Group Therapy with Children Psychodrama with Children
Peer groups have a great significance in children’s development. Since children express their problems through play and action, Alfons Aichinger and Walter Holl have developed the basic ideas and intervention possibilities of psychodrama for group therapy
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Group Therapy with Children Psychodrama with Children
Group Therapy with Children
Alfons Aichinger Walter Holl •
Group Therapy with Children Psychodrama with Children
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Alfons Aichinger Ulm Germany
Walter Holl Ulm Germany
ISBN 978-3-658-15812-5 ISBN 978-3-658-15813-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-15813-2
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016959394 © Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 2017 Previously published in german language under the title: “Gruppentherapie mit Kindern.” Translation: Mary Dobrian, Cologne, Germany. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH The registered company address is: Abraham-Lincoln-Str. 46, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany
Foreword to the English-Language Edition
The smallest social unit is not an individual person, but rather, a person along with his or her social environment—with her most important family members, her friends, a few close co-workers. An individual cannot develop all by herself. Consequently, Moreno first conceived of psychodrama as a process of group psychotherapy; he researched the structures of relationships and described the way attraction, rejection, choice, interaction, cohesion and dynamics within a group become significant and operative factors for change. Psychodrama as individual therapy emerged only later. In psychotherapy with children and adolescents, special psychodrama settings have been developed for a variety of age groups, in which the children can use their own ‘language’—the language of play—in order to express themselves, to understand, to try out new things, and to grow from within. Psychodrama has become one of the most popular and effective approaches to working with children and adolescents in the German-speaking world. This is most particularly the achievement of Alfons Aichinger, who has trained numerous therapists and published three outstanding boo
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