Language and Narratives in Counseling and Psychotherapy

"This highly accessible, step-by-step guide for practicing psychotherapists, counselors and advanced students, describes how to incorporate principles of narrative and language-based approaches in counseling and psychotherapy. In a concise, straightforward format designed to facilitate student learning, each chapter describes a set of related concepts and practices that encompass counselor/student dialogues, and provides an in-depth discussion of each principle and practice using concrete examples and findings from empirical research. The book also discusses the theoretical and philosophical foundations of narrative therapies, including developments in emotion science and word use research, and their translation to effective practice. "