Burns Healing with Stories

Your Casebook Collection for Using Therapeutic Metaphors
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-470-11841-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

An invitation to observe and learn the therapeutic art ofstorytelling
Healing with Stories brings together a stellar collection of someof the world's most prominent practitioners, taking you insidetheir thinking and processes for working with metaphors. Theyrepresent the panorama of metaphor practice in psychotherapy todaywith considered, humorous, and compassionate case examples thatstep you through the intricacies for replicating their work in yourown. This is a book for family therapists who work with children,adults, and families, as well as for hypnotherapists, cognitivebehavioral therapists, narrative therapists, dynamic therapists,solution-focused therapists, and child therapists. In fact, alltherapists who wish to communicate their therapeutic messages withthe greatest effectiveness will find this book to be an essentialand useful clinical tool.
Contributors include:
* Richard Kopp
* Julie H. Linden
* Mikaela J. Hildebrandt
* Lindsay B. Fletcher
* Steven C. Hayes
* Michael D. Yapko
* Valerie E. Lewis
* Gregory Smit
* Joy Nel
* Christine Perry
* Joyce C. Mills
* Rubin Battino
* Carol A Hicks-Lankton
* Wendel A. Ray
* Jana P. Sutton
* Robert McNeilly
* Roxanna Erickson-Klein
* Angela Ebert
* Hasham Al Musawi
* Teresa Garcia-Sanchez
* George W. Burns
Praise for Healing with Stories
"George Burns has done an expert job of compiling a definitive workthat demystifies the ever-versatile metaphor. Whether you are anovice or an expert clinician, you will find a treasury of storyinterventions along with the 'inside scoop' on how each was createdand applied to bring success in nineteen unforgettable casechapters. Better yet, you'll be able to create your own healingmetaphors thanks to the expert guidance of a wide range of talentedstorytellers. Don't miss out on this one!"
--Maggie Phillips, PhD, author of Finding the Energy to Heal andcoauthor of Healing the Divided Self
"If you want to be inspired, entertained, and enlightened, Healingwith Stories is the book to read. George Burns, a masterstoryteller, has assembled a creative, diverse group of cliniciansto share their ideas about how metaphor can be used with a varietyof problems and clients. The result is a fascinating array ofinsights into metaphor's role in the healing process."
--Richard G. Whiteside, MSW, author of Becoming Dragon

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burns, George W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
What This Book Offers.
The Contributors.
The Contributions.
The Structure of This Book.
Following Your Gurus: An Opening Story.
Chapter 1 Metaphor and Therapy: Clarifying Some ConfusingConcepts.
PART ONE IMPROVING MOOD.
Chapter 2 The Healing Is Complete: Outcome- OrientedExperiential Metaphors in a Case of Major Depression.
Chapter 3 An Empty Sadness: Exploring and Transforming Client-Generated Metaphors.
Chapter 4 And This Little Piggy Stayed Home: Playful Metaphorsin Treating Childhood Separation Anxiety.
Chapter 5 Climbing Anxiety Mountain: Generating Metaphors inAcceptance and Commitment Therapy.
PART TWO BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS.
Chapter 6 The Case of Carol: Empowering Decision- Making throughMetaphor and Hypnosis.
Chapter 7 The Woman Who Wanted to Lie on the Floor: A SocialConstructionist Use of Metaphor in a Tale of Two Clients.
Chapter 8 Trekking to Happiness--No Sherpa Required: AUtilization Approach to Transcending an Abusive Relationship.
Chapter 9 And the Two Snakes Fought: Storybook Therapy to HelpDeal with the Divorce Monster.
PART THREE CHANGING PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR.
Chapter 10 Under Fire: Refl ection and Metaphor in NarrativeTherapy.
Chapter 11 The Door Is Open, the Bird Can Fly: Merging Therapistand Client Metaphors in Child Therapy.
Chapter 12 Everyone's Life Is a Story: Guided Metaphor inChanging Global Lifestyle.
Chapter 13 Scared Speechless: Goal- Oriented and MultipleEmbedded Metaphors in a Case of Psychogenic Dysphonia.
PART FOUR ENHANCING HEALTH AND WELL- BEING.
Chapter 14 Scareless Ghost, Painless Pasta: Kids' OwnStories as Therapeutic Metaphor.
Chapter 15 Befriending Your Problems: Metaphor with a Self-Mutilating Young Woman in Transition.
Chapter 16 Night, Night, Sleep Tight, Don't Let the SharksBite: "What's Missing?" in Metaphors.
Chapter 17 The Metaphor That Sang Its Own Sad Song: TherapeuticStorytelling in Pediatric Hospice Care.
PART FIVE DEVELOPING LIFE SKILLS.
Chapter 18 Reclaiming Poise after Persecution: Client- BasedCultural Stories in Trauma Therapy.
Chapter 19 Of Goths, Fairies, Dragons, and CBT: Joining theClient's World with an Evidence- Based Metaphor.
Chapter 20 That's Not a Problem: Metaphor with aDisruptive Client in Ericksonian Group Therapy.
Using Your Loaf: A Concluding Story.
Reference.
Resource Section.
Further Reading Resources.
Contributors' Favorite Metaphor Books.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

George W. Burns is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, author, and therapist trainer. He is Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Western Australia and The Hypnotherapy Centre of Western Australia. He has lectured around the world and is an adjunct senior lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He has published several books, including 101 Healing Stories and 101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens (both from Wiley).