Before You Let the Sun In

Dr Katerina Couroucli-Robertson was born in England and brought up in Greece by her English mother and Greek father. She is a psychotherapist with a PhD in Dramatherapy from Surrey University. She is also a teacher in special education, Head of Studies at the Herma Institute of Dramatherapy and Playtherapy, and an external lecturer at the University of Thessaly. She is the director of a theatre group for V.S.A. Hellas (Very Special Arts) made up of people with and without learning difficulties, and has published numerous articles on Dramatherapy as well as the book 'Before You Let the Sun in', written in collaboration with her husband Ian Robertson, which comprises a collection of stories based on her work as a Dramatherapist.Ian Robertson is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, where he studied French and Spanish Language and Literature, and holds an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. He lives in Greece, where he works as a teacher, actor, translator and writer. He has written a number of English Language Teaching books as well as novels, short stories and poems. Recently, he co-authored 'Before You Let the Sun In', which was published in Greek by Nefeli Athens.

• CONTENTSPreface ix CHAPTER ONE Dancing with demons 1CHAPTER TWO Lily among the thorns 27CHAPTER THREE Before you let the sun in 55CHAPTER FOUREyed like a peacock 81CHAPTER FIVEThe woman who loved stories 107CHAPTER SIXThe fruit of love 135CHAPTER SEVEN Thirteen stars in the night sky 161CHAPTER EIGHT The woman who keeps coming back 189CHAPTER NINE Il Gran Rifiuto 223CHAPTER TENKnow thyself 249