Folktales As Therapy - Softcover

Kast, Verena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880642106 ISBN 13: 9780880642101

Publisher: Fromm Intl, 1995

Synopsis

Book by Kast, Verena

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

From Library Journal:

Jungian psychologist Kast (Zurich Univ.) believes that people very often identify strongly with a folktale's characters or theme and that analyzing that connection can be useful in therapy. Through descriptions of six stories and how they were employed in therapy, she illustrates three ways of working with folktales. The idea that fairy tales can be therapeutic is not new; both Freud and Bettelheim recognized their relevance to development. Adult applications of this idea have also received attention in journal articles and books such as Allan Chinen's Beyond the Hero (Putnam, 1993) and Gertrud Nelson's Here All Dwell Free (LJ 10/15/91). Kast's book is unique in that it is gender neutral and concentrates on just six tales. This specificity limits the work's audience and makes it an appropriate purchase only for larger academic psychology collections or where Kast's other works are in demand.
January Adams, ODSI Research Lib., Raritan, N.J.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fromm Intl
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0880642106
• ISBN 13: 9780880642101
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 171