Informationen zum Autor George W. Burns is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, author, and therapist trainer. He is Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Western Australia and The Hypnotherapy Centre of Western Australia. He has lectured around the world and is an adjunct senior lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He has published several books, including 101 Healing Stories and 101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens (both from Wiley). Klappentext An invitation to observe and learn the therapeutic art of storytelling Healing with Stories brings together a stellar collection of some of the world's most prominent practitioners, taking you inside their thinking and processes for working with metaphors. They represent the panorama of metaphor practice in psychotherapy today with considered, humorous, and compassionate case examples that step you through the intricacies for replicating their work in your own. This is a book for family therapists who work with children, adults, and families, as well as for hypnotherapists, cognitive behavioral therapists, narrative therapists, dynamic therapists, solution-focused therapists, and child therapists. In fact, all therapists who wish to communicate their therapeutic messages with the greatest effectiveness will find this book to be an essential and useful clinical tool. Contributors include: Richard Kopp Julie H. Linden Mikaela J. Hildebrandt Lindsay B. Fletcher Steven C. Hayes Michael D. Yapko Valerie E. Lewis Gregory Smit Joy Nel Christine Perry Joyce C. Mills Rubin Battino Carol A Hicks-Lankton Wendel A. Ray Jana P. Sutton Robert McNeilly Roxanna Erickson-Klein Angela Ebert Hasham Al Musawi Teresa García-Sanchez George W. Burns Praise for Healing with Stories "George Burns has done an expert job of compiling a definitive work that demystifies the ever-versatile metaphor. Whether you are a novice or an expert clinician, you will find a treasury of story interventions along with the 'inside scoop' on how each was created and applied to bring success in nineteen unforgettable case chapters. Better yet, you'll be able to create your own healing metaphors thanks to the expert guidance of a wide range of talented storytellers. Don't miss out on this one!" --Maggie Phillips, PhD, author of Finding the Energy to Heal and coauthor of Healing the Divided Self "If you want to be inspired, entertained, and enlightened, Healing with Stories is the book to read. George Burns, a master storyteller, has assembled a creative, diverse group of clinicians to share their ideas about how metaphor can be used with a variety of problems and clients. The result is a fascinating array of insights into metaphor's role in the healing process." --Richard G. Whiteside, MSW, author of Becoming Dragon Zusammenfassung George W. Burns! the master of therapeutic storytelling! has brought together a group of international therapists to describe why and how they use storytelling in their clinical practice and share specific examples of what metaphors they have successfully used with their clients. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xix What This Book Offers xx The Contributors xxi The Contributions xxii The Structure of This Book xxiii Following Your Gurus: An Opening Story 1 Chapter 1 Metaphor and Therapy: Clarifying Some Confusing Concepts 3 George W. Burns What Is Metaphor? 4 Why Use Metaphors in Therapy? 4 Is Metaphor Therapy or Communication of Therapy? 7 What Type of Metaphor Is That? 9 Are There Times Not to Use Metaphor? 12 References 13An invitation to observe and learn the therapeutic art of storytelling

Healing with Stories brings together a stellar collection of some of the world's most prominent practitioners, taking you inside their thinking and processes for working with metaphors. They represent the panorama of metaphor practice in psychotherapy today with considered, humorous, and compassionate case examples that step you through the intricacies for replicating their work in your own. This is a book for family therapists who work with children, adults, and families, as well as for hypnotherapists, cognitive behavioral therapists, narrative therapists, dynamic therapists, solution-focused therapists, and child therapists. In fact, all therapists who wish to communicate their therapeutic messages with the greatest effectiveness will find this book to be an essential and useful clinical tool.

Contributors include:

• Richard Kopp

• Julie H. Linden

• Mikaela J. Hildebrandt

• Lindsay B. Fletcher

• Steven C. Hayes

• Michael D. Yapko

• Valerie E. Lewis

• Gregory Smit

• Joy Nel

• Christine Perry

• Joyce C. Mills

• Rubin Battino

• Carol A Hicks-Lankton

• Wendel A. Ray

• Jana P. Sutton

• Robert McNeilly

• Roxanna Erickson-Klein

• Angela Ebert

• Hasham Al Musawi

• Teresa García-Sanchez

• George W. Burns

  Praise for Healing with Stories

  "George Burns has done an expert job of compiling a definitive work that demystifies the ever-versatile metaphor. Whether you are a novice or an expert clinician, you will find a treasury of story interventions along with the 'inside scoop' on how each was created and applied to bring success in nineteen unforgettable case chapters. Better yet, you'll be able to create your own healing metaphors thanks to the expert guidance of a wide range of talented storytellers. Don't miss out on this one!"
  --Maggie Phillips, PhD, author of Finding the Energy to Heal and coauthor of Healing the Divided Self

  "If you want to be inspired, entertained, and enlightened, Healing with Stories is the book to read. George Burns, a master storyteller, has assembled a creative, diverse group of clinicians to share their ideas about how metaphor can be used with a variety of problems and clients. The result is a fascinating array of insights into metaphor's role in the healing process."
  --Richard G. Whiteside, MSW, author of Becoming Dragon

  Zusammenfassung
  George W. Burns, the master of therapeutic storytelling, has brought together a group of international therapists to describe why and how they use storytelling in their clinical practice and share specific examples of what metaphors they have successfully used with their clients.

  Inhalt

  Acknowledgments xvii

  Introduction xix

  What This Book Offers xx

  The Contributors xxi

  The Contributions xxii

  The Structure of This Book xxiii

  Following Your Gurus: An Opening Story 1

  Chapter 1 Metaphor and Therapy: Clarifying Some Confusing Concepts 3
  George W. Burns

  What Is Metaphor? 4

  Why Use Metaphors in Therapy? 4

  Is Metaphor Therapy or Communication of Therapy? 7

  What Type of Metaphor Is That? 9

  Are There Times Not to Use Metaphor? 12

  References 13

  Part One IMPROVING MOOD 15

  Chapter 2 The Healing Is Complete: Outcome- Oriented Experiential Metaphors in a Case of Major Depression 17
  George W. Burns

  Contributor's Story 17

  Preview the Chapter 18

  Where to Begin? 19

  What Did Mary Want from Therapy? 20

  What Was Useful to Know about Mary? 21

  What Interventions Were Likely to Help? 22

  What Was the Long- Term Outcome? 27

  References 28

  Chapter 3 An Empty Sadness: Exploring and Transforming Client- Generated Metaphors 30
  Richard R. Kopp

  Contributor's Story 30

  Preview the Chapter 31

  Exploring and Transforming Client- Generated Metaphors 33

  Metaphor Therapy and Diversity 36

  "An Empty Sadness": Case Example #1 37

  "I'm the One Who Blew Up": Case Example #2 39

  Conclusion 42

  References 42

  Chapter 4 And This Little Piggy Stayed Home: Playful Metaphors in Treating Childhood Separation Anxiety 44
  Julie H. Linden

  Contributor's Story 44

  Preview the Chapter 45

  A Clinical Framework 46

  A Family of Porcupines 48

  Play and Playful Therapy 49

  Finding Strengths and Exceptions 50

  A Doll as Meta…