Play and expressive therapies to help bereaved children

Individual, family, and group treatment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10516668
AutoresNancy Boyd Webb (autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen73
Número3
Páginas405-422
Fecha de publicación2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSmith College Studies in Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-7317 • E-ISSN: 1553-0426
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00377310309517694
OpenAlexW1566766968
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas5

Different types of expressive therapies permit bereaved children to express and process their feelings through a variety of child‐friendly non‐verbal methods such as art, creative writing, and music. The selection of a particular method depends on considerations related to the particular needs of each child, the circumstances of the death, and the family/community narrative about it. This article demonstrates how expressive therapies may be used in individual, family, or group sessions which, through play and other modes of expression, provide children with an opportunity to communicate feelings about and reactions to their bereavement experiences in symbolic form

Developmental psychology · Expression (computer science · Feeling · Linguistics · Narrative · Psychotherapist · Selection (genetic algorithm · Variety (cybernetics · Child Therapy and Development · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Social Psychology