Narrative Therapy / Edition 2

by Martin Payne

Overview

Drawing on the ideas of Michael White and David Epston, this fully revised, extended and updated Second Edition incorporates the progression of their thinking over the past five years and introduces developments initiated by other narrative therapists worldwide. New material has been added around counseling for post-traumatic reactions, couples conflict and a sense of personal failure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412920131
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/03/2006
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Martin Payne is an independent counsellor working mainly in GP surgeries. During his previous career in Further and Adult Education he found his work was increasingly focussed on assisting students who were experiencing problems in their lives. He trained in counselling at Colchester Institute of Higher Education and gained their Diploma in Counselling. He has completed Intensive Training in Narrative Therapy with Michael White in Adelaide, South Australia, and is the author of Narrative Therapy: an Introduction for Counsellors (Sage Publications: Second edition, 2006).

Table of Contents

Foreword by John Mc Leod
An Overview of Narrative Therapy
Ideas Informing Narrative Therapy
Assisting the Person to Describe the Problem
Encouraging a Wider Perspective on the Problem
Asking Questions
Therapeutic Documents
Telling and Re-Telling
Examples of Narrative Practice I: Counselling for Depression, and for Recovery from Abuse
A Fresh Look at Assumptions in the Therapy Culture
Examples of Narrative Practice II: Counselling for Post-Traumatic Reactions, and in Working with Couples
Appendix: An Exercise in Co-Supervision Using Narrative Therapy Practices

Editorial Reviews

Comments on the first edition:

'On reading Martin Payne's account I instantly had a sense of being understood. I found this particularly refreshing, as so much that is written in the name of narrative therapy doesn't at all fit with my understanding of its philosophical, ethical and political considerations. He has succeeded in representing his own voice in this, which really makes for engaging reading and accessibility of these ideas' - Michael White

'There is much here which feels of immediate relevance to the stories our patients tell us every day ... this is a wonderfully supportive and stimulating book' - Family Practice

'As a practitioner I found this book a good review of the area and most usefully, of the theory which underpins it' - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

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