Lc Classification Number
Rj505.S75.N37 1997
Reviews
"This wide-ranging book features postmodern ideas and innovative interviewing methods....The working contexts range from schools, playrooms, offices, and clinics to family homes and group homes. The book is simply full of creative variations in narrative practice! But other methods like the use of drama, art, home support, and the collaborative language systems approach are also included. A gratifying theme throughout is the consistent commitment to honoring and respecting the actual experiences of the young people with whom we work." --Karl Tomm, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Calgary "In this book readers will find many wonderfully creative expressions of collaborative/narrative approaches to problems experienced in childhood and adolescence. The chapters are framed by a thoughtful and informative introduction that addresses many of the questions that are often asked about the tradition of thought and practice that informs these collaborative/narrative approaches. There is something for everyone in this book." --Michael White, BASW, Dulwich Centre, Adelaide, South Australia "Smith and Nylund have compiled a collection of hopeful, exciting approaches to working with children that is as diverse as the problems that children and their families bring to therapy. Each chapter is unique, but the approaches are joined together by the spirit of possibility, respect, and collaboration that suffuses them all." --Bill O'Hanlon, MS, "The text is chock full of inventive examples of clinical work....The book is ground-breaking in being the first narratively informed collection to focus on countering problems that capture adolescents-anorexia, depression, substance misuse and attentional differences among them-and should stand as a landmark contribution in the years to come. I would recommend this book to clinicians working with youth and their families and seeking fresh ideas. It will be especially useful to those whose emerging curiosity about narrative has not yet connected with any compelling or rewarding resources." --Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health, "Chock-full of inventive examples of clinical work....[This book] is ground-breaking in being the first narratively informed collection to focus on countering problems that capture adolescents--anorexia, depression, substance misuse and attentional differences among them--and should stand as a landmark contribution in the years to come."--Readings, "The text is chock full of inventive examples of clinical work....The book is ground-breaking in being the first narratively informed collection to focus on countering problems that capture adolescents--anorexia, depression, substance misuse, and attentional differences among them--and should stand as a landmark contribution int he years to come....I would recommend this book to clinicians working with youth and their families and seeking fresh ideas. It will be especially useful to those whose emerging curiosity about narrative has not yet connected with any compelling or rewarding resources." --Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health, Chock-full of inventive examples of clinical work....[This book] is ground-breaking in being the first narratively informed collection to focus on countering problems that capture adolescentsanorexia, depression, substance misuse and attentional differences among themand should stand as a landmark contribution in the years to come.
Table of Content
Foreword, Griffith 1. Introduction: Comparing Traditional Therapies with Narrative Approaches, Smith 2. "I am a Bear": Discovering Discoveries, Epston 3. "Catching the Little Fish": Therapy Utilizing Narrative, Drama, and Dramatic Play with Young Children, Barragar-Dunne 4. Narrative Therapy and Family Support: Strengthening the Mother's Voice in Working with Families with Infants and Toddlers, Sax 5. Lists, Freedman and Combs 6. Miserere Nobis: A Choir of Small and Big Voices in Despair, Andersen 7. Destination Grump Station--Getting Off the Grump Bus, Lobovits and Freeman 8. Listening with Your "Heart Ears" and Other Ways Young People Can Escape the Effects of Sexual Abuse, Adams-Westcott and Dobbins 9. From Imposition to Collaboration: Generating Stories of Competence, Stacey 10. Collaborative Conversations with Children: Country Clothes and City Clothes, Anderson and Levin 11. Attention Deficit Disorders: Therapy with a Shoddily Built Construct, Law 12. From "Cold Care" to "Warm Care": Challenging the Discourses of Mothers and Adolescents, Weingarten 13. Re-Considering Memory: Re-Remembering Lost Identities Back toward Re-Membered Selves, Madigan 14. Voices of Political Resistance: Young Women's Co-Research on Anti-Depression, Nylund and Ceske 15. Sex, Drugs, and Postmodern Therapy: A Teen Finds Her Voice, Hicks 16. Re-Authoring Problem Identities: Small Victories with Young Persons Captured by Substance Misuse, Sanders 17. Tales Told Out of School, Berndt, Dickerson, and Zimmerman
Copyright Date
1997
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Social Work, Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent, Psychiatry / Child & Adolescent
Lccn
97-035905
Dewey Decimal
618.92/8914
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Psychology, Medical, Social Science
