Reviews
"The growing interest in constructivist approaches, nontraditional approaches towards research, and specifically narrative as an organizing concept makes it an extremely timely book. The contributors look like a who’s who in the area . . . . a well planned book, with the right organization and the right people." , "The growing interest in constructivist approaches, nontraditional approaches towards research, and specifically narrative as an organizing concept makes it an extremely timely book. The contributors look like a who'e(tm)s who in the area . . . . a well planned book, with the right organization and the right people." , As no other volume brings together original contributions in narrative and psychotherapy from practitioners, researchers, theoreticians from around the world, the Handbook of Narrative and Psychotherapy should be purchased by libraries that support the education, practice, and research of professionals in the 'helping' sciences., Overall, clinicians will find this book valuable because they will be introduced to different approaches to using narrative ideas in therapy, with sufficient detail and case history material to make the ideas come alive. Theoreticians will get sophisticated discussions of the nature of narrative as it relates to the nature of the person, personality development, and personality change. And finally, researchers will get 'state of the field' knowledge of narrative research on therapy and narrative methods for doing research. Overall, this is an important and exciting book on a hot topic, filled with new ideas, sophisticated research, and case examples. If you wanted to know about this important development in the field of psychology in general, and psychotherapy in particular, this is the place to come., With an excellent cast of characters, both new and old, Angus and McLeods ambitious anthology of current thought on narrative and therapy bridges the generations of scholars and therapists within this tradition, creating a lively community of the widely varying voices. Narrative is a truly integrative element of psychotherapy, applying with equal force to cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, experiential and family systems approaches. As such, this book successfully lays out the newly emergent approach, and points out new opportunities for integration at the levels of both theory and practice, with implications that reach far beyond clinical assessment and treatment, to the nature of self and culture. This book maps the territory of narrative and psychotherapy for the next generation of therapeutic narratologists., Overall, clinicians will find this book valuable because they will be introduced to different approaches to using narrative ideas in therapy, with sufficient detail and case history material to make the ideas come alive. Theoreticians will get sophisticated discussions of the nature of narrative as it relates to the nature of the person, personality development, and personality change. And finally, researchers will get ‘state of the field’ knowledge of narrative research on therapy and narrative methods for doing research. Overall, this is an important and exciting book on a hot topic, filled with new ideas, sophisticated research, and case examples. If you wanted to know about this important development in the field of psychology in general, and psychotherapy in particular, this is the place to come., "This volume is an extremely valuable resource. It tells the fascinating story of the centrality of storying in human lives and their counsel 'e" including the history of the narrative turn in psychology and the newest developments in theory and research. I recommend it most highly.", "With an excellent cast of characters, both new and old, Angus and McLeod's ambitious anthology of current thought on narrative and therapy bridges the generations of scholars and therapists within this tradition, creating a lively community of the widely varying voices. Narrative is a truly integrative element of psychotherapy, applying with equal force to cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, experiential and family systems approaches. As such, this book successfully lays out the newly emergent approach, and points out new opportunities for integration at the levels of both theory and practice, with implications that reach far beyond clinical assessment and treatment, to the nature of self and culture. This book maps the territory of narrative and psychotherapy for the next generation of therapeutic narratologists." & , The growing interest in constructivist approaches, nontraditional approaches towards research, and specifically narrative as an organizing concept makes it an extremely timely book. The contributors look like a who's who in the area . . . . a well planned book, with the right organization and the right people., This volume is an extremely valuable resource. It tells the fascinating story of the centrality of storying in human lives and their counsel — including the history of the narrative turn in psychology and the newest developments in theory and research. I recommend it most highly., This volume is an extremely valuable resource. It tells the fascinating story of the centrality of storying in human lives and their counsel - including the history of the narrative turn in psychology and the newest developments in theory and research. I recommend it most highly., "This volume is an extremely valuable resource. It tells the fascinating story of the centrality of storying in human lives and their counsel e" including the history of the narrative turn in psychology and the newest developments in theory and research. I recommend it most highly.", "With an excellent cast of characters, both new and old, Angus and McLeod's ambitious anthology of current thought on narrative and therapy bridges the generations of scholars and therapists within this tradition, creating a lively community of the widely varying voices. Narrative is a truly integrative element of psychotherapy, applying with equal force to cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, experiential and family systems approaches. As such, this book successfully lays out the newly emergent approach, and points out new opportunities for integration at the levels of both theory and practice, with implications that reach far beyond clinical assessment and treatment, to the nature of self and culture. This book maps the territory of narrative and psychotherapy for the next generation of therapeutic narratologists." , This volume is an extremely valuable resource. It tells the fascinating story of the centrality of storying in human lives and their counsel -- including the history of the narrative turn in psychology and the newest developments in theory and research. I recommend it most highly., "The growing interest in constructivist approaches, nontraditional