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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That carries enormous weight with professional people and, of course, even more so with casual lay readers and parents all over the country. In their actual effect the experts for the defense represent a team. This, of course, does not ...
And if somehow I did manage to obtain such powers, how ever would I conceal them from parents, teachers, and friends while confronting the daily rigors of childhood—all in a single bound? Although I was to travel the long and ...
I believe that today's children need heroes, not only their parents but also heroes with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortals that stretch into the very recesses of their imaginations and the worlds of possibility—and ...
And finally, this book is dedicated to my parents, Esther and Herb, who bought me superhero comics when I was a child and had the good sense to save them for me over the years. I thank Sheri W. Sussman of Springer Publishing Company, ...
... no less important than dream interpretation and free association for understanding how the child made sense of parents and family. Fantasies and fantasy play are, in a sense, externalized, action-based dramas that, although anchored ...
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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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