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Published Online: 2007, pp. 109–230

Therapeutic Storytelling Revisited

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This article (a) relates the many beneficial features that employing stories in psychotherapy can have, (b) offers guidelines for presenting, clarifying, and applying them to patients’ unique situations, and (c) presents a sample of therapeutic stories that may be used with a variety of patients. The work is intended to build upon, and is heavily indebted to, the work of many previous authors in the tradition of therapeutic storytelling.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy
Pages: 149 - 162
PubMed: 17760319

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Published in print: 2007, pp. 109–230
Published online: 30 April 2018

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Raymond M. Bergner, Ph.D.* [email protected]
Illinois State University.

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Mailing address: Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4620. e-mail: [email protected]

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