The Handbook of Neuro-Dramatic-Play: Cross-Cultural, Attachment-Based Play for Clinicians and Practitioners

Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : 2025
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 254
- Category :
Forthcoming - Category 2 :
Individual Psychotherapy - Catalogue No : 98248
- ISBN 13 : 9781032807089
- ISBN 10 : 1032807083
Table of Contents
Foreword
Cathy A. Malchiodi
Section 1 - NDP The Basics
1. The Roots and Branches of Neuro-Dramatic-Play: An Introduction
Sue Jennings
2. The performativity in the beginning of life and psychotherapy
Stelios Krasanakis & Eri Argyraki
Section 2 - NDP Children & Young Adulthood
3. Neurodivergence and Neuro-Dramatic-Play (NDP) in Children and Young People
Sue Jennings
4. Using Neuro Dramatic Play (NDP) in Schools with Children and Young People Post Covid-19, Developing Positive Attachments and Good Mental Health
Clive Holmwood
5. I fit in by not being myself
Ber Carroll
6. The Expanded EPR framework and Theatre of Resilience for Young Adults — from Theatre to the Coming-of-Age Ritual in response to Social Trauma
Larry Ng
Section 3 - NDP in therapy
7. Into the Unknown – a young Hero’s journey from Ukraine
Alison Chown
8. The use of water in NDP-informed Art Therapy
Bridget Rees
9. Hunters Journey back to his Nest. Application utilizing the NDP and EPR in Parent and Child Nature Based Play Therapy
Catriona O’Neill-Hayes
Section 4 - NDP and International Perspectives
10. Unlocking Healing Through Neuro-Dramatic-Play in Malaysia: A Journey of Empowerment
Jaff Choong Gian Yong
11. NDP in the Jungle: play, enjoy and get stronger
Andy Hickson and Ming Yang
12. NDP & Performance Training in Greece. Rediscovering Childhood: Learning to Play Again
Ros and Neil Johnson
13. The Journey of Learning with NDP within a Collective: Pre pandemic, During and after the pandemic in India
Akanksha Rastogi, Lavina Nanda, Ashima Kandwal, Sukarma Dawar, Kavita Arora
14. Neuro-Dramatic-Play and Postcolonial African Theatre – Performing Resilience
David Evans
Section 5 - NDP and diverse populations
15. Taking care of pregnant persons’ mental health through NDP, a model
Ulises Moreno-Serena
16. Neuro-Dramatic-Play in forensic settings
Rowan McKenzie
17. A research project considering the adaptation and practice of NDP for adults with a diagnosis of young onset dementia
Clive Holmwood, Gemma Collard-Stokes, Alison Ward
Afterword
Phil Jones