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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His father is a former soldier and retired volunteer firefighter, his mother is the all-American stayat-home mom, his sister is a nurse, and his wife works with Alzheimer's patients. Robert, too, is a volunteer firefighter.
popular culture more generally, she reported that the Frankenstein monster films and Disney's “disturbing mother figures” proved far more troublesome. “The mothers were always killed or sent to the insane asylums in Walt Disney's ...
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.
CASES STUDIES1 Jacob At only 4 years old, Jacob was left by himself while his mother went to meet men and use drugs. By the time he was 5, authorities had been called several times to investigate neighbors' concerns about physical abuse ...
Jacob found the mother he needed when placed in foster care. Doris was an attentive but firm mother. She and her husband had two other foster children. They had all the children in school and after-school care on workdays.
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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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