Very closely related to dramatherapy, the therapeutic strengths of storymaking are now well established and the area is well represented in the JKP list. Alida Gersie's new book on the use of stories in groups is described below. Her edited book on brief dramatherapy appears on our dramatherapy page, and related areas in the arts therapies include play therapy, music therapy, art therapy, dance and movement therapy and the interdisciplinary therapies.
featured title
The Fun of Freeing Your Child's Imagination. Revised edition.
Christine Durham
‘The most important thing parents can do for their children is to encourage them to think. Children really enjoy thinking and this book builds on that enjoyment. To have confidence in one’s own thinking is the foundation for a happy and successful life.’
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-460-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2006, £12.99, $19.95
Categories: Education, Parenting, Play Therapy, Storymaking, Working with Children and Families
coming soon
Self-Reflection Using Photography, Art, and Writing
Graham Gordon Ramsay and Holly Barlow Sweet
An award-winning psychologist and professional photographer join forces in this unique creative guide to exploring and understanding your life: who you are, what you value, and what you wish to achieve.
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-892-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, November 2008, £17.99, $29.95
Categories: Art Therapy, Counselling, Education, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Storymaking, Working with Children and Families
All Storymaking titles in alphabetical order
Healing Reading
Eileen H. Jones
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-004-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp, 2001, £16.99, $32.95
Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Storymaking
The Fun of Freeing Your Child's Imagination. Revised edition.
Christine Durham
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-460-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2006, £12.99, $19.95
Categories: Education, Parenting, Play Therapy, Storymaking, Working with Children and Families
Using Storytelling to Build Emotional, Social and Academic Skills across the Primary Curriculum
Jennifer M Fox Eades
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-304-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2005, £14.99, $24.95
Categories: Educational Psychology, Storymaking
Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children
Denise B. Lacher, Todd Nichols and Joanne C. May
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-797-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp, 2005, £12.95, $19.95
Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Parenting, Storymaking, Working with Children and Families
Self-Reflection Using Photography, Art, and Writing
Graham Gordon Ramsay and Holly Barlow Sweet
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-892-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, November 2008, £17.99, $29.95
Categories: Art Therapy, Counselling, Education, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Storymaking, Working with Children and Families
Paula Crimmens
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-291-5, royal, 224pp, 2006, £17.99, $29.95
Categories: Dramatherapy and Psychodrama, Intellectual Disabilities, Special Education, Storymaking
The Use of Stories in Groups
Alida Gersie
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-272-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 1997, £19.99, $38.95
Categories: Counselling, Dramatherapy and Psychodrama, Storymaking
Paula Crimmens
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-440-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 1997, £19.99, $34.95
Categories: Storymaking, Working with Older People
Dragons Fight in the Meadow
Alida Gersie
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-176-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp, 1992, £19.95, $34.95
Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Storymaking
Alida Gersie and Nancy King
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-520-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 416pp, 1989, £27.50, $39.95
Categories: Counselling, Dramatherapy and Psychodrama, Education, Storymaking
Take Just One Star - How Impoverished Children Heal Through Stories
Molly Salans
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-745-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2004, £19.99, $34.95
Categories: Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Storymaking
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