Dancing in the Shadows
Individual and Group Processes
for Women Survivors of Incest and Sexual Abuse
copyright 1992 Laura S. Bryannan, M.A.
This is an unpublished work I've put up on the Web in hopes that folks may
benefit
from it. Any or all of the content may be freely distributed and used without permission
so long as I am given due credit as the author. If you would like a text file of
this book, write me and I'll be glad to send it.
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CONTENTS
Preface
1. Survivor "Checklist"
2. Why Group Work?
3. Forming A Group
4. Group Leadership
5. Ground Rules
6. Breaking the Ice
- Partner Exercise
- My Favorite Things
- Prop Exercise
- Rose Exercise
7. Creating Sacred Space
- Opening Ritual
- Creating an Altar
- Ending the Session
8. Allies
- Highest Self Meditation
- Animals
- Inner Child vs. Inner Animal
- Animal Champion
- Archetypes in Oracles
9. Story Work
- Stories from Childhood
- Stories from Adult Life
- Fairy Tales of Abuse
10. Mask Making
11. Myth Work
- The Sacred Wound Exercise
12. Cleansing
- Create Your Shadow
- Take it Back
- Angel Healing
- Shower Healing
13. Body Love
- Grounding
- Sensing and Safety
- Raindrops on Roses...
14. The Woman's Inner Masculine
- Identifying the Programmed Animus
- Identifying the True Animus
- Animus Meditation
15. The Inner Feminine
16. Family Work
- Prayer for the Family
- Family in the Cauldron
17. Grief and Anger
- Nursery Meditation
- Telling Your Story
18. Identifying the Good
19. Healing Techniques
- Creating Circles
- Temple Meditation
- Rainbow Technique
20. Handling "Body Flashbacks"
21. Woman Ritual
22. In Conclusion
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Last Updated: 1 feb 99
Laura Bryannan
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