Narrative inquiry and psychotherapy / Jane Speedy.
In this invaluable text, ideal for both therapy students and practitioners, as well as those providing counselling in other related professional areas, Jane Speedy introduces and discusses a wide range of research methods based in narrative practice and life-story work, demonstrating their applicabi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke [England] ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2008.
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| Summary: | In this invaluable text, ideal for both therapy students and practitioners, as well as those providing counselling in other related professional areas, Jane Speedy introduces and discusses a wide range of research methods based in narrative practice and life-story work, demonstrating their applicability to everyday therapeutic work. "Narrative and life-story research offers a rich resource for answering many kinds of practice questions asked by clients, therapists and service providers alike. This unique book explores a variety of narrative forms and research methods, demonstrating how they apply to therapeutic work." "Drawing on everyday examples, Narrative Inquiry and Psychotherapy provides a creative illustration of how therapists can conduct work that is stimulating and in touch with the core of therapeutic work: the client's story." "Readable and thought-provoking, this book provides essential reading for students, practitioners and researchers within counselling, psychotherapy and related therapeutic professions."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0230573401 9780230573406 0333990269 9780333990261 |