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Ritual Theatre: The Power of Dramatic Ritual in Personal Development Groups and Clinical Practice
Schrader Claire
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Description for Ritual Theatre: The Power of Dramatic Ritual in Personal Development Groups and Clinical Practice
Paperback. This book considers the relevance of ritual theatre in contemporary life and describes how it is being used as a highly cathartic therapeutic process. With contributions from leading experts in the field of dramatherapy, the book brings together a broad spectrum of approaches to ritual theatre as a healing system. Editor(s): Schrader, Claire. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 black and white. BIC Classification: MMJT; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Ritual theatre is a powerful healing system that has been practised since ancient times by early societies and in tribal communities. It has the ability to effect deep transformation in its participants, support growth and development, and resolve personal issues. This book considers the relevance of ritual theatre in contemporary life and describes how it is being used as a highly cathartic therapeutic process. With contributions from leading experts in the field of dramatherapy, the book brings together a broad spectrum of approaches to ritual theatre as a healing system. It explores the anthropological and tribal roots ... Read more
Ritual theatre is a powerful healing system that has been practised since ancient times by early societies and in tribal communities. It has the ability to effect deep transformation in its participants, support growth and development, and resolve personal issues. This book considers the relevance of ritual theatre in contemporary life and describes how it is being used as a highly cathartic therapeutic process. With contributions from leading experts in the field of dramatherapy, the book brings together a broad spectrum of approaches to ritual theatre as a healing system. It explores the anthropological and tribal roots ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
496g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849051385
SKU
V9781849051385
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About Schrader Claire
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Ritual Theatre: The Power of Dramatic Ritual in Personal Development Groups and Clinical Practice
This book casts light from a variety of angles onto the basic idea, strong in nearly all of us, that theatre has some important connections with healing. Whether they come to it through catharsis, or the anthropology of ritual, or dramatic practice, all the contributors share the belief that it is good for people to enact myths, and that this ... Read more