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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... has been instrumental in developing creative therapeutic interventions for a program milieu, which has become represented more and more by clients with significant deficits within their cognitive, emotional, and social development.
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 ...
She believed that therapy could not ignore what had increasingly become a part of the child's experience. ... children of school age, and particularly those working closely with children, sooner or later becomes conscious of the extent ...
The fantasies of selfless, perfectly calibrated power may become malignant when translated into stances for domestic crime or foreign policy challenges. But the notion of benevolent, overwhelming force is certainly less a contamination ...
But in recent decades they have become a ... The Hulk character, especially in Ang Lee's film rendition of 2003, depicts the tragic consequence of great physical power in someone who becomes emotionally and socially isolated.
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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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