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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958118703321

Titolo

Speaking about the unspeakable : non-verbal methods and experiences in therapy with children / / edited by Dennis McCarthy ; foreword by Priscilla Rodgers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008

ISBN

9786611782252

9781281782250

1281782254

9781846427961

1846427967

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McCarthyDennis <1951->

Disciplina

618.92/8914

Soggetti

Child psychotherapy

Nonverbal communication in children

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

Cover; Speaking about the Unspeakable: Non-Verbal Methods and Experiences in Therapy with Children; Contents; FOREWORD; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Hidden Treasure of the Self; Chapter 2.Getting the Inside Out: Speaking with Clay; Chapter 3. Speaking with the Body Using Dance/Movement Therapy to Enhance Communication and Healing with Young Children; Chapter 4. Speaking with Silence Play Therapy with Selective Mute Children; Chapter 5. The Secret Garden: Healing through Nature; Chapter 6. Speaking with the Imagination; Chapter 7. Dance/Movement Therapy with Children

Chapter 8. The Healing Power of Creative ExpressionChapter 9. Getting to the Core Moving through the Language Barrier; Chapter 10. Quicksand Provocation to Change; Epilogue; CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

'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 tangibl