Therapeutic storytelling revisited.
This article (a) relates the many beneficial features that employing stories in psychotherapy can have, (b) offers guidelines for presenting, clarifying, and applying them to patients' unique situations, and (c) presents a sample of therapeutic stories that may be used with a variety of patients. The work is intended to build upon, and is heavily indebted to, the work of many previous authors in the tradition of therapeutic storytelling.
Bergner
Raymond M
RM
Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4620, USA. rmbergn@ilstu.edu
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D033262:Narration; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013060:Speech; D014705:Verbal Behavior