The Handbook of Dramatherapy

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Illustrations......Page 7
Notes on the authors......Page 8
DRAMA AND THEATRE AS CULTURE......Page 9
DRAMA AND THEATRE AS RITUAL......Page 12
DRAMA, THEATRE AND ROLE......Page 13
DRAMA AND THEATRE AND DRAMATHERAPY......Page 14
THE DRAMATHERAPEUTIC SPACE......Page 15
THE INSTITUTE OF DRAMATHERAPY......Page 16
THE HANDBOOK OF DRAMATHERAPY......Page 17
REFERENCE......Page 19
A BRIEF HISTORY OF DRAMATHERAPY......Page 20
What is drama?......Page 22
What is therapy?......Page 23
What is dramatherapy?......Page 24
THE PRESENT PROFESSIONAL POSITION OF DRAMATHERAPY......Page 28
What do dramatherapists do?......Page 29
Theatre models of dramatherapy......Page 30
Therapeutic drama and dramatherapy......Page 32
The anthropological approach to dramatherapy......Page 33
REFERENCES......Page 34
A DEFINITION......Page 36
Role-play......Page 38
Jean Piaget: a theory of cognitive stages......Page 39
Erik Erikson: a theory of emotional stages......Page 40
PROCESSES ENCOUNTERED IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF DRAMATHERAPY......Page 41
Dramatic fiction......Page 42
Playfulness......Page 43
Structure......Page 44
The warm-up......Page 45
Closure......Page 46
THE JOURNEY......Page 47
REFERENCES......Page 48
PROLOGUE......Page 49
Scene one: dramatherapy with elderly day-patients......Page 50
Scene two: dramatherapy with elderly in-patients......Page 51
Scene three: dramatherapy rehabilitation groups......Page 52
Scene one: dramatherapy groups with acute in-patients......Page 53
Scene two: intensive dramatherapy with acute in-patients......Page 55
Scene one: dramatherapy with out-patient groups......Page 56
Work on personal theatre ‘plays’......Page 57
Transformation rituals......Page 58
Scene two: therapeutic theatre with out-patients......Page 59
Rehearsals......Page 60
Post-production meeting......Page 61
Scene three: individual dramatherapy with out-patients......Page 62
EPILOGUE......Page 63
REFERENCES......Page 64
The institution as community......Page 66
The relationship between the environment of the dramatherapy studio and the unit as a whole......Page 67
Setting up a dramatherapy studio......Page 68
AN INTEGRATED MODEL......Page 69
The integrated model and dramatherapy with individuals......Page 70
MOVING INTO ACTION: CHECKING IN......Page 71
The use of props......Page 72
TAKING OFF......Page 73
The origin of the material......Page 74
Props......Page 75
The value of improvisation......Page 76
Current lifestyle......Page 77
COMING IN TO LAND......Page 79
CONCLUSION......Page 80
REFERENCES......Page 81
A ROLE MODEL OF DRAMATHERAPY......Page 83
What is meant by role?......Page 84
The theories of Erving Goffman......Page 85
The symbolic interactionism of George Herbert Mead......Page 88
The dramatic basis of role theory......Page 92
Role theory and the self......Page 93
A dramatic role model theory of dramatherapy......Page 95
A taxonomy of roles: a system of theatrical archetypes......Page 96
REFERENCES......Page 99
AWAY FROM RITUAL......Page 101
CAN WE DEFINE RITUAL?......Page 103
SHAMANISM AND RITUAL DRAMA......Page 106
THE CONTRIBUTION OF ANTONIN ARTAUD......Page 109
Theatre of the Absurd (or Grotesque)......Page 111
The Theatre and its Double......Page 112
Clinical example: a dramatherapy group in a psychiatric day hospital......Page 113
Larger-than-life images and effigies......Page 114
Clinical example......Page 115
The dialogue of opposites and reconciliation......Page 116
Triumph and despair, order and chaos......Page 117
Clinical example......Page 118
REFERENCES......Page 120
Drama......Page 122
Drama and the body......Page 123
Drama and dream......Page 124
Drama and role......Page 125
Dramatherapy and psychodrama as group therapies......Page 126
Warm-up......Page 127
Helen’s psychodrama......Page 128
Sharing/closure......Page 132
Development......Page 133
CONCLUSION......Page 137
The role of the therapist......Page 138
REFERENCES......Page 139
FINDING THE SELF AND THE WORLD BEYOND THE SELF......Page 141
The centrality of play......Page 142
Role-play......Page 143
The therapeutic space......Page 144
First meetings......Page 145
Drama for healing......Page 146
Drama as development......Page 147
Dramatic play as a group process......Page 148
Creative-expressive model......Page 149
Tasks and skills model......Page 150
THE INTERFACE BETWEEN PLAY THERAPY AND DRAMATIC PLAY......Page 151
REFERENCES......Page 152
INTRODUCTION......Page 153
Administration......Page 154
Selection of clients......Page 155
Pre-group meetings......Page 156
Arrival and organization of the Centre......Page 157
The Candle Ceremony......Page 158
Sensory experiences......Page 159
Trek to the woods......Page 160
The return......Page 161
DAY THREE: AIR......Page 162
The Voice Cluster......Page 163
The Expedition......Page 164
The process of ‘ritual’ in para-theatre......Page 165
The close of Day Three......Page 166
The Fire Dance......Page 167
Vigil......Page 168
Lydford Gorge......Page 169
The Ceremony of Purification......Page 170
The Closing Ritual......Page 171
REFERENCES......Page 172
INTERVIEW WITH GORDON WISEMAN......Page 173
INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT LANDY......Page 177
INTERVIEW WITH MOOLI LAHAD......Page 185
INTERVIEW WITH PAMELA MOND......Page 189
REFERENCES......Page 192
INTRODUCTION......Page 193
Assessment by story-making......Page 195
Ann Cattanach’s assessment from play therapy......Page 197
Assessment of clients by dramatherapists working in the NHS......Page 199
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN DRAMATHERAPY......Page 201
David Fontana and Lucilia Valente’s survey data......Page 202
Roger Grainger’s research with thought-disordered adults......Page 203
Phil Jones’s research with autistic adults......Page 205
Brenda Meldrum’s pilot study using new paradigm research......Page 206
Myra Kersner’s investigation into the usefulness of questionnaires in arts therapy research......Page 207
Working with groups......Page 208
Dramatherapy research in the planning stage......Page 211
REFERENCES......Page 213
Epilogue......Page 215
Appendix 1 What is dramatherapy?......Page 216
CODE OF PRACTICE......Page 218
CODE OF ETHICS......Page 219
Appendix 3 Dramatherapy training......Page 220
Appendix 4 The British Association for Dramatherapists......Page 222
MEMBERSHIP OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR DRAMATHERAPISTS......Page 223
Bibliography......Page 224
Name index......Page 229
Subject Index......Page 231