approaches towards research, and specifically narrative as an organizing concept makes it an extremely timely book. The contributors look like a who "s who in the area . . . . a well planned book, with the right organization and the right people." & , Overall, clinicians will find this book valuable because they will be introduced to different approaches to using narrative ideas in therapy, with sufficient detail and case history material to make the ideas come alive. Theoreticians will get sophisticated discussions of the nature of narrative as it relates to the nature of the person, personality development, and personality change. And finally, researchers will get 'e~state of the field'e(tm) knowledge of narrative research on therapy and narrative methods for doing research. Overall, this is an important and exciting book on a hot topic, filled with new ideas, sophisticated research, and case examples. If you wanted to know about this important development in the field of psychology in general, and psychotherapy in particular, this is the place to come., "The growing interest in constructivist approaches, nontraditional approaches towards research, and specifically narrative as an organizing concept makes it an extremely timely book. The contributors look like a who's who in the area . . . . a well planned book, with the right organization and the right people." , Overall, clinicians will find this book valuable because they will be introduced to different approaches to using narrative ideas in therapy, with sufficient detail and case history material to make the ideas come alive. Theoreticians will get sophisticated discussions of the nature of narrative as it relates to the nature of the person, personality development, and personality change. And finally, researchers will get e~state of the fielde(tm) knowledge of narrative research on therapy and narrative methods for doing research. Overall, this is an important and exciting book on a hot topic, filled with new ideas, sophisticated research, and case examples. If you wanted to know about this important development in the field of psychology in general, and psychotherapy in particular, this is the place to come., "Overall, clinicians will find this book valuable because they will be introduced to different approaches to using narrative ideas in therapy, with sufficient detail and case history material to make the ideas come alive. Theoreticians will get sophisticated discussions of the nature of narrative as it relates to the nature of the person, personality development, and personality change. And finally, researchers will get state of the field " knowledge of narrative research on therapy and narrative methods for doing research. Overall, this is an important and exciting book on a hot topic, filled with new ideas, sophisticated research, and case examples. If you wanted to know about this important development in the field of psychology in general, and psychotherapy in particular, this is the place to come.", The growing interest in constructivist approaches, nontraditional approaches towards research, and specifically narrative as an organizing concept makes it an extremely timely book. The contributors look like a whoe(tm)s who in the area . . . . a well planned book, with the right organization and the right people., With an excellent cast of characters, both new and old, Angus and McLeod's ambitious anthology of current thought on narrative and therapy bridges the generations of scholars and therapists within this tradition, creating a lively community of the widely varying voices. Narrative is a truly integrative element of psychotherapy, applying with equal force to cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, experiential and family systems approaches. As such, this book successfully lays out the newly emergent approach, and points out new opportunities for integration at the levels of both theory and practice, with implications that reach far beyond clinical assessment and treatment, to the nature of self and culture. This book maps the territory of narrative and psychotherapy for the next generation of therapeutic narratologists.
Table of Content
Preface, by Lynne Angus & John McLeodPART ONE. THE NARRATIVE TURN: WHY STORIES MATTER IN PSYCHOTHERAPY1. The Narrative Creation of Self, by Jerome Bruner2. Folk Psychology & Narrative Practices, by Michael White3. Narrative Therapy & Postmodernism, by Donald PolkinghornePART TWO. WORKING WITH NARRATIVE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY4. The CCRT Approach to Working with Patient Narratives in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, by Howard Book5. "Whats the Story?" Working with Narrative in Experimental Psychotherapy, by Lynne Angus, Jennifer Lewin, Beverly Bowes-Bouffard, & Debra Rotondi-Trevisan6. Nurturing Nature: Cognitive Narrative Strategies, by Oscar Goncalves, Margarida Henriques, & Paulo Machado7. Working with Narrative in Psychotherapy: A Relational Constructivist Approach, by Luis Botella, Olga Herrero, Meritxell Pacheco, & Sergei Corbella8. A Poststructuralist Approach to Narrative Work, by Gene Combs & Jill FreedmanPART THREE. NARRATIVE IDENTITY & SELF-MULTIPLICITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY9. Narrative Identity & Narrative Therapy, by Dan McAdams10. The Innovation of Self-Narrative: A Dialogical Approach, by Hubert Hermans11. Assimilation & Narrative: Stories as Meaning Bridges, by Katerine Osatuke, Meredith Glick, Michael Gray, DArcy Reynolds, Jr., Carol Humphreys, Lisa Salvi, & William Stiles12. Minding Our Therapeutic Tales: Treatments in Perspectivism, by Robert Russell & Fred B. BryantPART FOUR. NARRATIVE ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY13. Self-defining Memories, Narrative Identity & Psychotherapy: A Conceptual Model, Empirical Investigation & Case Report, by Jefferson Singer & Pavel Blagov14. The Narrative Assessment Interview: Assessing Self-change in Psychotherapy, by Karen Hardtke & Lynne Angus15. Disorganized Narratives: The Psychological Condition & Its Treatment, by Giancarlo Dimaggio & Antonio Semerari16. Story Dramaturgy & Personal Conflict: JAKOB - A Tool for Narrative Understanding & Psychotherapeutic Pratice, by Brigitte Boothe & Agnes von WylPART FIVE. EMERGING TRENDS & FUTURE DIRECTIONS17. Narrative Activity: Clients & Therapists Intentions in the Process of Narration in Psychotherapy, by Heidi M. Levitt & David L. Rennie18. "To Tell My Story": Configuring Interpersonal Relations with Narrative Processes, by Timothy Anderson19. The Contributions of Emotion Processes to Narrative Change in Psychotherapy: A Dialectical Constructivist Approach, by Leslie Greenberg & Lynne Angus20. Social Constuctionism, Narrative, & Psychotherapy, by John McLeod21. Towards an Integrative Framework for Understanding the Role of Narrative in the Psychotherapy Process, by Lynne Angus & John McLeod
