Believing in Make‐Believe: Looking at Theater as a Metaphor for Psychotherapy

MacCormack, Terry

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1997.00151.x

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“…In this manner, metaphor has provided both a linguistic tool to facilitate empathy and an intervention technique with a history of therapeutic value (Bryant, Katz, Becvar, & Becvar, 1988;Cirillo & Crider, 1995;Haley, 1973;Hoskins & Leseho, 1996;S. B. Kopp, 1971;Leary, 1990;MacCormack, 1997;McMullen, 1996;Myers, 1998;Watzlawick, 1978;Watzlawick, Weakland, & Fisch, 1974).…”

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A “Primer” in Conceptual Metaphor for Counselors

Wickman¹,

Daniels²,

White³

et al. 1999

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Conceptual metaphor provides a potentially powerful counseling framework, generalizable across theoretical orientations. According to the conceptual perspective, metaphor is not merely a matter of language, but is an indispensable dimension of human understanding and experience whereby more abstract ideas (like relationships) are understood in terms of more concrete experiences (like journeys). Consequently, when a couple in counseling says, "we're just spinning our wheels," they are not only using a common colloquial expression, but also giving information about how they conceptualize their relationship. This article provides a theoretical foundation for use of conceptual metaphor and offers examples of its potential for counseling.

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A “Primer” in Conceptual Metaphor for Counselors

Wickman¹,

Daniels²,

White³

et al. 1999

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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“…Resistance to traditional psychotherapy precludes short-term intervention, as substantial time is needed to build trust and rapport with such youth. Through adolescent-guided symbolic play, teens are able step back from their personal, family, and group experience and use metaphor to more freely articulate their traumatic experiences (MacCormack, 1997) without the feeling of overintrusion risked by a directive or interpretive stance (Wilson & Ryan, 2002). This may allow more rapid engagement and therapeutic benefit.…”

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Piloting PlayWrite: Feasibility and Efficacy of a Playwriting Intervention for At-Risk Adolescents

Bernstein

Ablow

Maloney

et al. 2014

Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

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At-risk, disadvantaged, and marginalized youth are seldom afforded avenues for healthy self-expression-which, in turn, may further increase risk. Interventions using the arts are often proposed but are seldom formally evaluated. In the present pilot study, we evaluated a brief intensive intervention in which at-risk adolescents partner with professional coaches to write their own play, which is then performed before a live audience. Positive intervention effects were found in decreased hyperactivity/inattention, decreased anhedonia, and improved anger inhibition/suppression. These promising preliminary findings indicate that further study of this type of intervention is warranted.

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“…L'expression théâtrale présente plusieurs avantages par rapport à une thérapie de groupe verbale : elle facilite l'expression non verbale particulièrement importante pour les jeunes présentant des limites à ce niveau, et permet de mettre en scène les conflits et l'exploration de diverses avenues menant à des solutions dans un environnement sécuritaire (Shuttleworth, 1981). Pour les adolescents, le théâtre est aussi un espace de jeu avec des métaphores permettant de s'approprier et de prendre des distances avec des expériences personnelles, familiales et collectives (MacCormack, 1997). La possibilité d'exprimer et de s'approprier simultanément des identités multiples et ambivalentes est une des clés du pouvoir de transformation du théâtre.…”

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Du jeu des identités à la transformation de réalités partagées : un programme d’ateliers d’expression théâtrale pour adolescents immigrants et réfugiés

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Gauthier²,

Benoît

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La migration à l’adolescence est particulièrement délicate à cause du fardeau conjugué que représente à ce stade de la vie l’intégration des multiples pertes associées à la migration et l’adaptation au statut de jeune adulte. Le programme d’ateliers d’expression théâtrale vise à faciliter l’adaptation des adolescents immigrants et réfugiés à leur nouvel environnement à partir d’un travail créatif autour des enjeux identitaires liés à la migration et à un statut de minorité. Ces ateliers conjuguent une approche inspirée du théâtre playback qui permet une mise en scène du vécu personnel et le théâtre forum de Boal qui met l’accent sur la transformation collective de l’expérience. Les résultats d’une évaluation qualitative des ateliers d’expression théâtrale suggèrent que ceux-ci constituent un lieu d’expression ou les participants se sentent en sécurité et soutenus par l’équipe ainsi que par le caractère rituel du jeu théâtral. Les ateliers permettent de représenter la multiplicité des valeurs et des références internes et externes de l’adolescent et de les renégocier sans dichotomiser le « eux » et le « nous », en s’adressant aux questions de justice sociale qui se posent à la collectivité. Ils favorisent aussi l’élaboration des transitions de l’adolescence en permettant l’évocation des pertes de la migration et le passage vers une identité hybride.Migration during adolescence represents a challenge for the youth who need to simultaneously work through the multiple losses associated with the migratory journey and adapt to a young adult status. The drama workshop program described here was designed to facilitate the adjustment of newly arrived immigrant teens. The aim of the program is to make it easier for adolescents to adjust to their new environment through creative group work around identity issues. The program also seeks to improve intergroup relations in multiethnic schools. The workshops are inspired both from playback theater and from Boal’s form theater which emphasizes the collective transformation of the singular experience. The qualitative assessment of the program effects on the adolescents suggests that the workshops constitute a safe space of expression, in which the team and the ritual nature of the play hold the participants. The workshops facilitate the representation of the multiplicity of values in the adolescent world and invite them to reconsider the way in which they interact, with their environment, without splitting between “us” and “them,” but rather creating solidarities around issues of social justice. The workshops also address the life transformation associated both with adolescence and migration and help the elaboration of the losses linked to the migratory journey and the construction of a hybrid identity.La migración en la adolescencia es particularmente delicada a causa de la carga conjunta que representa en esta etapa de la vida la integración de las múltiples pérdidas asociadas a la migración y la adaptación a un estatus de joven adulto. El programa de talleres de expresión teat...

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Believing in Make‐Believe: Looking at Theater as a Metaphor for Psychotherapy

Cited by 18 publications

References 23 publications

A “Primer” in Conceptual Metaphor for Counselors

A “Primer” in Conceptual Metaphor for Counselors

Piloting PlayWrite: Feasibility and Efficacy of a Playwriting Intervention for At-Risk Adolescents

Du jeu des identités à la transformation de réalités partagées : un programme d’ateliers d’expression théâtrale pour adolescents immigrants et réfugiés

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