Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Notes on the authors -- Prologue -- DRAMA AND THEATRE AS CULTURE -- DRAMA AND THEATRE AS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT -- DRAMA AND THEATRE AS RITUAL -- DRAMA AND DRAMATIC PLAY -- DRAMA, THEATRE AND ROLE -- DRAMA AND THEATRE AND DRAMATHERAPY -- THE DRAMATHERAPEUTIC SPACE -- WHERE DO DRAMATHERAPISTS WORK? -- THE INSTITUTE OF DRAMATHERAPY -- THE HANDBOOK OF DRAMATHERAPY -- REFERENCE -- Chapter 1 Historical background and overview of dramatherapy -- INTRODUCTION -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF DRAMATHERAPY -- WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF 'DRAMATHERAPY'? -- What is drama? -- What is therapy? -- What is dramatherapy? -- THE PRESENT PROFESSIONAL POSITION OF DRAMATHERAPY -- Postgraduate training in dramatherapy -- Dramatherapists and the workplace -- What do dramatherapists do? -- FOUR THEORETICAL MODELS OF DRAMATHERAPY -- Theatre models of dramatherapy -- Therapeutic drama and dramatherapy -- Role theory models of dramatherapy -- The anthropological approach to dramatherapy -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 The developmental model of dramatherapy -- A DEFINITION -- CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT BEGINS WITH PLAY -- Embodiment play -- Projective play -- Role-play -- THE DRAMATIC METAPHOR -- DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY -- THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES -- Jean Piaget: a theory of cognitive stages -- Erik Erikson: a theory of emotional stages -- PROCESSES ENCOUNTERED IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF DRAMATHERAPY -- Living in and out of time -- Dramatic fiction -- Playfulness -- Structure -- PROCESS IN A DRAMATHERAPY SESSION -- The warm-up -- Development phase -- Closure -- TRANSITIONS -- THE JOURNEY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 The theatre of self-expression -- PROLOGUE -- ACT ONE -- Scene one: dramatherapy with elderly day-patients -- Scene two: dramatherapy with elderly in-patients.

Scene three: dramatherapy rehabilitation groups -- ACT TWO -- Scene one: dramatherapy groups with acute in-patients -- Scene two: intensive dramatherapy with acute in-patients -- ACT THREE -- Scene one: dramatherapy with out-patient groups -- Building an ensemble -- Work on personal theatre 'plays' -- Transformation rituals -- The composition of a collective piece of ritual theatre -- Scene two: therapeutic theatre with out-patients -- Theatre workshop -- Rehearsals -- Performance -- Post-production meeting -- Therapeutic objectives -- Scene three: individual dramatherapy with out-patients -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 An integrated model of dramatherapy and its application with adults with learning disabilities -- INTRODUCTION -- SETTING THE SCENE -- The institution as community -- The relationship between the environment of the dramatherapy studio and the unit as a whole -- Setting up a dramatherapy studio -- AN INTEGRATED MODEL -- The integrated model and dramatherapy with individuals -- MOVING INTO ACTION: CHECKING IN -- Concretisation -- The use of props -- TAKING OFF -- The origin of the material -- FLYING HIGH -- Props -- Pictures -- Discussion -- The value of improvisation -- Physical realities -- Past experiences -- Current lifestyle -- COMING IN TO LAND -- Dealing with the baggage -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 A role model of dramatherapy and its application with individuals and groups -- A ROLE MODEL OF DRAMATHERAPY -- ROLE AND THE WORK OF ERVING GOFFMAN -- What is meant by role? -- The theories of Erving Goffman -- THE SELF AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM -- The self behind the blur -- The symbolic interactionism of George Herbert Mead -- ROBERT LANDY'S ROLE MODEL OF DRAMATHERAPY -- The dramatic basis of role theory -- Role theory and the self -- A dramatic role model theory of dramatherapy.

