Play and expressive therapies to help bereaved children: individual, family and group treatment
- Författare
- Webb, N.B.
- Titel
- Play and expressive therapies to help bereaved children: individual, family and group treatment
- Utgivningsår
- 2003
- Tidskrift
- Smith College Studies in Social Work
- Volym
- 73
- Häfte
- 3
- Sidor
- 405–422
- Sammanfattning
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.