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Poetic and therapeutic encounters with adolescents
Dissertation (MA (Counselling Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27425 Poetic and therapeutic encounters with adolescents Viljoen, G.A. kbgscons@iafrica.com Butler, Elmien Social constructionism Group therapy Poetic moments Narratives Language Adolescents Movement Postmodernism Drama therapy UCTD Dissertation (MA (Counselling Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2005. This study explores whether it is useful to implement drama and movement as therapeutic constructs to create poetic moments and transformation when working with the narratives of adolescents. Literature clearly indicates that creative techniques are used therapeutically in different contexts. The researcher is interested in narrative therapy and social constructionism and combines these concepts with those of drama and movement to create poetic moments. From a creative position the researcher hopes that the construction process reflected on in this research project may lead to new discoveries in therapy. A group of adolescents took part in a 10 week program in which they explored different processes, stories and relationships and eventually co-created a movement drama with a social theme. The participants used for the purpose of this dissertation responded positively and spontaneously to constructing a movement drama through a process of creative interaction and conversation. A review of the realities and knowledge constructed, revealed that drama, movement and narrative therapy can be used effectively in therapy and thus has viability when used with the adolescents in a group context. The body and mind become one through explorative, drama and movement exercises. Participants can interact, reflect and create on different levels of interaction. The therapist works from a ‘not knowing’ stance which makes the process experiential, because it is constantly influenced and changed by what the participant brings to the process. In the creative space, fresh experiences and alternative stories are stimulated and discovered by means of explorative exercises and transformative and meaningful dialogues. Furthermore the researcher shows how a social constructionist approach, linked to languaging and movement, can create poetic moments that may benefit the creative therapeutic process. By reflecting openly on the social construction process, which includes the program, insightful conversations, self-reflections and a DVD of the created movement drama, I hope to make a contribution in the repertoire of the creative psychotherapist when dealing with adolescents and their stories. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T11:30:14Z 2007-08-21 2013-09-07T11:30:14Z 2005-11-19 2005 2007-08-21 Dissertation Butler, E 2005, 'Poetic and therapeutic encounters with adolescents', MA (Counselling Psychology) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27425> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27425 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08212007-123522/ en © 2005 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Social constructionism Group therapy Poetic moments Narratives Language Adolescents Movement Postmodernism Drama therapy UCTD Poetic and therapeutic encounters with adolescents |
| title | Poetic and therapeutic encounters with adolescents |
| title_full | Poetic and therapeutic encounters with adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Poetic and therapeutic encounters with adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Poetic and therapeutic encounters with adolescents |
| title_short | Poetic and therapeutic encounters with adolescents |
| title_sort | poetic and therapeutic encounters with adolescents |
| topic | Social constructionism Group therapy Poetic moments Narratives Language Adolescents Movement Postmodernism Drama therapy UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27425 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08212007-123522/ |