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Kruczek, T., Alexander, C., & Harris, K. (in press). An after-school counseling program for high-risk middle school students. Professional School Counseling.
Abstract coming soon.
Harris, K. A., Wilson, P. W., & Jackson, Z. V. (2005). Beginning Body Dialog: An Introduction to Physical Acting Techniques in Family Counseling. In K. A. Hertlein & D. Viers (Eds.), The Couple and Family Therapist’s Notebook: Homework, Handouts and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy. Binghamton, NY: Haworth.
Dialog is the crux of counseling and the basis of the majority of counseling techniques. At times, though, dialog is insufficient to create therapeutic change. At times like these, physical exercises such as family sculpting can be useful interventions to promote dialog and get the therapeutic process rolling again. Some clients may be initially uncomfortable with the extent of group physical activity in these exercises. The activity presented here, then – Beginning Body Dialog – can help to develop a comfort level among the family members, and between the family members and the counseling professional. Beginning Body Dialog is a useful introductory technique to many physical acting techniques that a counselor may use in family counseling. The purpose of this activity is to serve as a tool the counselor can use to familiarize the family with doing physical activities in counseling, such as family sculpting (Bitter & Corey, 2001). Beginning Body Dialog provides a structured and practically tested exercise the counselor can use for this purpose. The activity can also help the family members to express their emotional states both inside and outside counseling sessions. This activity is based on the Theatre of the Oppressed techniques of Augusto Boal (1979, 1995, 2002). Boal’s (1979, 1995, 2002) techniques have been widely tested and used in the world of theatre performance, and to a lesser degree have begun to find their way into counseling. They bear a striking resemblance to many of the Gestalt techniques of Fritz Perls (Corey, 2001), and they are useful to use in group and family counseling. Here, a sequence of Theatre of the Oppressed techniques has been adapted for use in family counseling.
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