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Draw me a picture of what you would look like if you turned into a monster" Dennis McCarthy's work with distressed or traumatized children begins with an exercise that is simple but very effective: he invites the child to communicate with him in their own way, through the non-verbal language of play. Using case studies from his clinical experience and with numerous children's monster drawings, McCarthy lets the meaningful self-expression of the child take centre stage. He demonstrates that being allowed to play, move and draw impulsively and creatively in the supportive presence of the therapist is in fact the beginning of the therapeutic process. These activities are shown to be more therapeutic for the child in practical terms than the interpretation of the clues it provides about the child's state of mind. This very accessible book will be inspiring reading for play therapists and other professionals working therapeutically with young children and their families.
- Sales Rank: #712025 in Books
- Brand: McCarthy, Dennis/ Greene, Richmond K. (FRW)
- Published on: 2007-05-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .37" w x 6.00" l, .36 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
Review
I would recommend If You Turned Into a Monster not only to therapists who work with children but to teachers and parents. The book is written with the kind of compassion that makes you want to read more. -- Counselling Children and Young People Dennis McCarthy's beautifully written book, If You Turned Into a Monster, might seem directed towards professional therapists, but its truths are universal. The wisdom of Mr. McCarthy, his gentle empathy, his reflections on myth, psychoanalysis, Bioenergetics, and his own struggles with childhood grief, will enlighten every reader. In jargon-free language, it explores the inner world of children in crisis, and reveals their incredible capacity not only to survive traumas, but - with the help of an insightful and caring therapist like Mr. McCarthy - to regain wholeness, reshaping their inner lives as they draw pictures, tell stories, and build up, break down, and remake their sand creations. It is thoughtful, funny, compassionate, filled with insights, and when you finish it, you will be rewarded with a desire to better understand your own mysteries, your 'monsters', your true treasures of the self. -- J. Scott Morgan, fiction and non-fiction writer Supporting traumatised children through play, rather than focusing predominantly on interpreting and reacting to their behaviour, is the key tenet of a book by Dennis McCarthy informed by his work as a therapist with young people. If you Turned into a Monster: Transformation through Play: A Body-Centred Approach to Play Therapy, draws on case studies from his own work. The author argues that games such as asking a child to "draw a picture of what you would look like if you turned into a monster," allow for non-verbal communication of the child's mental state and offer practical therapeutic benefits in their own right. -- Professional Social Work In this book for therapists working with traumatised children, psychotherapist Dennis McCarthy explains his method of asking children to draw him a picture of what they would look like if they turned into a monster. The idea is to invite children to communicate with him using the non-verbal language of play. McCarthy uses case studies and children's monster drawings to show that being allowed to play in the presence of a therapist is the start of the therapeutic process. -- Children Now Magazine I recommend this book not only to therapists who work with children but especially to parents and teachers... [T]his book pushes past the complexities of psychological theory and jargon... [I]t is rare to find a therapist who has the sensitivity and skill to create...a safe and sacred psychological space...in which children feel free to allow their monsters into the room... Dennis McCarthy clearly has this gift... -- from the foreword by Richmond K. Greene, Jungian analyst and former director of the C.G. Jung Institute in New York City 'With a great deal of love, compassion, and wisdom Dennis McCarthy chronicles the lives and stories of children and their monsters in his book on transformation through play. The best stories always give specific details (this child, this particular situation, this problem) while also telling the universal stories which are meant for everyone, everywhere. This is that kind of important book of life stories. -- Gioia Timpanelli, author of Sometimes the Soul: Two Novellas of Sicily (Winner of the National Book Award) and 'Dean of American story telling' I found Dennis McCarthy's description of his energetic work with children fascinating reading. He has an unusual sensitivity and a solid comprehension of the emotional conflicts children have. His therapy is simple but highly effective based as it is on understanding the child's need to discharge his negative aggressivity safely. I recommend this book to parents, teachers and child therapists. They will enjoy reading it as well as learning from it. -- Dr. Alexander Lowen, creator of Bioenergetic Analysis and author of The Language of the Body A therapist needs to open to the use of a wide variety of techniques and ideas, cognitive as well as cathartic acting out. The reader prepared to learn from a wise and seasoned therapist how to include innovative techniques in his armamentarium of tools to help release children from their emotional bondages will find nuggets of treasure as well as pleasure in the therapy stories recounted by the author. -- PsycCritiques 'The book is a clear exposition of effective treatment and I recommend it for the fascinating journey through cases with specific details and impressive results'. -- International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis Journal
