Rehearsals for Growth: Theatre Improvisation for Psychotherapists
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Daniel Wiener is a clinical psychologist whose wife, actress Gloria Maddox influenced him to integrate Keith Johnstone's approach to improvisational theater ("improv") into his therapy, with couples and families. Wiener had previously used psychodrama and other action approaches.
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Daniel Wiener (1994), Rehearsals for Growth: Theatre Improvisation for Psychotherapists. New York: W.W. Norton. 270 pps.
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