| Description |
xvii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
pt. I. Playful communication. Playful communication in family therapy -- Getting to know the child apart from the problem -- Stories of hope -- Parents in child-inclusive family therapy -- Thinning the plot, thickening the counterplot -- Building a narrative through letters -- Publishing the news -- pt. II. Playful means. Therapies of aesthetic as well as literary merit -- Unlicensed co-therapists -- Weird and special abilities -- Family politics in action -- An imagination of one's own -- pt. III. Playful stories. Jonathon: "I have overcome that much and I don't think I'll be able to go back" -- Tony: "The spiritual boy is fine" -- Jason: "I'm lighting my own lantern now" -- Sophia: "I won't make a place for you in my heart, but I'll make a place for you in my skin" -- Terry: "So after a long time in horror I live in peace again" -- Concluding thoughts. |
| Note |
"A Norton professional book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-309) and index. |
| Subject |
Narrative therapy.
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Child psychotherapy.
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Family psychotherapy.
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Metaphor -- Therapeutic use.
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Fantasy -- Therapeutic use.
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| Added Author |
Epston, David.
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Lobovits, Dean.
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| ISBN |
0393702294 |
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