Acting for real : drama therapy process, technique, and performance / Renée Emunah.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group ©1994.Description: xxi, 314 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0876307306
  • 9780876307304
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 616.891523 EMU
LOC classification:
  • RC489.P7 E48 1994
Contents:
PART I: PROCESS : 1. SOURCES / Conceptual Bases in Drama Therapy ; An Integrative Framework for Drama Therapy ; Goals in Treatment -- 2. STAGES: five sequential phases in drama therapy / Phase One: Dramatic Play ; Phase Two: Scenework ; Phrase Three: Role Play ; Phase Four: Culminating Enactment ; Phase Five: Dramatic Ritual ; Conclusion -- 3. STORIES: individual growth in process-oriented group drama therapy-four case examples / Shawn ; Ivan ; Lisa ; Christine -- 4. SESSIONS: the development of a single session / Process and Progression ; Resistance ; Chice Points ; Description of Two Actual Sessions -- 5. SCENES: development, direction, and resolution of improvisional enactments / Types of Improvisation ; Therapeutic Direction in Improvisational Scenes ; Tools and Techniques in Scene Direction ; Scene Resolution -- PART II: TECHNIQUES : Introduction and List of Techniques -- 6. BEGINNING OF THE SESSION AND SERIES / Emotional Expression ; Group Interaction ; Physical Activation ; Trust ; Observation and Concentration -- 7. MID-SESSION AND MID-SERIES / Expression and Communication ; Character and Role Development ; Group Collaboration ; Self-Revelation -- 8. CLOSURE OF THE SESSION AND SERIES / Giving and Receiving ; Collective Creativity ; Intergroup Perceptions ; Review and Celebration -- PART III: PERFORMANCE ( The Story of Seven People and the Play They Created About Their Lives) : 9. DEVELOPMENT OF A GROUP AND A PLAY / Theatre and Therapy ; Beyond Analysis: The Early Group Process ; The Challenge of Commitment and Wellness ; Hospitalizatons - Fictional and Actual ; Turning Pain into Art: Culminating Scenes ; The Performance Process -- 10. SELF-REVELATORY PERFORMANCE -- 11. POST-PERFORMANCE DEPRESSION AND THE INTEGRATION OF SUCCESS / Epilogue -- References -- Index.
Summary: "This volume, written by a leading pioneer in the field, provides an integrative framework for the practice of drama therapy. It is the first book to offer a comprehensive and systematized description of techniques and in-depth analysis, supported by clinical examples and case histories, of the progression of brief and long-term drama therapy." -- Book cover
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-308) and index.

PART I: PROCESS : 1. SOURCES / Conceptual Bases in Drama Therapy ; An Integrative Framework for Drama Therapy ; Goals in Treatment -- 2. STAGES: five sequential phases in drama therapy / Phase One: Dramatic Play ; Phase Two: Scenework ; Phrase Three: Role Play ; Phase Four: Culminating Enactment ; Phase Five: Dramatic Ritual ; Conclusion -- 3. STORIES: individual growth in process-oriented group drama therapy-four case examples / Shawn ; Ivan ; Lisa ; Christine -- 4. SESSIONS: the development of a single session / Process and Progression ; Resistance ; Chice Points ; Description of Two Actual Sessions -- 5. SCENES: development, direction, and resolution of improvisional enactments / Types of Improvisation ; Therapeutic Direction in Improvisational Scenes ; Tools and Techniques in Scene Direction ; Scene Resolution -- PART II: TECHNIQUES : Introduction and List of Techniques -- 6. BEGINNING OF THE SESSION AND SERIES / Emotional Expression ; Group Interaction ; Physical Activation ; Trust ; Observation and Concentration -- 7. MID-SESSION AND MID-SERIES / Expression and Communication ; Character and Role Development ; Group Collaboration ; Self-Revelation -- 8. CLOSURE OF THE SESSION AND SERIES / Giving and Receiving ; Collective Creativity ; Intergroup Perceptions ; Review and Celebration -- PART III: PERFORMANCE ( The Story of Seven People and the Play They Created About Their Lives) : 9. DEVELOPMENT OF A GROUP AND A PLAY / Theatre and Therapy ; Beyond Analysis: The Early Group Process ; The Challenge of Commitment and Wellness ; Hospitalizatons - Fictional and Actual ; Turning Pain into Art: Culminating Scenes ; The Performance Process -- 10. SELF-REVELATORY PERFORMANCE -- 11. POST-PERFORMANCE DEPRESSION AND THE INTEGRATION OF SUCCESS / Epilogue -- References -- Index.

"This volume, written by a leading pioneer in the field, provides an integrative framework for the practice of drama therapy. It is the first book to offer a comprehensive and systematized description of techniques and in-depth analysis, supported by clinical examples and case histories, of the progression of brief and long-term drama therapy." -- Book cover

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