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Article: Story re-visions: Narrative therapy in the postmodern world
- Article from:
- Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Apr 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Parry, A., & Doan, R. E. (1994). Story re-visions: Narrative therapy in the postmodern world. New York: Guilford, 216 pp., $15.95 (pbk).
Much has been written in the field of family therapy about collaborative or postmodern approaches to therapy. Parry and Doan take the postmodern call to heart in their collaborative effort to produce a book that presents philosophy and theory as well as an applied orientation to narrative therapy.
Parry takes the lead in presenting the philosophical basis for narrative therapy. In his overview he delivers a concise discussion of what narrative therapy is, and its evolution across disciplines. He also provides a rationale for why narrative therapy fits ...