Storymaking in Bereavement: Dragons Fight in the Meadow

By Alida Gersie

Book Overview

Myths and related stories describe essential human experience which, requiring the use of the imagination, reconcile and give voice to fantasy and reality. In this book the author reflects on the processes of grief and more than 50 folk tales are included. The ancient stories vividly convey mankind's struggle with death and loss, the despair and hope, with bitterness and love. The use of stories in therapy is explained, specifically bereavement counselling through storymaking.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853021768
• ISBN13: 9781853021763
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"