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 published widely on child media issues including superheroes from Batman to Spider-Man. He recently wrote and produced the film Fifty Years of Children's Television, from Howdy Doody to Spongebob, which focused on Batman, ...
152) These contrary assertions by Drs. Bender and Wertham recall a time when superheroes had become public policy issues. Crime-themed comic books—even some featuring the perpetually beloved Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman—were a ...
Both Lauretta Bender and Fredric Wertham testified, disagreeing about every issue they were asked to address. The engagement of clinical professions with the evolutionary content of children's consciousness then fit a pattern that has ...
On the issue of destructive imitations of behavior, she testified that a few children might be provoked to acts of delinquency as a result of encountering fantasies (p. 159). She also related that children in her ward at Bellevue had ...
In her article with Reginald Lourie (1941), she presented four clinical cases with children aged 10, 11, and 12 who constructively played with superhero themes in dealing with issues of personal boundaries, wavering superegos, ...
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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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