Storymaking and creative groupwork with older people /
Publisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Description: 176 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 1853024406
- 9781853024405
- RC489.S74 C75 1998
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library Arts Therapy | Arts Therapy | RC 489 NAR CRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0000454 |
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RC 489 MUS NEW Therapeutic voicework : | RC 489 NAR Narrative theory and therapy in the post-truth era | RC 489 NAR CHA Poetry and story therapy : the healing power of creative expression / | RC 489 NAR CRI Storymaking and creative groupwork with older people / | RC 489 NAR DEN Retelling the stories of our lives : everyday narrative therapy to draw inspiration and transform experience / | RC 489 NAR GER Reflections on therapeutic storymaking : | RC 489 NAT ART Art therapy in response to natural disasters, mass violence, and crises |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Why Groups? Aims in organising a group. Contact and connection. The group as opportunity for sharing and community. Enjoyment. Self-esteem. Reducing boredom and increasing interest. Maintaining and extending people's physical and mental abilities. Activities as an opportunity to use the person-centred approach -- 2. The Story Session. Assistance in running the group. The make-up of a group. The format of a session -- 3. Stories that Contain a Central Elderly Figure. Yaaba. Babka and the Golden Bird. Granny Evergreen. The Old Woman and the Tree Children. The Three Blue Hats. The Pedlar of Swaffham. The Three Dancing Princesses -- 4. The Theme of Loss in the Lives of Elderly People. Demeter and Persephone. Coyote and Eagle. The Crescent Moon Bear -- 5. Loss of Home and Possessions. The Water of Life. Maple Leaf Devil. The Bird of Happiness. The Widow and the Honey Pots. The Shining Fish. How the Villagers found Wisdom -- 6. The Theme of Marriage and the Joy of Union.