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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969432403321

Autore

McLeod John <1951->

Titolo

Narrative and psychotherapy / / John McLeod

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, 1997

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Sage Publications, , 1997

ISBN

9781849209489 (ebook) :

9781446233214

1446233219

9781849209489

1849209480

9781283881302

1283881306

9781446265338

1446265331

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 180 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/14

Soggetti

Psychotherapy

Mental illness - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[158]-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Psychotherapy, Culture and Storytelling: How They Fit Together; Chapter 2 - Narrative Knowing: The Nature and Function of Storytelling in Therapy; Chapter 3 - Narrative in Therapy: Psychodynamic Approaches; Chapter 4 - Constructivist Narrative Therapies; Chapter 5 - Narrative Therapy from a Social Constructionist Perspective; Chapter 6 - The Process of Narrative Therapy: Strategies for the Retrieval of Meaning; Chapter 7 - Postmodern Narrative Therapy: A Case Example; Chapter 8 - Reinventing Therapy; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The role and significance of stories in psychotherapy are the subject of this study. The author's principal contention is that all therapies are narrative therapies and that underlying therapy is the telling and retelling of stories.