Storymaking in education and therapy / by Alida Gersie and Nancy King.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Kingsley, 1990.Description: 407p. ; 24cmISBN:- 9789176561959 (Sw: pbk)
- 9781853025198 (cased) :
- 917656195X
- 616.8914 GER
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 616.8914 GER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 218509 |
Bibliography: p393-407.
Part 1. -- 1.Introduction -- 2.On myths, tales and storytelling -- Part 2 -- 3.Beginnings -- 4.Passages -- 5.Knots -- 6.The tree -- 7.Trickster -- 8.Healing -- 9.Return -- Part 3.Notes for facilitators -- 10.On mythmaking structures -- 11.Ways of making images.
Myths and stories reflect human experience and stimulate the imagination. This text explores their therapeutic value in developing the expressive power of the human imagination and in communicating this "voice" to others. The stories featured are taken from story-telling traditions worldwide.