Cinema and Life Development: Healing Lives and Training Therapists [Hardcover]

Thomas Peake (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2004

Peake uses prevailing and emerging models of life-span development along with examples from Cinema to animate psychological understanding and application.

The use of film offers powerful opportunities for anecdotes, clinical applications, and examples of life stories drawn from popular and lesser-known cinema. The addition of movies as metaphors make the material accessible to lay, student, and professional readers. Drawn from numerous workshops and symposia using this material, Peake finds this emphasis breathes life into teaching, negotiating, and growing from new perspectives.

Editorial Reviews

Review

.,."[M]akes an interesting and unique contribution to the therapy process and the training of psychotherapists....It is often helpful to "prescribe" movies to patients to facilitate the therapeutic process, but unless the therapist is a cinemophile it is difficult to select from the vast array of titles available at the local rental store. This book helps to categorize many films along therapeutic themes, thus making the selection process much easier for the therapist. I expect this volume to join the reference section of the therapist's library after they have enjoyed a good read..."-Jay J. Chrostowski, PsyD, ABPP-CL, Diplomate in Clinical Psychology

Book Description

Uses film to animate psychological understanding and applications.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 152 pages
• Publisher: Praeger; 1St Edition edition (June 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275975002
• ISBN-13: 978-0275975005
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,174,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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