Drama, Psychotherapy and Psychosis: Dramatherapy and Psychodrama with People who Hear VoicesPsychology Press, 2004 - 285 pages John Casson - Winner of the British Psychodrama Association (BPA) Lifetime Achievement Award 2012! Drama, Psychotherapy and Psychosis explores the use of drama and theatre in the challenging area of working with people who hear voices, focusing especially on survivors of abuse and those diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia. In examining the often baffling and frightening world of psychosis the book offers alternative models of madness and the self, which form the basis for therapeutic interventions. |
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... child's birth . She was mute , catatonic and obviously boiling with rage within . Her hands were balled into tight fists and the nurses had to massage them open daily as well as keep them open with large bandages so she would not lose ...
... child without a mother is in hell anyway . ' This psychodramatic shock therapy hit its mark . Judy started to scream as I had done , this time stop - watched by Moreno , who told us not to interfere , and for almost ten minutes . Judy's ...
... traumatic experiences ( Romme and Escher , 2000 : see Chapter 2 ) . It is therefore relevant to consider the incidence of trauma in the participants ' lives . Experiences of trauma Survivor of sexual abuse as a child 2 Introduction.
... child : five men , two women Survivor of bullying as a child or young person : three men . There were many other traumas : the death of siblings , assaults , head injuries , near- death experiences , witnessing murder , other losses and ...
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Contents
Psychosis and hearing voices 1 a historical perspective | 7 |
Psychosis and hearing voices 2 making sense of voices | 14 |
Psychosis and hearing voices 3 models of madness | 33 |
Theatre madness and healing | 51 |
The twentieth century theatrotherapy psychodrama and dramatherapy | 63 |
Dramatherapy with individuals finding a voice and telling stories | 92 |
The wave and the whelm distance and empowerment | 114 |
Individual dramatherapy Cheryll | 126 |
What is helpful and not helpful in dramatherapy and psychodrama | 212 |
Guidelines for good practice | 239 |
Afterword | 249 |
Voices interview | 252 |
The etymology of whelm | 254 |
Purchasing the Five Story Self Structure | 256 |
Comparative costings hospital medication and therapy | 257 |
The Morenean method of psychodramatising suicidal ideation | 260 |
The theatre model of the self | 146 |
Group dramatherapy | 163 |
Individual psychodrama Harry | 182 |
Group psychodrama | 197 |
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Drama, Psychotherapy and Psychosis: Dramatherapy and Psychodrama with People ... John Witham Casson No preview available - 2004 |