Story Re-Visions: Narrative Therapy in the Postmodern World

by Alan Parry and Robert E. Doan

Book Overview

"Once upon a time, everything was understood through stories....The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said that 'if we possess our why of life we can put up with almost any how.'...Stories always dealt with the why' questions. The answers they gave did not have to be literally true; they only had to satisfy people's curiosity by providing an answer, less for the mind than for the soul." --From Chapter 1
Each of us has a story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089862570X
• ISBN13: 9780898625707
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Clear & Accessible Postmodern Therapy

This book makes a postmodern approach therapy clear and accessible. Using both theory and concrete examples, it lays out how therapists can help their clients re-vision and consciously edit the meanings they experience in their "scripts" of life. Doan and Parry present techniques which can be used with individuals as well as families or groups. Many of their techniques can be used effectively with other styles of therapy. The approach to therapy, presented in this book, empowers the client to consider her/his life story, to notice where others have scripted how they live and how they view their experiences. It provides tools to help clarify where these contstructs are helpful and where the client would like to create his/her new constructs to replace those which no longer serve. Doan & Parry also encourage clients to "give back," to share their experiences with other clients, helping to not only solidify progress, but to encourage those who have not yet made much progress in therapy.

Great Text !

This is the book to begin an inquiryinto narrative therapy. Highly recommended for its compassionate approach to postmodern constructionist ideas. A must have book for therapists.

excellent book

I have not come accross a better book on narrative therapy yet. The authors provide a unique blending of theory and techniques. A must for any therapist who wishes to incorporate postmodernist thinking and narrative in counseling