Dramatherapy with myth and fairytale : the golden stories of Sesame / Jenny Pearson, Mary Smail, and Pat Watts ; foreword by Alida Gersie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson, Jenny, 1936-

Contributor:

Smail, Mary.

Watts, Pat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology--Therapeutic use.

Mythology.

Drama--Therapeutic use.

Drama.

Fairy tales--Therapeutic use.

Fairy tales.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Other Title:

Drama therapy with myth and fairy tale

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This treasure trove of 56 timeless Sesame stories can be adapted and applied to the needs of a broad range of different client groups and the style of individual therapists. Complete with introductory exercises, warm-ups and scene setting suggestions, it will be an invaluable source of inspiration for therapists and students.

Contents:

Endorsements; Dramatherapy with Myth and Fairytale; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1: Working with Myth and Fairytale; Chapter 1: Getting into a Myth Session; Chapter 2: Entering the World of Stories; Chapter 3: Entering and Leaving the Place of Myth; Chapter 4: Making Space for Soul Talk: Recent Research; Part II: The Stories; Abu Kasem's Slippers; Akinidi and the Coming of Happiness; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; Amaterasu the Sun Goddess; Ash; The Bad People; Beauty and the Beast; The Boy who Lived with Bears; Cap-o'-Rushes; Chiron the Wounded Healer

Coyote and the Land of the DeadCreation Myth of the Mayans; Demeter and Persephone; Elidore; Eurynome and the Egg of the Cosmos; The Flowering Tree; Forever-Mountain; The Great White Bird; The Handless Maiden; The Healing Herb; The Holy Grail; The Hymn of the Pearl; In the Beginning; Inanna in the Underworld; Iron Hans; Jumping Mouse; Kaang; King Laurin; Korozuka; The Lion, the Young Man and the Black Storm Tree; The Little Earth Cow; Loki and Baldur; The Magic Drum; Mella; The Mysteries of Orpheus; The Myth of Er; Prince Ring; Psyche and Eros; The Queen Bee; Rapunzel

The Sacred Gift of Song, Dance and FestivityThe Seal Woman; The Snow Queen; The Star Woman; Stone Soup; The Story Bag; The Tengu; A Thorn in the King's Foot; Thousandfurs; The Three Feathers; The Three Little Pigs; Tiddalik the Frog; The Twin Warrior Heroes; Water Jar Boy, Childhood of the Human Hero; Whisky Jack; The White Snake; Appendix: Story Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780857004383

0857004387

OCLC:

852759387