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Is that all there is? Exploring Jung's Active Imagination through Role in Drama Therapy

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Is that all there is? Exploring Jung's Active Imagination through Role in Drama Therapy

Griffiths, Julia (2018) Is that all there is? Exploring Jung's Active Imagination through Role in Drama Therapy. [Graduate Projects (Non-thesis)] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This theoretical inquiry explores the potential relationship between Carl Jung’s technique of active imagination and the use of role in drama therapy. Jungian psychology and drama therapy are first familiarized through identifying what sets each apart from other therapeutic modes, and proceeds to explore how both active imagination and role can be understood as tools that allow for explorations into the principles contained within their respective therapeutic paradigms. Efforts are then made to see both the similarities and differences between the techniques, both in how they operate and what their intentions serve. As such, the goal of this research is ultimately to offer new clinical knowledge for drama therapists interested in how Jungian concepts and techniques might be applied in the practice of drama therapy. This paper can therefore be used to further research in the application of Jungian concepts, theory, and techniques in the field of drama therapy.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Fine Arts > Creative Arts Therapies
Item Type:Graduate Projects (Non-thesis)
Authors:Griffiths, Julia
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:M.A.
Program:Creative Arts Therapies (Drama Therapy Option)
Date:31 June 2018
Keywords:drama therapy, role, role in drama therapy, role theory, role method, active imagination, Carl Jung, jungian psychology, jungian psychotherapy, depth psychology, transpersonal psychology, transpersonal psychotherapy, analytic psychology, analytic psychotherapy, unconscious, archetype, archetypal images, archetypal symbol, archetypal symbolism, archetypal therapy, symbolic therapy
ID Code:984103
Deposited By: JULIA GRIFFITHS
Deposited On:01 Aug 2018 18:55
Last Modified:01 Aug 2018 18:55

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