Authors: Gene Combs, Jill Freedman
ISBN-13: 9780393702071, ISBN-10: 0393702073
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Date Published: March 1996
Edition: New Edition
For psychotherapy students, teachers, and practitioners, this book describes the clinical application of the growing body of ideas and practices that has come to be known as narrative therapy. Clear and compelling demonstrations of narrative therapy practice, rich in case examples and creative strategies, are at the heart of this book.
An overview of this branch of psychotherapy through an examination of the historical, philosophical, and ideological aspects, as well as discussion of specific clinical practices and actual case studies. Includes transcripts from therapeutic sessions. The authors work in family therapy in Chicago. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Foreword | ||
Introduction | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
1 | Shifting Paradigms: From Systems to Stories | 1 |
2 | The Narrative Metaphor and Social Constructionism: A Postmodern Worldview | 19 |
3 | Opening Space for New Stories | 42 |
4 | Story Development | 77 |
5 | Questions | 113 |
6 | Questions in Action: Three Transcripts | 144 |
7 | Reflecting | 169 |
8 | The Plot Thickens | 194 |
9 | Spreading the News | 237 |
10 | Relationships and Ethics | 264 |
Bibliography | 289 | |
Index | 299 |