Re: a message for mrs Judy Weiser

Posted by Judy Weiser, Administrator on 9/15/2004, 12:01 pm, in reply to "a message for mrs Judy Weiser"

Hello Morena, and welcome to this Discussion Group! Please do not be concerned about the correctness of your English -- it is the CONTENT of your message that is important, not the spelling or grammar!! I am just happy that you wrote!! It is interesting that there are THREE MESSAGES NOW FROM ITALY ON THIS PAGE (yours, the one below from Giuseppe, and even from Ayres himself!). Please read these and also my answers to these -- I think you will enjoy them and Ayres has recommended one book that is *in Italian*, which seems to summarize my book and another one -- I think that it will help you. But I also caution you that it seems that the authors of this Italian book may have actually *copied* from our books, so we are also investigating! The idea of your Thesis (about using photos in therapy and art therapy also), is a wonderful idea! In another week, Ayres will have received in Loreto, both my book and my video -- maybe you can go there to look at both of these. You may reach Ayres at: <brasilemarche@libero.it> You asked for bibliographic material, and so now I wonder -- have you seen yet my Website??? (or did you just begin with your message here on just this Discussion Group page of it??) I ask you this question because my website will be very helpful to you -- it is FULL of information (there is even a page there in Italian, translated by Ayres, that is a brief summary of the website!). You can find this Italian page also by going directly to: http://www.phototherapy-centre.com/italian.htm That "Italian Page" is only now a Summary of the Website -- but I believe that Ayres is also now translating the *entire* site into Italian -- please contact him to find out more about this writing... Last, regarding Bibliographic material, in addition to my book, at: http://www.phototherapy-centre/bookvid.htm there are hundreds of listings on the "Recommended Readings" page of the site, at: http://www.phototherapy-centre.com/recommended_readings.htm they are organized into four categories: 1) PhotoTherapy (using photos IN therapy process, during the therapy sessions, while guided by the therapist) 2) Therapeutic Photography (similar techniques but as self-exploring activiites where there is usually no formal therapy/therapist -- this is more like what Ayres did in Ancona community), 3) Video in therapy & Video as therapy, and 4) Photographic Cultural Studies (and related, such as Visual Anthropology or photographic education). EACH of these four has a long list, and for the FIRST ONE, there is ALSO a much-bigger list *that you can download directly*, that has 15 pages of readings that are directly relevant... If the DownLoad will not work, please write to me directly and I will email it to you directly... I hope this gives you enough information to begin. PLEASE NOW DO TWO THINGS: 1) go to: http://www.phototherapy-centre.com and start exploring the website. There is one page "The Five Techniques" that will tell you how these work. At the bottom is a list of the five; each one has its own Link to a full page of more information! and 2) when you are working on your Thesis, please contact me DIRECTLY at: jweiser@phototherapy-centre.com and I will be happy to assist you with additional information... welcome, Morena, and please now contact Ayres, as I am sure he will be happy to assist you further! Judy (Weiser)

Link: Summary of Website in ITALIAN