Drama and Healing

The Roots of Drama Therapy

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Roger Grainger

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Roger Grainger shows how drama therapy itself is an effective treatment for depression and schizophrenia, having a measurable effect on thought disorder. He looks at the specific relationship between rational thought and artistic experience which allows the second to act as the mediator of the first. The book is in two parts, and examines the therapeutic origins of theatre and the part played by drama in psychological development. Also, the drama therapy experience is discussed, drawing material from case studies to show how drama therapy is used with people diagnozed as schizophrenic or as depressed. The ways the therapy is set up, the people involved, actual sessions and the measurable results displays the connection between drama therapy and ritual, a connection to which the author suggests, it owes its healing power.

Author Biography:

Roger Grainger was a registered Dramatherapist, Chartered Counselling Psychologist and occasional TV actor. He held a PhD in Sociology from Leeds University as well as Doctorates in Theology and Implicit Religion, and worked as a psychiatric chaplain for the Stanley Royd Hospital in Wakefield. He was also one of the founders of the National Funeral College and was the author of several books.

Release date Australia

September 1st, 1995

Author

Roger Grainger

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

160

Dimensions

1x1x1

ISBN-13

9781853023378

Product ID

6931069

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