Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends PDF

Rating: (8 reviews) Author: Michael White ISBN : 9780393700985 New from $18.40 Format: PDF

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Use of letter-writing in family therapy.

White and Epston base their therapy on the assumption that people experience problems when the stories of their lives, as they or others have invented them, do not sufficiently represent their lived experience. Therapy then becomes a process of storying or restorying the lives and experiences of these people. In this way narrative comes to play a central role in therapy. Both authors share delightful examples of a storied therapy that privileges a person’s lived experience, inviting a reflexive posture and encouraging a sense of authorship and reauthorship of one’s experiences and relationships in the telling and retelling of one’s story.

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• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (May 17, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393700984
• ISBN-13: 978-0393700985
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 5.9 x 8.6 inches
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Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends PDF

This is the book that started the current focus on narrative therapy. There are only four chapters in this book and each explains a large part of narrative counseling. One of the best chapters is on how the process of "externalizing" works. Another good chapter is about how writing letters and making documents for clients can be an effective therapy tool.

Although this book is over ten years old, it is still the first book that someone should read when learning about narrative counseling.

By Geoffrey L Smith

I was surprised to read the other negative reviews of this book. This book is, after all, the text which defined the philisophical underpinning of a new way of looking at expertise in therapy. Yes, much of the book, especially the discussion of Foucault's ideas, is hard going and at times requires a second or even third read. This is not a "how to" book. It is an invitation to a way of thinking about problems and their role in a life. It is a book about the transformative value of conversations, viewpoints and relationship. This book is not for sissies, but it is brilliant. Those who want a "narrative primer" should be able to find one elsewhere. However, they will be skipping the magic of transformative thought. Michael White and David Epston have unleased the power of alternatives for those oppressed by problems and by society. An amazing read!

By A. Jessie Kerr Halls