The Storying Spiral
A Narrative-Dramatic Approach to Life Story Therapy With Adoptive/Foster Families and Traumatised Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4486059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan Elizabeth Moore (Adopted Child Therapy Service, Beds, UK) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 204-218 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Play (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-4937 • E-ISSN: 2159-4953 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21594937.2019.1643994 |
| OpenAlex | W2970074257 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
‘The Storying Spiral’ is a new model called ‘Theatre of Attachment’, used with fostered or adopted children in their homes. It focuses on encouraging communication through dramatic play. Examples from the author’s original doctoral research [Moore, J. (2018). Using story and drama with adoptive and foster families in their homes (unpublished PhD, Leeds Beckett University)] illustrate how trauma symptoms can be reduced and positive attachment encouraged through dramatization of scenes from the children’s past life. The model grew from the author’s earlier work [Moore J. (2006). Theatre of attachment; using drama to facilitate attachment in adoption. Adoption and Fostering, 30 (2), 64–73]. As the study children were aged 6–9 years, to show how this intervention works with older children a case study demonstrates its application with a 13-year-old boy. The approach was effective in significantly reducing his trauma symptoms, raising his self-esteem and securing his attachment to long-term foster carers
Art · Developmental psychology · Drama · Drama therapy · Dramatization · Foster care · Literature · Narrative · Narrative therapy · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Visual arts · Child Therapy and Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |