{"product_id":"acting-for-real-9781138849655","title":"Acting For Real","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition takes the reader further into the heart of using drama for healing. Dr. Emunah offers an expanded understanding of her Integrative Five Phase model, a foundational approach that embraces the wide spectrum of possibilities within the playing field of drama therapy. Grounded by compassionate clinical examples, including ones that reach over time into deep-seated issues, the book offers tools for action-oriented treatment, embodied therapeutic interventions, and creatively engaging a wide variety of clients.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive text also contains over 120 techniques, categorized by phases in the session and treatment series, and subcategorized by therapeutic objective. Process-oriented drama therapy with group and individuals, as well as performance-oriented forms, are described in vivid detail. New to the second edition is an exploration of drama therapy outside of the clinical arena, including dramatic methods in family life and parenting, an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition of \u003ci\u003eActing for Real\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminescent polishing of one of the field’s core texts. Dr. Emunah’s many decades of experience as clinician and teacher lend substance, intelligence, and humility. Developmentally sequenced organization of methods are conceptualized within a humane, rational, and culturally competent framework. It’s rare that a second edition is so much more valuable than the first, but such is the case here! This book will be a primary reference for drama therapists across the globe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Read Johnson, PhD, RDT, BCT,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eco-director, New Haven Post-Traumatic Stress Center; associate clinical professor, department of psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActing for Real presents an all-encompassing arc of drama therapy, from a therapeutic art to an understanding of the neuroscience of changes in the brain from experience. With a heart-warming style of writing that draws the reader to want to go onto the next chapter, Dr. Emunah offers an excellent progressive structure for using drama therapy. The book will also bring you to tears as you read about the author’s work with people. A must-have book for anyone seeking to use experiential methods in therapy or for societal change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Hudgins, PhD, TEP\u003c\/b\u003e, Author, \u003ci\u003eExperiential Treatment for PTSD: The Therapeutic Spiral\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHealing World Trauma with the Therapeutic Spiral Model\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrama therapy transcends ordinary psychotherapy! This book merits being used by all drama therapists, psychodramatists, and creative arts therapists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Blatner, MD\u003c\/b\u003e, child psychiatrist; author, \u003ci\u003eActing-In \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Foundations of Psychodrama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Emunah’s clinical work inspires me to integrate drama into my own practice and teaching, for it clearly fosters vulnerability, authenticity, mindfulness, empathic connection, and the courage to change. This book also depicts\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe use of drama to foster well-being and inclusion outside of clinical arenas, including acting against injustice, thereby creating a healing force for community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Murphy-Shigematsu, \u003cstrong\u003ePhD\u003c\/strong\u003e, professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; author, \u003ci\u003eMulticultural Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom Mindfulness to Heartfulness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the First Edition \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePrologue Introduction Part I: Process 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eStages \u003cstrong\u003e2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sources \u003cstrong\u003e3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Stories \u003cstrong\u003e4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sessions \u003cstrong\u003e5. \u003c\/strong\u003eScenes \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Techniques 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Beginning of the Session and Series \u003cstrong\u003e7. \u003c\/strong\u003eMid-Session and Mid-Series \u003cstrong\u003e8. \u003c\/strong\u003eClosure of the Session and Series \u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Performance 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eSelf-Revelatory Performance\u003cstrong\u003e 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eTherapeutic Theatre Performance \u003cstrong\u003e 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Post-Performance Process \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: Life 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Toward Well-Being in the Home \u003cstrong\u003e 13. \u003c\/strong\u003eToward Well-Being in the World \u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue References Index\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019532992855,"sku":"9781138849655","price":37.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138849655.jpg?v=1750780550","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/acting-for-real-9781138849655","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}