101 Healing Stories: Using Metaphors in Therapy

by Michael D. Yapko

Using folktales and other metaphoric stories can aid the healing process

Just as stories have the power to enrich our lives, shape the way we perceive and interact with the world, and reveal the wonders of the human spirit, so too can they play an important and potent role in therapy-helping people develop the skills to cope with and survive a myriad of life situations. 101 Healing Stories celebrates the rewards of using parables, fables,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471395897
• ISBN13: 9780471395898
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

excellent clinical resource and fun to read!

I purchased this book because I wanted to learn more about how to create and use metaphor and stories therapeutically. Michael Yapko recommended this book as one that really makes that, at times seemingly illusive, skill one that is very learnable. This book is very well written and extremely useful.

Amazing

Stories are very good specially if you have people & want to tell them something. good for trainers as closing story, for friends.... For therapists, for psycologists...

An excellent collection of Ericksonian metaphors

Dr. Milton H. Erickson often worked his "magic" by telling metaphorical stories to his patients. The construction of such effective metaphors has sometimes been difficult for Ericksonian hypnotherapists. Burns addresses this issue by affording the reader a collection of 101 therapeutic metaphors. For each story, the problems addressed, resources developed, and outcomes offered are listed. Equally important is Burns' explanation of how to use these stories. Reading a story verbatim from this book is less likely to be effective than telling a modified version of a story so that it is isomorphic with the client's experience. Burns provides a list of do/don't reminders that are almost essential in enabling the reader to utilize therapeutic metaphors successfully.If you enjoyed Tales of Enchantment, you will also love this excellent reference and instructional guide.