Dramatherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Empowering and Nurturing people through Creativity

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Dramatherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder:
• Empowering and Nurturing people through Creativity
• (Author - Nicky Morris)
• Dramatherapy: Approaches, Relationships, Critical ideas
• (Series Editor - Anna Seymour)
• Title
• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Foreword - Kate McCormack
• Part One: Definitions, History, Theory and Treatment Options
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Battling Stigma
• Personal Motivation
• Summary of Chapters
• References
• Chapter 2: BPD: A Complex and Emotional Mental Health Disorder
• BPD Historic Overview
• Current Statistics
• Aetiology
• Diagnosis:
• BPD in the DSM V
• EUPD in the ICD.10
• Structured Clinical Interviews
• Diagnosis in Adolescence
• Comorbidity
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 3: Psychological Treatments for BPD
• Introduction
• Treatment Pathway
• Treating Comorbidity
• Therapeutic Interventions:
• DBT - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
• MBT - Mentalisation Based Therapy
• Therapeutic communities
• Arts Therapies:
• Dramatherapy
• Art Therapy
• Music therapy
• Dance Movement Therapy
• CBT - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• CAT - Cognitive Analytical Therapy
• ST - Schema Therapy
• TFP - Transference Focused Therapy
• IGP - Interpersonal Group Psychotherapy
• OT - Occupational Therapy:
• OT for BPD, by Georgia Ntzimani
• Multidisciplinary Communication
• Final Reflections
• References
• Chapter 4: Embrace and Contain the Chaos: Dramatherapy for BPD
• Dramatherapy: History and Definition
• Ancient Roots
• Theatre meets Therapy
• Dramatherapy in the Twentieth Century
• Defining Dramatherapy in the Twenty First Century
• Dramatherapy for BPD
• Thirteen Dramatherapists share their experience
• Dramatherapy for Insecure Attachment and Trauma
• Reclaiming Femininity through Ritual and Myth
• Dramatherapy for Men with BPD
• Evaluation and Evidence
• An Overview
• Part Two: Dramatherapy Clinical Case Studies and Vignettes
• Chapter 5 Breaking Inner Chains:
• Dramatherapy on a Secure Ward for Women with BPD
• Dramatherapy for Women with BPD
• Five Recurring Themes:
• Freedom
• Hope
• To be seen and heard as a human being, rather than a diagnosis
• Bringing all parts of oneself - including the shadow - into the light
• A new way to look at familiar emotions or issues
• Six Key Interventions:
• Releasing tension and repressed emotion via simple, effective methods
• Symbolic Tools and Projective Methods
• Ritual, Story and Myth
• Sensory work
• Play
• Poetry, Song and Creative Writing
• A Detailed Case Study illustrating the Six Interventions:
• Initial steps into Dramatherapy
• 1:1 Trauma-Focused Dramatherapy
• Jean's Dramatherapy journey in relation to Schema Therapy
• Perspectives from the Multi-Disciplinary Team on Dramatherapy
• The Client's Voice
• References
• Chapter 6 A Cry for Freedom:
• Dramatherapy with Women in a Secure Step-Down Unit
• A Mixed Diagnosis Dramatherapy Group
• Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder and Bipolar Disorder
• A Mother's Heartache
• A Service User with BPD
• Dramatherapy Group Interventions
• An Imaginary Train Journey
• A Model Animal Community
• Therapeutic Performance
• Singing Swans
• Self-Revelatory Performance
• Colleagues Reflect on Dramatherapy
• References
• Chapter 7: Dancing Between Life and Death
• Dramatherapy and Grief
• Losing a Brother
• A Father's Suicide
• Self-harm, Suicide and Lost Souls
• Kit
• Lorna
• Chloe
• Jane
• Emotional Impact on Staff
• Suicide and Self-Harm
• Emotional Projections and Ambivalence
• Dr Preeti Gour reflects on Suicide
• The Role of Clinical Supervision
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 8: Hope, Courage and Creativity
• Belief and Hope
• Courage and Meaning
• Survivors
• References
• Abbreviations
• Index