About the Author
Dennis McCarthy is a licensed mental health counsellor in New York state and is the director of Metamorfos Institute. He is a psychotherapist working with both children and adults and specializing in sandplay and dream work. Initially trained as a dancer, he weaves the body's innate urge to move into all of his work.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
From Trauma to Wholeness
By Scott Morgan
Dennis McCarthy's beautifully written book, "If You Turned into a Monster," might seem directed towards professional therapists, but its truths are universal. The wisdom of Mr. McCarthy, his gentle empathy, his reflections on myth, psychoanalysis, Bioenergetics, and his own struggles with childhood grief, will enlighten every reader. In jargon-free language, it explores the inner world of children in crisis, and reveals their incredible capacity not only to survive traumas, but -- with the help of an insightful and caring therapist like Mr. McCarthy -- to regain wholeness, reshaping their inner lives as they draw pictures, tell stories, and build up, break down, and remake their sand creations.
We learn the specific cases of children in often drastic situations -- a deadly illness, a parent with AIDS, abuse -- and yet the astonishing feeling from reading this book is of immense hopefulness. Mr. McCarthy sees every child on her/his own terms, and uses play therapy, particularly sandplay, to break free of the inner conflicts that prevent personal growth. As he writes, "Using a symptom playfully and creatively is using what the child is bringing with them as raw material for change.... They can be the very impetus for transformation (and) can become doorways." (pgs. 112-113) The fears of children are the fears we all face, and without polemics or accusations, he shows the need for parents to understand themselves in order to better help their child's development. "In letting children begin to teach us about childhood we can them begin to consider how to better parent and teach the child." (pg. 139)
Mr. McCarthy expresses himself with a sense of joy, hope, gratitude, and awe, especially when experiencing the charged, numinous moments when a child begins to unlock the "monster" inside, and the pictures of "monsters" drawn by these children are wonderfully vivid and revealing. The lives of the children are the heart of this book. Mr. McCarthy does not pretend to know all the answers. His openheartedness towards children, and their often confused and troubled parents, seems a key to his success not only as a therapist, but as a writer as well.
A book of this nature might not appear to be a "page-turner," but once you begin, you will not want to stop. It is thoughtful, funny, compassionate, filled with insights, and when you finish it, you will be rewarded with a desire to better understand your own mysteries, your "monsters," your true treasures of the self.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Stories that transform: universal, miraculous and poignantly human
By Jane Joyce
It is so unusual to read a book that chronicles the lives of humans with such universal love, compassion, and wisdom. In this book, Dennis McCarthy details the process of transformation through play in the lives and stories of children and their monsters. The level of specificity balanced by a universal applicability to a wide range of readers makes this book readable for anyone, anywhere. Not only will you dream richer dreams, you will feel a great well of hope rise up when reading about the incredible lives and generative miracles that happen when we listen and pay attention to one another. Dennis McCarthy shows us through a lifetime of case studies what is possible when we dive into the unknown that lives within all of us. Whoever you are, read this book and then go out and replicate the process!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
filled with insight and heart
By C. Johnson
Inner monsters: we all have them, and this brilliant, insightful therapist effects profound transformation in his clients through a willingness to empathize with them and with their inner beasts. The book is a must-read, not only for therapists, but for parents, or for anyone whose monsters were suppressed or misunderstood as children (wouldn't that be most of us?). Fascinating, inspiring, and heart-warming. I recommend it very highly indeed.
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