Stories we've heard, stories we've told : life-changing narratives in therapy and everyday life

Stories we've heard, stories we've told : life-changing narratives in therapy and everyday life / Jeffrey A. Kottler.

This is a book that integrates what is known from a wide variety of disciplines about the nature of storytelling and how it influences and transforms people''s lives. Drawing on material from the humanities, sociology, anthropology, neurophysiology, media and communication studies, narrati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kottler, Jeffrey A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Narrative therapy.
Psychotherapy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Narrative therapy
Psychotherapy
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Stories We've Heard, Stories We've Told; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Personal Introduction; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1. Storytelling in Therapy-and Everyday Life; 2. The Power and Influence of Stories; 3. The Storied Brain; 4. Cultural Visions and Variations of Storytelling; 5. Stories of Change in Media, Entertainment, and Everyday Life; 6. Personal Narratives and Storied Identities; 7. Disordered Stories in Trauma and Emotional Struggles; 8. Therapeutic Value of Stories in Creating Change; 9. Types of Stories in Therapeutic Relationships.
  • 10. Between Truth and Lies in the Stories That People Share11. Creating More Powerful Stories; 12. Beyond Stories; References; Index.

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