Explains the theory and practice of Narrative Therapy, great examples and illustrations. Easy to read and great summaries at the of each chapter.
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- Reviewed in Australia on 11 January 2023Format: KindleVerified Purchase
- Reviewed in Australia on 5 November 2020Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
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- TRAVISReviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2023
What is narrative therapy?
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Es un excelente libro que te permite introducir al tema de la doble jornada aunado a una reflexión de los estereotipos.Reviewed in Mexico on 15 January 2025
Excelente
Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase - Panda RReviewed in the United States on 27 October 2023
Not just for therapists! Good intro to the method
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For those who aren't familiar, the Narrative method comes out of Australia and New Zealand. The approach is about collaboration, facilitation, and empowerment of the community member (*not* patient, ever; the term is community member). The entire method is built on breaking down the usual power structures in the mental health field** as much as possible and de-pathologizing everything. People are not problems. Problems are problems.Panda RNot just for therapists! Good intro to the method
Reviewed in the United States on 27 October 2023
(**Not just in mental health. The point is to break power structures everywhere.)
Photos 3 and 4 summarize the base assumptions of the Narrative method far more succinctly than I can, so I won't repeat them here.
What I will say is this approach is the most respectful, non-authoritative, and effective therapeutic method I have encountered in my life (and I've been through a lot of therapy with a lot of methods). What makes the difference for me: the Narrative approach explicitly includes culture, systemic oppression, marginalization, and how they create problems and circumstances that are truly out of the community member's control. Those things are already accepted as fact and discussed freely.
I picked this up on recommendation from my Narrative therapist. The subheading of the book is "An easy to read introduction." It delivers on that. It's well organized and is indeed easy to read. It's a practical guide, not a theoretical discussion. The author includes a number of conversations and case studies that demonstrate how narrative techniques can be used and when they are more likely to be effective.
There is just enough depth to make the Narrative concepts clear and to show why certain actions are taken -- without getting into the philosophical weeds. It's good. Very good. Since reading it, I have a better understanding of what the Narrative approach looks like. I'm already incorporating elements of it into my work.
My only real criticism is a lack of clarity about who the speaker is when including some of the anecdotes. This is mainly in the latter half of the book, I think. Is it the author? Is it someone else? The pronouns get weird and it's not clear how many people are present. At one point I realized an anecdote was from a multi-person event told by another person rather than a one-on-one event the author facilitated. That wasn't clear.
I still give it 5 stars. The content is worth the read even with the confusion about the speaker. (Since I've mentioned that here, now you know to expect it.)
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- SRHReviewed in Canada on 18 March 2023
Easy to access summary
Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase - genuineknitsReviewed in Canada on 14 December 2017
Good book
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