Storybook Manual - An Introduction to Working With Storybooks Therapeutically

This resource has been designed to offer practical and creative ideas on how to use illustrated storybooks therapeutically with children. Exercises have been created to encourage imagination and free play, develop confidence and emotional literacy as well as deepen engagement and understanding of stories.

List of contents

Introduction to the Storybook Manual Chapter 1: Background Chapter 3: Setting the scene for safe therapeutic and creative storytelling Chapter 4: Working with story Chapter 5: Using stories and storybooks as a basis for creative art-making exercises Summary and Conclusions Permissions Bibliography

About the author

Pia Jones is an author, workshop facilitator and UKCP integrative arts psychotherapist, trained at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education, London. At the core of her practice, Pia uses arts and story to help children and adults connect with inner resources during times of loss, transition and change. You can find out more about her work at www.silverowlartstherapy.com
Sarah Pimenta is an experienced artist, lecturer in creativity and workshop facilitator with children and adults. Her specialist art form is print-making which brings texture, colour and emotion into a variety of educational, health and community environments, in the UK and abroad. You can find out more about her work at www.social-fabric.co.uk

Summary

This resource has been designed to offer practical and creative ideas on how to use illustrated storybooks therapeutically with children. Exercises have been created to encourage imagination and free play, develop confidence and emotional literacy as well as deepen engagement and understanding of stories.

Product details

• Authors: Pia Jones, Pia Pimenta Jones, Jones Pia, Sarah Pimenta
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780367491178
• ISBN: 978-0-367-49117-8
• No. of pages: 100
• Series: Therapeutic Fairy Tales
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Distress, Healing, EDUCATION / General, Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Educational psychology, Coping with anxiety & phobias, Tragedy, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Education: care & counselling of students, Counselling & Advice Services, Emotional Wellbeing, Therapeutic storytelling