Morgan, Alice.

What is narrative therapy? : an easy-to-read introduction/ by Alice Morgan. - Adelaide, S. Aust. : Dulwich Centre Publications, 2000. - vi, 136 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

"This book also represents issue #1 of Gecko: a journal ofdeconstruction and narrative ideas in therapeudic practice."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132) and index.

Part one. What is narrative therapy? -- Understanding and living our lives through stories -- Stories in the rapeutic context -- Externalising conversations: naming the problem -- Tracing the history of the problem -- Exploring the effects of the problem -- Situating the problem in context: deconstruction -- Discovering unique outcomes -- Tracing the history and meaning of the unique outcome and naming an alternative story. Part two. Thickening the alternative story -- Re-membering conversations -- Therapeutic documentation -- Therapeutic letters -- Rituals and celebrations -- Expanding the conversation -- Outsider-witness groups and definitional ceremonies.

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Narrative therapy
Graphotherapy
Psychotherapy--Methodology
Deconstruction--Therapeutic use