This second edition of Current Approaches in Drama Therapy offers a revised and updated comprehensive compilation of the primary drama therapy methods and models that are being utilized and taught in the United States and Canada, including four new approaches. It is intended as a basic textbook for the field of drama therapy. Section I provides a context for the state of the field of drama therapy in North America, describing the history of the field, stages in professional development, theory building, emerging areas of interest, and challenges for the future. Section II includes the Integrative Five Phase Model, Role Method, Developmental Transformations, Ritual/Theatre/Therapy, Healing the Wounds of History, Narradrama, Omega Transpersonal Approach, Psychoanalytic Approach, Developmental Themes Approach, ENACT Method, STOP-GAP Method Bergman Drama Therapy Approach, Rehearsals for Growth, and Performance in drama therapy. Section III describes four related approaches—Psychodrama, Socio-drama, Playback Theatre, and Theatre of the Oppressed, each of which has had significant influence on drama therapy practice. A distinct index of key concepts in drama therapy is included, demonstrating the consolidation and breadth of theory in the field. This highly informative and indispensable volume is geared toward drama therapy training programs, mental health professionals (counselors, clinical social workers, psychologists, creative art therapists, occupational therapists), theater and drama teachers, school counselors, and organizational development consultants. --- from the publisher Contents: Preface
Chapter SECTION I: THE STATE OF THE FIELD
1.THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIELD OF DRAMA THERAPY IN NORTH AMERICA
David Read Johnson
2.THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEORY AND METHODS IN DRAMA THERAPY
David Read Johnson, Renée Emunah, and Penny Lewis
3.THE CURRENT STATE OF THE FIELD OF DRAMA THERAPY
Renée Emunah and David Read Johnson SECTION II: CURRENT APPROACHES IN DRAMA THERAPY
4. THE INTEGRATIVE FIVE PHASE MODEL OF DRAMA THERAPY
Renée Emunah
5. ROLE THEORY AND THE ROLE METHOD OF DRAMA THERAPY
Robert Landy
6. DEVELOPMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS: TOWARDS THE BODY AS PRESENCE
David Read Johnson
7. RITUAL/THEATRE/THERAPY
Stephen Snow
8. HEALING THE WOUNDS OF HISTORY: DRAMA THERAPY IN COLLECTIVE TRAUMA AND INTERCULTURAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Armand Volkas
9. NARRADRAMA: A NARRATIVE APPROACH TO DRAMA THERAPY
Pamela Dunne
10. OMEGA TRANSPERSONAL APPROACH TO DRAMA THERAPY
Saphira Barbara Linden
11. PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH TO DRAMA THERAPY
Eleanor Irwin
12. THE DEVELOPMENTAL THEMES APPROACH IN DRAMA THERAPY
Penny Lewis
13. THE ENACT METHOD OF EMPLOYING DRAMA THERAPY IN SCHOOLS
Diana Feldman, Fara Sussman Jones, and Emilie Ward
14. THE STOP-GAP APPROACH TO DRAMA THERAPY
Don Laffoon and Fionnuala Kenny
15. THE BERGMAN DRAMA THERAPY APPROACH: CREATING THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES IN PRISONS
John Bergman
16. REHEARSALS FOR GROWTH: DRAMA THERAPY WITH COUPLES
Daniel Wiener
17. PERFORMANCE IN DRAMA THERAPY
Sally Bailey SECTION III: RELATED APPROACHES
18. PSYCHODRAMA
Antonina Garcia and Dale Richard Buchanan
19. SOCIODRAMA
Patricia Sternberg and Antonina Garcia
20. PLAYBACK THEATRE: A FRAME FOR HEALING
Jo Salas
21. THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED: DRAMA THERAPY AS CULTURAL DIALOGUE
Nisha Sajnani
Bibliography
Index of Drama Therapy Concepts
Subject Index
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