Creativity and the dissociative patient : puppets, narrative and art in the treatment of survivors of childhood trauma. Lani Alaine Gerity ; preface by Edith Kramer.

By:

Gerity, Lani

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Jessica Kingsley, 1999.Description: 160pISBN:

9781853027222 (pbk.) :
1853027227

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DDC classification:

616.8523065156 GER

Incomplete contents:

1.Introduction -- 2.The case of Jenny -- 3.Object relations theories and applications -- 4.Metaphor and story -- 5.Transference and splitting -- 6.Healing the split -- 7.Reparation and the wise old woman.

Summary: The author shows that puppet-making, incorporating both art and narrative, provides an ideal vehicle for therapeutic work. Making 3-D puppets of the human body helped one patient to integrate her sense of body image and herself.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	616.8523065156 GER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		202515

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The author shows that puppet-making, incorporating both art and narrative, provides an ideal vehicle for therapeutic work. Making 3-D puppets of the human body helped one patient to integrate her sense of body image and herself.