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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818002803321

Autore

McCarthy Dennis <1951->

Titolo

If you turned into a monster : transformation through play : a body-centred approach to play therapy / / Dennis McCarthy ; foreword by Richmond K. Greene

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, PA : , : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, , 2007

ISBN

9781846426285

1846426286

9781281105561

1281105562

9786611105563

6611105565

9781435603004

1435603001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

618.92/891653

Soggetti

Play therapy

Monsters in art

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) - Therapeutic use

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; Title Page; Contents; Foreword by Richmond K. Greene; A Note on the Text; Introduction; Chapter 1 "If You Turned into a Monster"; Chapter 2 Symbols and Symbolic Play; Chapter 3 From Symbol to Energy; Chapter 4 Energy; Chapter 5 The Power of No; Chapter 6 Falling and Leaping; Chapter 7 Interlude with Monsters; Chapter 8 Form and Formlessness; Chapter 9 Harnessing Chaos: Helping Children with Neurological Disorders; Chapter 10 Becoming the Storm: Using the Energy of Symptoms; Chapter 11 Finding the Treasure; Chapter 12 Closing Scenes; Chapter 13 The Dragon

Chapter 14 Mothers and FathersEpilogue: In the Footsteps of Pan; References; Recommended Reading; Index; BACK COVER;

Sommario/riassunto

I recommend this book not only to therapists who work with children



but especially to parents and teachers... [T]his book pushes past the complexities of psychological theory and jargon... [I]t is rare to find a therapist who has the sensitivity and skill to create...a safe and sacred psychological space...in which children feel free to allow their monsters into the room... Dennis McCarthy clearly has this gift... - from the foreword by Richmond K. Greene, Jungian analyst and former director of the C.G. Jung Institute in New York City. With a great deal of love, compassion, and wisdom Dennis M