Overview
- Draws on a wealth of primary research to cast new light on the little explored field of therapeutic theatre
- Collates disparate examples of the successes and challenges of therapeutic theatre
- Takes an interdisciplinary approach to this emerging field
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Applications and Approaches
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Susana Pendzik is Head of the Drama Therapy Graduate Program at Tel Hai Academic College, Israel, and also lectures at the Swiss Dramatherapy and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. An experienced drama therapist and supervisor in private practice, Susana does extensive international work, is a prolific author, and co-editor of Assessment in Drama Therapy (2012).
Renée Emunah is the author of the book, Acting for Real, co-editor with David Johnson of Current Approaches to Drama Therapy (2nd edition), and author of numerous other publications on drama therapy. Founder/Director of the graduate Drama Therapy Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, USA, she is an international pioneer in the field, and recipient of the North American Drama Therapy Association’s highest award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Drama Therapy.”
David Read Johnson is Co-Director of the Post Traumatic Stress Center, New Haven, CT, USA; Associate Clinical Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and Director of the Institute for Developmental Transformations. He is one of the founders of the North American Drama Therapy Association, and author or editor of numerous articles and books on drama therapy, trauma treatment, and the creative arts therapies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Self in Performance
Book Subtitle: Autobiographical, Self-Revelatory, and Autoethnographic Forms of Therapeutic Theatre
Editors: Susana Pendzik, Renée Emunah, David Read Johnson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53593-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54153-6Published: 01 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71259-5Published: 06 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53593-1Published: 10 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 271
Topics: Theatre and Performance Studies, Psychoanalysis, Performing Arts, Ethnography, Psychotherapy, Arts