Speaking About the Unspeakable

Children do not always have the capacity or need to express themselves through words. They often succeed in saying more about their feelings and experiences by communicating non-verbally through play and other expressive, creative activities. The basic premise of "Speaking About the Unspeakable" is that life's most pivotal experiences, both good and bad, can be truly expressed via the language of the imagination. Through creativity and play, children are free to articulate their emotions indirectly. The contributors, all experienced child therapists, describe a wide variety of non-verbal therapeutic techniques, including clay, sand, movement and nature therapy, illustrating their descriptions with moving case studies from their professional experience. Accessible and engaging, this book will inspire child psychologists and therapists, art therapists and anyone with an interest in therapeutic work with children.

ISBN 1843108798   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781843108795 (What's this?)   Pages 160 Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers   Volumes 1 Imprint Jessica Kingsley Publishers   Weight (grammes) 249 Format Paperback   Published in London Publication date 12 May 2008   Height (mm) 234 Writer of foreword Priscilla Rodgers   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 2007048342   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY 618.928914   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

		Foreword by Priscilla Rodgers		9
		Introduction by Dennis McCarthy		11
Ch. 1		The Hidden Treasure of the Self by Jenny Bates		17
Ch. 2		Getting the Inside Out: Speaking with Clay by Michelle Rhodes		27
Ch. 3		Speaking with the Body: Using Dance/Movement Therapy to Enhance Communication and Healing with Young Children by Claire LeMessurier		45
Ch. 4		Speaking with Silence: Play Therapy with Selective Mute Children by Brenda Lawrence		60
Ch. 5		The Secret Garden: Healing through Nature by Ilka List		76
Ch. 6		Speaking with the Imagination by Patti Knoblauch		89
Ch. 7		Dance/Movement Therapy with Children by Rena Kornblum		100
Ch. 8		The Healing Power of Creative Expression by Nancy Mangano Rowe		115
Ch. 9		Getting to the Core: Moving through the Language Barrier by Noelle Ghnassia Damon		130
Ch. 10		Quicksand! Provocation to Change by Dennis McCarthy		143
		Epilogue by Dennis McCarthy		151
		Contributors		155
		Index		158

'The imaginative therapies described in this book offer a welcome counter-balance to medical trends dominating the current practice of children's therapy. Inspired practitioners experienced in listening to buried, altered or muted voices of traumatized children invite us into their consulting rooms to witness the unique ways the soul speaks in images, movement and sound.'- Nor Hall, Ph.D. psychotherapist, theater artist and author of The Moon & the Virgin and Those Women'This book is an offering to all our senses enabling us to delve into the powerful sphere of the implicit, making tangible aspects of self that have been difficult to reach in more traditional psychotherapeutic practices. I highly recommend this book for all readers, as a therapeutic tool, a guide to understanding your child's play, or to stimulate your own self-expression. Accept the offering and receive a gift that will inspire your thinking as well as your creative sense.' - Suzi Tortora, Ed.D. registered dance therapist and the author of The Dancing Dialogue: Using the Communicative Power of Movement with Young Children

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