The creative use of popular culture in counseling, psychotherapy, and play-based interventions

**With a Foreword by Danny Fingeroth, former Group Editor of Marvel's __Spiderman__ comics line** Popular culture, simply stated, is the language of a people, expressed through everything from its clothing, food choices, and religious practices to its media. The popular and predominant values, interests, and needs of a society find their way into mass consciousness through a variety of venues including literature, cinema, television, video games, sport, and music. Through the inter-related forces of mass production, global marketing and the Internet, the fruits of popular culture penetrate into stores, living rooms, and everyday experience of children, teens, and adults in the form of catchphrases, toys, iconography, celebrities, and indelible images. Psychotherapists and counselors who can tap into the powerful images, messages, and icons of popular culture have at their disposal an unlimited universe of resources for growth, change, and healing. Using real-world case examples and sound psychological theory, this book demonstrates how you can immediately start incorporating popular culture icons and images into your counseling or therapy. In this way, the authors will help elevate your ability to conduct clinical interviews with clients of all ages and all types of clinical problems. Metaphors, analogies & myths, oh my!: therapeutic journeys along the yellow brick road / Lisa Saldana Harry Potter and the prisoner within: helping children with traumatic loss / William McNulty Calvin and Hobbes to the rescue! the therapeutic uses of comic strips and cartoons / Laura Sullivan The healing power of music / Nancy Davis and Beth Pickard Using music and a musical chronology as a life review with the aging / Thelma Duffey Milieu multiplex: using movies in the treatment of adolescents with Little Miss Sunshine and positive psychology as a vehicle for change in adolescent depression / Dora Finamore Movie metaphors in miniature: children's use of popular hero and shadow figures in sandplay / Linda B. Hunter Taking the sand tray high tech: using the Sims as a therapeutic tool in the treatment of adolescents / Deidre Skigen Picking up coins: the use of video games in the treatment of adolescent social problems / George Enfield and Melonie Grosser Passing go in the game of life: board games in therapeutic play / Harry Livesay Big heroes on the small screen: Naruto and the struggle within / Lawrence C. Rubin Marcia, Marcia, Marcia: the use and impact of television themes, characters, and images in psychotherapy / Loretta Gallo-Lopez The Sopranos and a client's hope for justice / Thelma Duffey and Heather Trepal Using the popularity of sport culture in psychotherapy / Jan M. Burte Sports metaphors and stories in counseling with children / David A. Crenshaw and Gregory B. Barker Using pop culture characters in clinical training and supervision / Alan Schwitzer, Kelly E. MacDonald & Pamela Dickinson The therapeutic use of popular electronic media with today's teenagers / Scott Riviere.

with A Foreword By Danny Fingeroth, Former Group Editor Of Marvel's spiderman Comics Line

popular Culture, Simply Stated, Is The Language Of A People, Expressed Through Everything From Its Clothing, Food Choices, And Religious Practices To Its Media. The Popular And Predominant Values, Interests, And Needs Of A Society Find Their Way Into Mass Consciousness Through A Variety Of Venues Including Literature, Cinema, Television, Video Games, Sport, And Music. Through The Inter-related Forces Of Mass Production, Global Marketing And The Internet, The Fruits Of Popular Culture Penetrate Into Stores, Living Rooms, And Everyday Experience Of Children, Teens, And Adults In The Form Of Catchphrases, Toys, Iconography, Celebrities, And Indelible Images. Psychotherapists And Counselors Who Can Tap Into The Powerful Images, Messages, And Icons Of Popular Culture Have At Their Disposal An Unlimited Universe Of Resources For Growth, Change, And Healing.

using Real-world Case Examples And Sound Psychological Theory, This Book Demonstrates How You Can Immediately Start Incorporating Popular Culture Icons And Images Into Your Counseling Or Therapy. In This Way, The Authors Will Help Elevate Your Ability To Conduct Clinical Interviews With Clients Of All Ages And All Types Of Clinical Problems.

With a Foreword by Danny Fingeroth, former Group Editor of Marvel's Spiderman comics line Popular culture, simply stated, is the language of a people, expressed through everything from its clothing, food choices, and religious practices to its media. The popular and predominant values, interests, and needs of a society find their way into mass consciousness through a variety of venues including literature, cinema, television, video games, sport, and music. Through the inter-related forces of mass production, global marketing and the Internet, the fruits of popular culture penetrate into stores, living rooms, and everyday experience of children, teens, and adults in the form of catchphrases, toys, iconography, celebrities, and indelible images. Psychotherapists and counselors who can tap into the powerful images, messages, and icons of popular culture have at their disposal an unlimited universe of resources for growth, change, and healing. Using real-world case examples and sound psychological theory, this book demonstrates how you can immediately start incorporating popular culture icons and images into your counseling or therapy. In this way, the authors will help elevate your ability to conduct clinical interviews with clients of all ages and all types of clinical problems.

Using real-world case examples and sound psychological theory, this book demonstrates how readers can immediately start incorporating popular culture icons and images into their counseling or therapy.