Rehearsals for Growth Theater Improvisation for Psychotherapists
by Wiener, Daniel J.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1994-09-17
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary
Reference for psychotherapists on the applications of improvisational theater to psychotherapy for groups, couples, family, and individuals.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Theatrical and Therapeutic Reality | p. 3 |
| The Importance of Play | p. 22 |
| Comparing Rehearsals for Growth with Other Psychotherapeutic Techniques | p. 37 |
| Accepting and Blocking Offers | p. 59 |
| Freeing the Imagination | p. 77 |
| Storymaking: Cocreating New Realities | p. 89 |
| Status: Improvisation and Power | p. 111 |
| Expanding Emotional Expressiveness | p. 126 |
| Technique | p. 143 |
| Applications to Group and Individual Therapy | p. 168 |
| Applications to Couples and Family Therapy | p. 184 |
| Instructive Failures | p. 213 |
| Artistry: Improvising Clinical Scenarios | p. 224 |
| Improvisation in Clinical Training | p. 239 |
| Appendix A Improv Games and Exercises Described in This Book | p. 249 |
| Appendix B External Resources, Devices, and Conditions | p. 253 |
| References | p. 257 |
| Index | p. 261 |
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