Telling tales - fairy stories

By Hessel Willemsen and Elizabeth Anscombe, Nursery World, 17 August 2000

Fairy stories can unlock complex feelings and emotions in children in therapy, say Hessel Willemsen and Elizabeth Anscombe

Fairy stories can unlock complex feelings and emotions in children in therapy, say Hessel Willemsen and Elizabeth Anscombe 'Once upon time a stepmother forced her weak husband into abandoning his two children. The children found their way home only to be abandoned again. After failing to retrace their steps a second time, the children found a cottage, the home of a witch, who feigned kindness but planned to kill and cook them. The children were able to kill the witch and escape...

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