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May 2018
Through the eyes of a psychologist
The process of creating an own puppet and building its history reveals the creator’s features in a symbolic way, his/her unconscious pursuits, desires and needs. For the therapist it is a rich source of information about the client, his/her ways of experiencing themselves and the world, it allows to explore creator’s way of interpreting life experiences. A puppet can be a tool that allows its...
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May 2018Adoption of the puppets
“Who are you?” – This sentence is usually crucial in the process of creating a puppet. It is asked after a creator made the puppet with his/her own hands, just before its story is told. It seems inseparably connected with the process of building a puppet, downright as a continuation of the phase of its creation. This question turns out to be extremely important in...
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May 2018The puppets as an art-therapy
Reflections after a workshop with a group of unemployed participants in the framework of the project implemented by Grodzki Theatre. As part of the project, I conducted five two-hour workshops, during which puppet theatre techniques as well as techniques related to psychodrama and drama were used. The exercises performed during the first session were aimed at integrating the group, building trust, a sense of safety...
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