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Record Nr.

UNINA9910529808903321

Autore

Salans Molly

Titolo

Storytelling with children in crisis [[electronic resource] ] : take just one star : how impoverished children heal through stories / / Molly Salans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Jessica Kingsley, 2004

ISBN

1-280-26209-5

9786610262090

1-4237-1035-5

1-84642-058-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

618.92/89165

Soggetti

Child psychotherapy

Narrative therapy

Storytelling - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Storytelling with Children; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Lady Ragnell; 1 Moonless Night; 2 A Moon Sliver; 3 A Half Moon; 4 A Full Moon; 5 Venus; Part Two Anthony and the Magic Cake; 6 Shooting Stars; 7 Too Exhausted to Make a Wish; 8 Light Years Away; 9 The Blue Moon; Part Three: The Creation Story; 10 Fossilized Stars; 11 Mars; 12 Exploring New Constellations; Part Four: The Butterfly; 13 The Lone Stars; 14 Loss of Gravity; 15 Northern Lights; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Molly Salans has been a storyteller for many years, visiting children in deprived areas who have depression, ADHD and behavioral problems caused by poverty, absent fathers, depressed mothers, run-down schools and violence. Describing her therapy sessions as they happened, Molly Salans puts the children in the context of their lives and recounts her sessions, the folk and fairy stories she told and the ones they developed themselves. In doing so, she shows how storytelling and listening, thinking about characters in the stories and talking about alternative endings inspires the imagination, com