Healing with Stories	7
	Contents	11
	Acknowledgments	19
	Introduction	21
	WHAT THIS BOOK OFFERS	22
	THE CONTRIBUTORS	23
	THE CONTRIBUTIONS	24
	THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK	25
	Following Your Gurus	27
	Chapter 1: Metaphor and Therapy	29
	WHAT IS METAPHOR?	30
	WHY USE METAPHORS IN THERAPY?	30
	IS METAPHOR THERAPY OR COMMUNICATION OF THERAPY?	33
	WHAT TYPE OF METAPHOR IS THAT?	35
	ARE THERE TIMES NOT TO USE METAPHOR?	38
	Chapter 2: The Healing Is Complete	43
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	43
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	44
	WHERE TO BEGIN?	45
	WHAT DID MARY WANT FROM THERAPY?	46
	WHAT WAS USEFUL TO KNOW ABOUT MARY?	47
	WHAT INTERVENTIONS WERE LIKELY TO HELP?	48
	WHAT WAS THE LONG-TERM OUTCOME?	53
	Chapter 3: An Empty Sadness	56
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	56
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	57
	EXPLORING AND TRANSFORMING CLIENT-GENERATED METAPHORS: THEORY AND TECHNIQUE	59
	METAPHOR THERAPY AND DIVERSITY	62
	“AN EMPTY SADNESS”: CASE EXAMPLE #1	63
	“I’M THE ONE WHO BLEW UP”: CASE EXAMPLE #2	65
	CONCLUSION	68
	Chapter 4: And This Little Piggy Stayed Home	70
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	70
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	71
	A CLINICAL FRAMEWORK	72
	A FAMILY OF PORCUPINES	74
	PLAY AND PLAYFUL THERAPY	75
	FINDING STRENGTHS AND EXCEPTIONS	76
	A DOLL AS METAPHOR AND COTHERAPIST	78
	“THANK YOU, M”	79
	A POSTSCRIPT	79
	Chapter 5: Climbing Anxiety Mountain	81
	CONTRIBUTORS’ STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	81
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	82
	DEFINING THE PROBLEM	83
	THE FUNCTION OF METAPHOR IN ACT	84
	THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP	85
	GENERATING ACT-CONSISTENT METAPHORS	86
	CASE OUTCOME	90
	Chapter 6: The Case of Carol	93
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	93
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	94
	THE CONTEXT OF THE SESSION	95
	INTERVIEWING CAROL: DETERMINING GOALS AND ASSESSING RESOURCES	95
	WHY USE METAPHOR IN CAROL’S CASE?	96
	GENERAL POINTS ABOUT HYPNOSIS, INDIRECT SUGGESTION, AND METAPHOR	96
	IDENTIFYING GOALS OF TREATMENT	98
	CAROL’S RESOURCES	99
	HYPNOSIS AND DELIVERING THE METAPHOR TO CAROL	100
	SESSION FOLLOW-UP	102
	FINAL COMMENTS	103
	Chapter 7: The Woman Who Wanted to Lie on the Floor	105
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	105
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	106
	A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST USE OF METAPHOR	107
	REINA’S TALE	108
	SHARING CLIENT STORIES	112
	MARGRIT’S MESSAGE FOR REINA	113
	REINA AND MARGRIT’S MESSAGE FOR US	114
	Chapter 8: Trekking to Happiness—No Sherpa Required	115
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	115
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	116
	SEARCHING FOR RESOURCES	117
	PLANNING THE DIRECTION OF TREATMENT	119
	DEFINING THE THERAPEUTIC AND METAPHORIC OBJECTIVES	120
	PLANNING THE STEPS FOR A METAPHOR INTERVENTION	121
	BEGINNING THE TREK	122
	OFFERING MORE THAN A METAPHOR	123
	LEARNING FROM AN EXPERIENCE	124
	Chapter 9: And the Two Snakes Fought	126
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	126
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	127
	NARRATIVE AS “STORYBOOK THERAPY”	128
	THE PROCESSES OF STORYBOOK THERAPY	129
	LISTENING TO THE PROBLEM-SATURATED STORY	129
	REAUTHORING AND STRENGTHENING THE PREFERRED STORY	132
	FINDING HOPE IN A CHEESEBURGER	138
	Chapter 10: Under Fire	143
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	143
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	144
	THE “NARRATIVE” METAPHOR OF THE COUNSELING PROCESS	145
	REFLECTING TEAMS, METAPHOR, AND NARRATIVE THERAPY	146
