Using Superheroes in Counseling and Play TherapyHarness the Therapeutic Power of the Superhero!
With an incisive historical foreword by John Shelton Lawrence and insight from contributors such as Michael Brody, Patty Scanlon, and Roger Kaufman, Lawrence Rubin takes us on a dynamic tour of the benefits of using these icons of popular culture and fantasy in counseling and play therapy. Not only can superheroes assist in clinical work with children, but Rubin demonstrates how they can facilitate growth and change with teen and adults. Early childhood memories of how we felt pretending to have the power to save the world or our families in the face of impending danger still resonate in our adult lives, making the use of superheroes attractive as well, to the creative counselor. In presenting case studies and wisdom gleaned from practicing therapists' experience, Lawrence Rubin shows how it is possible to uncover children's secret identities, assist treatment of adolescents with sexual behavior problems, and inspire the journey of individuation for gay and lesbian clients, all by paying attention to our intrinsic social need for superhero fantasy and play. |
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He has master's degrees in human relations and education and has been working clinically with children since 1991. Over the past several years, Enfield has been a child therapist at Catholic Social Services, where he has also done group ...
His superhero interests are of the human kind, and he strives to teach clients the value of real-life superheroes and role models. Robert J. Porter, PhD, was involved in academic and clinical work at the University of New Orleans and ...
Still others, such as the underwater superheroes Aquaman and the Submariner, are born of fantastical unions—human fathers and Atlantian mothers. Finally, some superheroes lose their parents to seemingly natural disasters.
Through their dual natures, superheroes are also able to wrestle with, and at times break free from both societal and historic conflicts between good and evil, justice and power, strength and weakness, male and female, human and divine, ...
The Fantastic Four (the Human Torch, the Thing, Invisible Woman, and Mr. Fantastic) accidentally acquire their superpowers following exposure to cosmic radiation, whereas the X-Men (Rogue, Storm, Mystique, Wolverine, Iceman, Phoenix, ...
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SECTION II Superheroes and Unique Clinical Applications | 103 |
SECTION III Nontraditional Therapeutic Applications of Superheroes | 225 |
Afterword | 319 |
Appendix | 321 |
Index | 327 |
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| Titre | Using Superheroes in Counseling and Play Therapy |
| Rédacteur | Lawrence C. Rubin, PhD, LMHC, RPT-S |
| Éditeur | Springer Publishing Company, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0826101321, 9780826101327 |
| Longueur | 368 pages |
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