101 Healing Stories: Using Metaphors in Therapy

by George W. Burns

Using folktales and other metaphoric stories can aid the healing process

Just as stories have the power to enrich our lives, shape the way we perceive and interact with the world, and reveal the wonders of the human spirit, so too can they play an important and potent role in therapy-helping people develop the skills to cope with and survive a myriad of life situations. 101 Healing Stories celebrates the rewards of using parables, fables, and metaphors in therapy as a nonthreatening means to help clients discuss problems and consider possible solutions.

George W. Burns examines the healing value of using metaphors in therapy and provides 101 inspirational story ideas that therapists can adapt to share with clients for effecting change. He explains how to tell stories that engage the client, how to make them metaphoric, and where to find sources for such tales. Burns also shows readers how to build stories from personal experiences or their own imagination to use in session, making this thoughtful book an especially creative therapeutic tool.

Contains 101 stories grouped by desired therapeutic outcome, highlighting each story's applicability to a variety of presenting problems

Offers talking points for therapists such as speci?c insights, outcomes, or skills that are illustrated by the stories

Features shaded tabs that index stories by therapeutic outcome for easy reference and selection

Genres: Psychology

290 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 10, 2007

Reviews

[Elodie]

A great book. Really helpful stories abd well explained when to use them and how. My only issue is that some of the stories were very lengthy and detailed and I’d like some just really short to remember off the top of your head and avoid reading by script

[Sinta Zaiyan]

Seperti yang dikatakan pada bagian 'Catatan Akhir dari Penerbit' buku ini sebenarnya ditujukan untuk para terapi. Meski begitu, ada bagian-bagian yang bisa dibaca untuk kalangan umum, terutama 101 kisah yang dianggap penulis dapat menjadi media penyembuh bagi pendengarnya. Saya katakan pendengar, dan bukan pembaca, karena menurut penulis, cerita-cerita ini lebih bertujuan untuk diperdengarkan dengan cara dan gaya yang fleksibel.

Kalau dilihat-lihat isinya, buku ini memang lebih cocok untuk para psikolog, makanya ada beberapa bagian yang saya lewati karena dengan membacanya malah membuat lebih bingung, terutama bab ketiga dan ciri-ciri terapeutik yang ada di setiap awal cerita. Saya hanya membaca bagian kisah-kisah yang sebagian besar ternyata saya suka. Cukup banyak yang bisa diambil dari kisah yang disampaikan penulis, tidak hanya berbentuk cerita keluarga, pengalaman terapi, tapi juga dongeng dan metafora.

[Ade]

awesome book! This book told us about how to approach ourselves and the others with simple-deep stories. Must read!

[Isa Demirtas]

Especially I liked the story of two monks.

[Ana]

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[Tg]

Terrific book using imagery and tales to address Psychological problems, like Anxiety, Guilt, frustration, and being stuck to name a few; The Beauty of this book is the medicine is so intricately woven into the tales, that you cannot help but be mesmerized by the tales. My favorite tales were "Every Road leads to Rome", and "Climb Every Mountain". In Climb every Mountain he masterfully takes us on a Mountain Expedition to the Himalayas with Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay--There we battle subfreezing temperatures, setbacks, lack of Oxygen, Hospitalizations, Deaths of Guides to reach the place where even "No birds can fly". After 7 years and 18 attempts and a whole host of setbacks and Health Issues we get to share in the "Exhilaration" of reaching the Summit, and the Place where "No place birds can fly firmly etched in our brains ".

Masterful Book----Similar in effect to "And my voice will go with you " by Dr. Sidney Rosen