Larger Than Life Is Aimed At Anyone Interested In Obesity And Its Treatment. It Follows A Dramatherapy Group Attended By Six Women, All Struggling With Their Weight, Using Vignettes, Transcriptions Of The Sessions Attended, And Commentary On The Progress Made By The Participants. A Final Interview Concludes Each Of The Women’s Therapy, Where They Talk About Their Experiences Within The Group, Followed By The Therapist’s Summation Of Their Treatment. The Book Concludes With Brief Telephone Conversations With All Six Women Three Years After Their Treatment Ended, Giving A Clear Picture Of The Value Of Dramatherapy To The Individual. As Well As Looking At These Specific Case Studies, The Authors Also Discuss The Causes And Effects Of Obesity, The Dramatherapy Group Process, And Why Dramatherapy Is An Effective Means Of Treating Eating Disorders. This Is A Must-read Book For Anyone Interested In The Subject Of Obesity Or Dramatherapy. A Preamble -- The Participant Travellers -- The Dramatherapy Journey -- The Jouney's End: The Participants' Contributions -- Three Years Later: Final Conclusions. Ian Robertson And Katerina Couroucli-robertson. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 229-231) And Index.

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Couroucli-Robertson, Katerina; Robertson, Ian;

Ian Robertson, Katerina Couroucli-Robertson

Robertson, Ian (ian Douglas) (author.)

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Vamik D. Volkan

Phoenix Publishing House

The Harris Meltzer Trust

Taylor & Francis Group

Karnac Books,

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

First edition, Boca Raton, FL, 2017

1, FR, 2017

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Larger Than Life is aimed at anyone interested in the causes of obesity and its treatment. It describes a dramatherapeutic intervention of 12 sessions in which six women take part. The reader is taken behind the scenes and experiences what it means to be overweight or obese– the despair and depression that can result from failed attempts to become slim as well as the satisfaction and joy that can come from effective therapy.
The book begins with a discussion on the issue of obesity, attitudes toward large women through the ages, current ways of dealing with the problem, and why psychotherapy might be an effective method of treatment. The six participants are then introduced in the form of an initial interview, in which readers find out about their attitudes toward food and eating and the problems they face in their everyday lives. This is followed by a discussion of dramatherapy and why it might be an effective means of treating eating disorders. Then, the 12 sessions are transcribed, including much of the dialogue that takes place, together with an explanation of the activities and a commentary on the progress made by the participants. In an interview at the end of the intervention, the participants talk about the group and what they felt they gained from it. The therapist then summarizes what she considers was achieved. Finally, in brief telephone conversations that take place three years later, the possible long-term effects of the intervention are discussed with the participants.
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COVER 1
CONTENTS 6
Acknowledgements 8
About the authors 10
PART I A PREAMBLE 14
PART II THE PARTICIPANT TRAVELLERS 30
PART III THE DRAMATHERAPY JOURNEY 74
PART IV THE JOURNEY’S END: THE PARTICIPANTS’ CONTRIBUTIONS 188
PART V THREE YEARS LATER: FINAL CONCLUSIONS 224
References 242
INdex 246

2025-10-27