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Connecting with Kids through Stories is an accessible guide to Family Attachment Narrative Therapy for the parents of adopted or fostered children, and for the professionals who work with them. This book provides a thorough theoretical grounding, and detailed information on therapeutic techniques and how to assess progress. more »
2005, Paperback: £12.95/ $19.95Keywords: adoption, challenging behaviour, child development, child protection, families, fostering, parenting, social stories, storymaking
This unique and comprehensive 'map' of the topic of creative writing in health and social care brings together contributions from health and social care professionals and provides the information needed to teach, counsel and write. Case studies range from work with pre-literate children in post-war Macedonia to people with dementia in Britain. more »
2004, Paperback: £19.95/ $36.95Keywords: creative writing as therapy, health care, poetry, social care, social work, storymaking
Molly Salans has been a storyteller for many years, visiting children who have depression, ADHD and behavioral problems caused by poverty, absent fathers, depressed mothers, run-down schools and violence. Describing her therapy sessions as they happened, = Salans puts the children in the context of their lives and recounts her sessions. more »
2004, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95Keywords: ADHD, challenging behaviour, child psychology, children, counselling, storymaking
Written to help bereaved children, this book enables them to heal themselves by reading fiction, a process termed bibliotherapy. Eileen Jones demonstrates how a well-chosen book can offer a personal encounter with characters who may have experienced similar emotions and how books can be read again and again to provide extended therapy for children. more »
2001, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95Keywords: bereavement, child psychiatry, counselling, interdisciplinary arts therapies, psychotherapy, social work, storymaking
Paula Crimmens shows that working with older people can be made exciting and stimulating by using storymaking as a basis. Echoing the oral tradition of mankind, the book shows how to use a variety of traditional stories - including myths, folk tales and fairy stories - to work creatively with older people, particularly in groups. more »
1997, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95Keywords: group psychotherapy, older people, person-centred, storymaking
With a strong emphasis on working in group settings, this book develops both the theory and practice of storymaking, enlivened by many examples from various cultures in which Gersie has worked. The author reflects on the dynamics of the storytelling process and explores the common experiences and attitudes which emerge in story work. more »
1997, Paperback: £22.99/ $42.95Keywords: counselling, dramatherapy, group psychotherapy, psychodrama, psychotherapy, storymaking, therapeutic communities
Ann Cattanach extends her acclaimed earlier published work to explore further the therapeutic value of story-making with children. Incorporating stories from children and authors, the book examines the common themes and metaphors that emerge, the purpose of stories, and the communication that they can engender between the therapist and the child. more »
1997, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95Keywords: child development, child psychiatry, child psychology, communication, counselling, play therapy, special education, storymaking
In this book the author reflects on the processes of grief and more than 50 folk tales are included. The ancient stories vividly convey mankind's struggle with death and loss, the despair and hope, with bitterness and love. The use of stories in therapy is explained, specifically bereavement counselling through storymaking. more »
1992, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95Keywords: bereavement, counselling, palliative care, storymaking
This book contains myths and tales from all over the world which are grouped around seven themes. The authors suggest ways in which these myths and tales can be used to develop our imagination's unique voice through educational and therapeutic encounter, and how this expression can be communicated to others who are engaged in the same task. more »
1989, Paperback: £27.50/ $43.95Keywords: counselling, dramatherapy, education, psychodrama, psychotherapy, storymaking
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