Healing Stories: The Use of Narrative in Counseling and Psychotherapy

Stanley Krippner and his co-editors Michael Bova and Leslie Gray have brought together a distinguished group of counsellors and psychotherapists who have incorporated the use of story telling and personal mythology into their practices. With an introduction by Susan Powers, chapters have been penned by such well-known clinicians as David Feinstein, Susan Schwartz, Corydon Hammond, Alan E. Stewart, Arthur Frank, Rachel Remen, Robert Rosenbaum and Harold Ellis. The approach to narrative ranges from personal mythology to action therapy to the use of drama and writing, to the importance of narrative in promoting healing in deep illness, and more. This book is aimed at clinicians, counsellors, psychotherapists and other helping professionals.