A taxonomy of roles: a system of theatrical archetypes -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 The theatre of healing -- INTRODUCTION -- AWAY FROM RITUAL -- CAN WE DEFINE RITUAL? -- SHAMANISM AND RITUAL DRAMA -- THE CONTRIBUTION OF ANTONIN ARTAUD -- Theatre of Cruelty -- Theatre of the Absurd (or Grotesque) -- The Theatre and its Double -- The search for new language through sound and movement -- Clinical example: a dramatherapy group in a psychiatric day hospital -- Larger-than-life images and effigies -- Clinical example -- The dialogue of opposites and reconciliation -- Triumph and despair, order and chaos -- Resolution through integration of the metaphysical -- Clinical example -- A RITUAL THEATRE OF HEALING -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 Dramatherapy and psychodrama -- INTRODUCTION -- SIMILARITIES -- Drama -- Drama and the body -- The use of space in theatre and therapy -- Drama and dream -- Drama and role -- DIFFERENCES -- Dramatherapy and psychodrama as group therapies -- Structure and technique of psychodrama -- Warm-up -- Action -- Helen's psychodrama -- Sharing/closure -- Structure and technique of dramatherapy -- The warm-up -- Development -- CONCLUSION -- The role of the therapist -- Summary -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 Dramatic play with children -- FINDING THE SELF AND THE WORLD BEYOND THE SELF -- PLAY THERAPY MODEL -- The centrality of play -- Play as a developmental process -- Embodiment play -- Projective play -- Role-play -- Symbolic play -- The therapeutic space -- THE PLAY THERAPY PROCESS -- First meetings -- DRAMATIC PLAY WITH CHILDREN -- Drama for healing -- Drama as development -- Dramatic play as a group process -- Dramatic play as dramatherapy -- Creative-expressive model -- Tasks and skills model -- THE INTERFACE BETWEEN PLAY THERAPY AND DRAMATIC PLAY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 The Dramatherapy Venture Project.

INTRODUCTION -- PREPARATION -- Administration -- The clients -- Selection of clients -- Pre-group meetings -- DAY ONE -- The outward journey to Dartmoor -- Arrival and organization of the Centre -- The Candle Ceremony -- The Night Walk -- The Candle Ceremony -- DAY TWO: EARTH -- The Candle Ceremony -- Sensory experiences -- Produce of nature -- Trek to the woods -- The Earth Ritual -- The return -- The Ceremony of the Instrument of Power -- Earth Walk -- DAY THREE: AIR -- Voice work -- The Voice Cluster -- The Expedition -- The Ceremony of Wishes -- Ritual of Air -- The process of 'ritual' in para-theatre -- The close of Day Three -- DAY FOUR: FIRE -- Exploring the inner fire -- The Power Animal -- The Fire Dance -- The Give-away -- The Fire Ritual -- Vigil -- The Circle of Stories -- Walk by Fire -- DAY FIVE: WATER -- Walking the Water -- Lydford Gorge -- The Ceremony of Purification -- DAY SIX: THE FINAL DAY -- The group's proposals -- The Closing Ritual -- DAY SEVEN: THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY -- The Candle Circle -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 What is dramatherapy? -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERVIEW WITH GORDON WISEMAN -- INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT LANDY -- INTERVIEW WITH MOOLI LAHAD -- INTERVIEW WITH PAMELA MOND -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 Evaluation and assessment in dramatherapy -- INTRODUCTION -- ASSESSMENT IN DRAMATHERAPY -- Assessment by story-making -- Alida Gersie's use of story structures for assessment -- Ann Cattanach's assessment from play therapy -- Assessment of clients by dramatherapists working in the NHS -- RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN DRAMATHERAPY -- Published research papers -- David Fontana and Lucilia Valente's survey data -- Roger Grainger's research with thought-disordered adults -- Phil Jones's research with autistic adults -- Brenda Meldrum's pilot study using new paradigm research.

Myra Kersner's investigation into the usefulness of questionnaires in arts therapy research -- Current research and evaluation -- Working with individuals -- Working with groups -- Dramatherapy research in the planning stage -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 What is dramatherapy? -- Appendix 2 Codes of Practice and Ethics -- CODE OF PRACTICE -- CODE OF ETHICS -- Appendix 3 Dramatherapy training -- Appendix 4 The British Association for Dramatherapists -- MEMBERSHIP OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR DRAMATHERAPISTS -- Appendix 5 -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject Index.