The Background to Anthroposophical Therapeutic Speech
A comprehensive overview of the pioneering time of therapeutic speech, including biographies, speech exercises and background essays.

Rudolf and Marie Steiner developed speech exercises in the early 1920s. This book is a comprehensive overview of the pioneering time of anthroposophical speech therapy, as well as descriptions of specific exercises and background essays on creative speech. For the first time, Rudolf Steiner's therapeutic speech exercises are published all together, with a commentary (one of the exercises has never been published before).

The book includes a biography of Martha Hemsoth, the first speech therapist at the Clinical Therapeutic Institute in Arlesheim (later the Ita Wegman Clinic), and biographies of Dora Gutbrod, Hilde Jori, as well as contributions by Ida Rüchardt and Ilse Schuckmann. There is also a review of the work of physicians in the last thirty years.

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The Background to Anthroposophical Therapeutic Speech
A comprehensive overview of the pioneering time of therapeutic speech, including biographies, speech exercises and background essays.

Rudolf and Marie Steiner developed speech exercises in the early 1920s. This book is a comprehensive overview of the pioneering time of anthroposophical speech therapy, as well as descriptions of specific exercises and background essays on creative speech. For the first time, Rudolf Steiner's therapeutic speech exercises are published all together, with a commentary (one of the exercises has never been published before).

The book includes a biography of Martha Hemsoth, the first speech therapist at the Clinical Therapeutic Institute in Arlesheim (later the Ita Wegman Clinic), and biographies of Dora Gutbrod, Hilde Jori, as well as contributions by Ida Rüchardt and Ilse Schuckmann. There is also a review of the work of physicians in the last thirty years.

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A comprehensive overview of the pioneering time of therapeutic speech, including biographies, speech exercises and background essays.

Rudolf and Marie Steiner developed speech exercises in the early 1920s. This book is a comprehensive overview of the pioneering time of anthroposophical speech therapy, as well as descriptions of specific exercises and background essays on creative speech. For the first time, Rudolf Steiner's therapeutic speech exercises are published all together, with a commentary (one of the exercises has never been published before).

The book includes a biography of Martha Hemsoth, the first speech therapist at the Clinical Therapeutic Institute in Arlesheim (later the Ita Wegman Clinic), and biographies of Dora Gutbrod, Hilde Jori, as well as contributions by Ida Rüchardt and Ilse Schuckmann. There is also a review of the work of physicians in the last thirty years.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780863158766
Publisher: Floris Books
Publication date: 07/15/2012
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dietrich von Bonin works as an art therapist in Bern, Switzerland. He teaches therapeutic speech in Dornach, Switzerland and at the Artemis School of Speech and Drama in East Grinstead, Sussex.

Table of Contents

Foreword Michael Glöckler 9

Introduction Dietrich von Bonin 11

1 Pioneers of Anthroposophical Therapeutic Speech

Martha Hemsoth Dietrich von Bonin 17

Speech exercises Martha Hemsoth 30

The mystery of effective speech Martha Hemsoth 33

Hildegard Jordi A brief autobiography 37

Therapeutic methods for psychiatric illnesses Hilde Jordi 41

Dora Gutbrod (Autobiography) 73

2 Therapeutic Speech and Rudolf Steiner

A Therapeutic Exercise: An Angegebenes sieh innig hin 89

A Second Therapeutic Exercise: Richtig recht rechnen 99

A Third Therapeutic Exercise: Ich atme Kraft des Lebens 105

Reminiscences of Rudolf Steiner Willi Kux 109

Esoteric Lesson Rudolf Steiner 115

3 Aspects of Speech Formation

Upright Walking, Speech Movement, Eurythmy Gisbert Husemann 123

The Fourfold and Fivefold Nature of the Human Being Dietrich von Bonin 139

Some Experiences with Speech Formation Ida Rüchardt 151

Speech Formation in the Waldorf School Ilse Schuckmann 175

4 Reports on the Development of Therapeutic Speech since 1976

Report on the Further Training Course for Speech Formation Practitioners Caroline Wispier 183

The Origins and New Beginning of Therapeutic Speech Ursula Ostermai 193

Notes 199

Bibliography 202

Index 205

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