The therapeutic use of stories

Editor:
DWIVEDI Kedar Nath
Publisher:
Routledge
Publication year:
1997
Pagination:
254p.,bibliogs.
Place of publication:
London

Looks at how counsellors, therapists, psychotherapists and other practitioners can tap into the healing powers of well-known myths and stories. Includes papers on: historical backdrop; theoretical perspectives and clinical approaches; maps and meaning in life and healing; psychotherapeutic paradigms from Indian mythology; management of anger and some Eastern stories; an illustrative case study of childhood anxiety using metaphor and imagery; stories associated with shame and guilt in therapy; splitting, envy, jealousy and rivalry; separation, loss and bereavement; stories used therapeutically with children in educational settings; stories in the context of family therapy; the use of stories to help children who have been abused; stories for disabled children; and stories and life stories in therapy with older adults.

Subject terms:
older people, physical disabilities, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, schools, treatment, therapies, therapy and treatment, bereavement, child abuse, children, counselling;
ISBN print:
0 415 15071 X

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