Healing Stories: The Use of Narrative in Counseling and Psychotherapy [Paperback]

Stanley Krippner (Editor), Michael Bova (Editor), Leslie Gray (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2007

Stanley Krippner and his co-editors Michael Bova and Leslie Gray have brought together a distinguished group of counselors 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. Aimed at clinicians, counselors, psychotherapists and other helping professionals.

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About the Author

Stanley Krippner is a multi-title author and a professor at Saybrook Graduate Institute in San Francisco. He has written or edited 29 volumes, Healing Tales and its companion Healing Stories among them.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Puente Publications (April 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096345014X
• ISBN-13: 978-0963450142
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,086,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)