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Article: Using puppets with children in narrative therapy to externalize the problem.(PRACTICE)(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of Mental Health Counseling
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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A clinical application is presented for using puppets with children in narrative therapy to externalize the problem. A case example illustrates the clinical application. Implications for the practice of narrative therapy are considered.
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In the past two decades an increasing number of counseling and psychotherapy models have emphasized narrative conceptualizations of problems and change. Narrative therapy was developed by Michael White (1995, 2000, 2007) and his colleagues (e.g., White & Epston, 1990, 1992) at the Dulwich Therapy Centre in Australia. It views clients' problems as dominant stories or restraining narratives that are influenced ...