	THE CASE OF PAUL	147
	AN ALTERNATIVE STORY	150
	IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE	152
	Chapter 11: The Door Is Open, the Bird Can Fly	154
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	154
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	155
	PASSAGE ONE: A SAFE ENVIRONMENT	157
	JOEY’S STORY: CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT	157
	PASSAGE TWO: YOU GOTTA CRAWL BEFORE YOU FLY	159
	JOEY’S STORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF KEYS	160
	PASSAGE THREE: A TIME OF GREATEST CHANGE	160
	JOEY’S STORY: THE PROCESS OF CHANGE	161
	PASSAGE FOUR: FINDING YOUR WINGS	162
	JOEY’S STORY: FLYING FREE	163
	Chapter 12: Everyone’s Life Is a Story	164
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	164
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	165
	STEP-BY-STEP PROCESSES FOR GUIDED METAPHOR	166
	THE CASE OF GEORGE	168
	WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM GUIDED METAPHOR?	173
	MECHANICS OF DELIVERY	173
	Chapter 13: Scared Speechless	176
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	176
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	177
	THE ASSESSMENT	178
	THE CLIENT’S RESOURCES, STRENGTHS, AND SKILLS	179
	A MULTIPLE EMBEDDED METAPHOR	182
	Chapter 14: Scareless Ghost, Painless Pasta	191
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	191
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	192
	KIDS’ OWN HEALING STORIES	195
	MR. PETER PASTA HELPS EASE THE PAIN	198
	Chapter 15: Befriending Your Problems	204
	CONTRIBUTORS’ STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	204
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	205
	THE SECRET BEHIND THE SECRET	207
	THE NONEXPERT, ONE-DOWN STANCE	208
	EFFECTING METAPHORIC CHANGE	209
	FACILITATING A CHANGE OF BEST FRIEND	210
	A CLOSING COMMENT	214
	Chapter 16: Night, Night, Sleep Tight, Don’t Let the Sharks Bite	216
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	216
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	217
	A PERSONAL INITIATION INTO STORYTELLING	218
	CREATING EXPECTANCY IN THE CLIENT	219
	WHERE CAN WE LOOK FOR A METAPHOR?	220
	ACCESSING AN INDIVIDUAL CLIENT’S UNIQUE RESOURCES	221
	“WHAT’S MISSING?” IN THERAPY	222
	BRINGING THE LEARNING TO LIFE	223
	REFLECTIONS AFTER THE SESSION	223
	CONCLUSION AND INVITATION	224
	Chapter 17: The Metaphor That Sang Its Own Sad Song	225
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	225
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	226
	THE HOMECOMING	227
	TELLING THEIR OWN STORIES	228
	THE ILLNESS	228
	SETTING GOALS	229
	RELATING THROUGH STORIES	230
	STRENGTHS WITHIN WEAKNESS	231
	PREPARING FOR DEATH	231
	A COMPANION WITH A METAPHOR	232
	AN UNEXPECTED SONG	232
	AN UNINTENTIONAL METAPHOR	234
	Chapter 18: Reclaiming Poise after Persecution	239
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	239
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	240
	A LITTLE OF HASHAM’S BACKGROUND	241
	THE INTERVENTIONS	243
	REBUILDING TRUST	246
	A LITTLE OF HASHAM’S OUTCOME	248
	THIS TOO WILL PASS	249
	Chapter 19: Of Goths, Fairies, Dragons, and CBT	251
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	251
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	252
	THE ASSESSMENT	253
	THE BACKGROUND	256
	THE INTERVENTION	257
	THE METAPHOR STRUCTURE	258
	THE FOLLOW-UP	261
	Chapter 20: That’s Not a Problem	263
	CONTRIBUTOR’S STORY: A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE	263
	PREVIEW THE CHAPTER	264
	WHY WORK IN GROUPS?	265
	THE STRUCTURE OF GROUP SESSIONS	266
	A CHALLENGING CLIENT	267
	NOT SEEING WHAT IS	268
	A PUZZLING METAPHOR	270
	A REFLECTION	274
	Using Your Loaf	275
	Resource Section	279
	FURTHER READING RESOURCES	279
	CONTRIBUTORS’ FAVORITE METAPHOR BOOKS	283
	Index	291