- A Boy And His Anger: A Therapy Session. This fascinating
unrehearsed session on videotape shows Dr. Oaklander working
with a 12-year-old boy who has trouble controlling his temper
in his day-to-day life, yet does not know how to express the
deeper anger inside of himself.You will see how Dr. Oaklander
uses clay with the child to help him focus on his feelings. The
clay clearly depicts the child's unspoken words while enhancing
the therapy process. You will also see how she helps the boy
clarify his angry feelings -- feelings that terrify him -- and
how she leads him into safe, satisfying expressions of those
feelings. After the session Dr. Oaklander concludes the tape
with a brief summary of her perceptions of working with the child.
- An Atypical Sand Tray Session With a 13-Year-Old Boy.
The sand tray is a powerful therapeutic technique widely used
with adults as well as children. It involves the use of a variety
of objects and figures, symbolic as well as representative, of
the world we live in. The child can use these figures to create
a fantasy scene or miniature world developing a metaphorical
story that can represent conflicts and feelings in the child.
In this tape a 13-year-old boy resists the traditional concept
of the sand tray and finds his own way of encountering this medium.
Unfazed, Dr. Oaklander makes the most of the situation, meeting
Abram where he chooses to be. An interesting therapeutic encounter
develops. You will see how Dr. Oaklander, through the use of
a few figures that Abram chooses, assists the boy to express
his innermost feelings and come closer to the deeper angers inside
him that he persistently denies and avoids.
- The Therapy Process In Action: A Session With Carlos.
This tape demonstrates in one session all the aspects of the
therapy process presented in the Oaklander model of child and
adolescent therapy. This demonstration session at a child abuse
agency features Dr. Oaklander working with 10-year-old Carlos.
Although Carlos is meeting Dr. Oaklander for the first time,
a trusting relationship is quickly established. You will see
how Dr. Oaklander focuses on contact when necessary. She helps
Carlos build the self-support required to express some of the
emotions locked up deep inside him. Before the end of the session,
Dr. Oaklander gently leads Carlos toward a posture of self-nurturing.
The videotape includes an introduction and closing comments by
Dr. Oaklander.
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