook in the science and art of play. At every step of the way, the book gives the underpinning for the practice of play in its many various applications.

Describes a type of therapy which helps individuals come to terms with traumatic events and misconceptions which developed out of their family life