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'The imaginative therapies described in this book offer a welcome counter-balance to medical trends dominating the current practice of children's therapy. Inspired practitioners experienced in listening to buried, altered or muted voices of traumatized children invite us into their consulting rooms to witness the unique ways the soul speaks in images, movement and sound.'- Nor Hall, Ph.D. psychotherapist, theater artist and author of The Moon & the Virgin and Those Women'This book is an offering to all our senses enabling us to delve into the powerful sphere of the implicit, making tangible aspects of self that have been difficult to reach in more traditional psychotherapeutic practices. I highly recommend this book for all readers, as a therapeutic tool, a guide to understanding your child's play, or to stimulate your own self-expression. Accept the offering and receive a gift that will inspire your thinking as well as your creative sense.' - Suzi Tortora, Ed.D. registered dance therapist and the author of The Dancing Dialogue: Using the Communicative Power of Movement with Young Children
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Children do not always have the capacity or need to express themselves through words. They often succeed in saying more about their feelings and experiences by communicating non-verbally through play and other expressive, creative activities. The basic premise of "Speaking About the Unspeakable" is that life's most pivotal experiences, both good and bad, can be truly expressed via the language of the imagination. Through creativity and play, children are free to articulate their emotions indirectly. The contributors, all experienced child therapists, describe a wide variety of non-verbal therapeutic techniques, including clay, sand, movement and nature therapy, illustrating their descriptions with moving case studies from their professional experience. Accessible and engaging, this book will inspire child psychologists and therapists, art therapists and anyone with an interest in therapeutic work with children.
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Great help for children who can't express what hurts emotionally
13 Sep 2008
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This collection of eleven essays, each written by different therapists, depict their experiences and observations having children use non-verbal methods to communicate their feelings. Actual case histories tell quite moving stories, some with direct quotes from the children themselves. Through play with puppets, dance, drawings, clay, miniatures in the sand, and nature they convey their innermost fears, anguish, trauma, frustration and jealousy. In expressing these feelings we can see how they start on the road to healing.
The book shows how the experience of play in a relaxed relationship with an accepting therapist allows the children to be themselves, overcoming the need to be guarded and watchful. Aggressive behavior and negative impulses are often expressed. Various problems begin to make themselves apparent and are explored. Even without words, their feelings are seen and heard. Freed from fears and worries, anxiety can gradually drift away, making self-regulation possible. Now more confident and self-directive, their creativity, imagination and good feelings can be experienced.
Some cases are illustrated with photographs of actual drawings and sculpture. The foreword by Priscilla Rodgers and the introduction by editor Dennis McCarthy alone are worth the price.
Solomon Kershaw
ptpny1@hvc.rr.com
The book shows how the experience of play in a relaxed relationship with an accepting therapist allows the children to be themselves, overcoming the need to be guarded and watchful. Aggressive behavior and negative impulses are often expressed. Various problems begin to make themselves apparent and are explored. Even without words, their feelings are seen and heard. Freed from fears and worries, anxiety can gradually drift away, making self-regulation possible. Now more confident and self-directive, their creativity, imagination and good feelings can be experienced.
Some cases are illustrated with photographs of actual drawings and sculpture. The foreword by Priscilla Rodgers and the introduction by editor Dennis McCarthy alone are worth the price.
Solomon Kershaw
ptpny1@hvc.rr.com
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