Psychodrama with Trauma Survivors: Acting Out Your Pain (Arts Therapies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853028932 ISBN 13: 9781853028939

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley, 2000

Synopsis

In a world where natural, social and political disasters are a daily reality, the therapist is increasingly called upon to find rapid and effective methods of treating the survivors of trauma, including sexual abuse, torture, war-related trauma, addiction, depression and bereavement. The contributors to this book provide persuasive evidence of how psychodrama can safely be used to create paths of change for even the most severe traumatization and they also discuss the possible transmission of trauma patterns across generations. Research following World War II, neurobiological studies and other recent research into PTSD has shown that many trauma symptoms are unconscious, non-verbal, right-brained experiences which cannot be accessed through talk therapy. Psychodrama creates a place to act out unprocessed trauma within the containment of therapy, in order to stop the obsessive repetition of the past.

Psychodrama with Trauma Survivors documents the impact of trauma and explores the development of treatment, providing integrated models of experiential treatment for clinicians to use. It is an invaluable resource for those interested in psychodrama and those working with trauma survivors.

About this title

About the Author:

Eva Rĝine trained as an actress in London. After four years of acting she became a journalist writing chiefly about the theatre. She has a Ph.D from the University of Oslo in Criminology, Psychology and History of the Theatre and has worked at Ulleval Hospital, with all types of patient. She is now a Director of the Norwegian Psychodrama Institute, Vice President of the Psychodrama Institute for Europe and a member of the Nordic Board of Examiners.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1853028932
• ISBN 13: 9781853028939
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Kellermann Peter Felix, Hudgins M.K.