Stories have the power to enrich our lives, shape the way we perceive and interact with the world, and reveal the wonders of the human spirit. So too can they play an important and potent role in therapy by helping people develop the skills to cope with and survive a myriad of life situations. 101 Healing Stories celebrates the rewards of using parables, fables, and metaphors in therapy as compassionate and creative ways to help clients discuss problems and consider possible solutions. The author explains how to tell stories that engage the client, how to make them metaphoric, and where to find sources for such tales. Burns also shows how to create stories from personal experiences or your own imagination for use in sessions, making this an especially creative format for this thoughtful book.
In these personal and thoughtful interviews, influential family therapists from different parts of the world invite the reader into their worldview and the history that has shaped it. In some circumstances they also offer reflections and regrets about aspects of past practices, and they speak of what continues to inspire them. This is a friendly and personal book which enables readers to engage with the history and diversity of ideas of the field of family therapy and also to get to know, in some small way, those whose stories... More info
Eloise Jane Simpson was a regular girl going to a regular school, she had a regular family with regular rules, she had a regular Mum who liked to do triathlons and she had a regular Dad who like to bake cheese scones, she had a regular big Brother who liked to play Rugby and make farting noises and a regular little Brother who like to build really tall towers with blocks BUT there was one thing about Eloise Jane Simpson that was not so regular. Eloise Jane Simpson had... More info
In recent years, the field of ‘trauma work’ has grown exponentially and the increased interest in these matters offers many possibilities. This wide-ranging, thoughtful and practice-based book provides clear explanations about how to use narrative ideas to respond to adults, couples and/or children who have endured traumatic experience. Key themes include: * ways of ensuring that children (and adults) are not re-traumatised during counselling; * ‘double listening’ – to listen not only to the story of trauma but also to the story of how the person has responded to the... More info
