| Rebels with a Cause: Working with Adolescents Using Action Techniques Contributor(s): Cossa, Mario (Author), Moreno, Zerka (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1843103796 ISBN-13: 9781843103790 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: Rebels with a Cause is a comprehensive guide to working with adolescents using action techniques and dramatherapy. Drawing on years of experience working with adolescents and of training practitioners in the field, Cossa provides a tried-and-tested model for working with adolescents in groups. Utilizing techniques found in psychodrama, sociodrama, dramatherapy and sociometry, Cossa offers step-by-step practical guidelines on running a group development programme and summarizes the supporting theory in easy-to-understand language. He offers advice on facilitating group and personal development, and also on working with particular groups of adolescents, for example those with developmental disabilities or from different cultures. This illuminating and accessible book provides invaluable insight into working successfully - and enjoyably - with adolescent groups. It is essential reading for practicing therapists and anyone working with adolescents in therapeutic settings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent - Drama |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 2005018681 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.3" W x 9.16" (0.74 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rebels with a Cause is a comprehensive guide to working with adolescents using action techniques and drama therapy. Drawing on years of experience working with adolescents and of training practitioners in the field, Cossa provides a tried-and-tested model for working with adolescents in groups. Utilizing techniques found in psychodrama, sociodrama, drama therapy and sociometry, Cossa offers step-by-step practical guidelines on running a group development program and summarizes the supporting theory in easy-to-understand language. He offers advice on facilitating group and personal development, and also on working with particular groups of adolescents, for example those with developmental disabilities or from different cultures. This illuminating and accessible book provides invaluable insight into working successfully - and enjoyably - with adolescent groups. It is essential reading for practicing therapists and anyone working with adolescents in therapeutic settings. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cossa, Mario: - Mario Cossa is a certified Trainer, Educator and Practitioner in Psychodrama, and Fellow of the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama. He is a leading Drama Therapist and Theatre Educator, specialising in work with adolescent groups and trauma survivors, who has conducted training workshops in psychodrama, action methods and applied drama all over the world. |