Product Description
The latest on narrative therapy, from one of the founders of the field.

Narrative therapy is one of the most commonly practiced modes of therapy. In the first major book from this leader in the field, each chapter provides an overview of a main area of narrative therapy by explaining how it works and detailing the psychotherapeutic implications of these conversations. This is essential reading for anyone in psychotherapy.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 11 reviews)

A brilliant resource

My supervisor at the agency I worked in was a huge Michael White fan and introduce me to his work. I first read "Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends" by White and Epston. It had a profound influence on my practice as a family therapist. I loved the ideas, especially that they work in a way that empowers people does not pathologize them. But I found the writing to be overly concerned with deconstructionist philosophy and sometimes too cerebral. Much of the Narrative field followed that lead and wrote in that style. Please. Too much postmodern angst folks.

Fortunately, Michael White has written about Narrative Therapy for the general public and in doing so has also given professionals a brilliant and accessible entry into the world of Narrative Therapy and externalization. I couldn't recommend the work more. It's personal and has very illustrative transcripts of actual sessions that do an excellent job of demonstrating the work and how wonderfully it gives people control over previously debilitating problems.

I've studied with White and found him to be very present, warm, encouraging and with little ego. Finally here is a book that lets both his brilliance as a therapist his healing personality show through the abstractions of his more academic writing.
September 13, 2008

Flawless Experience

The book arrived in a week from the time it was ordered and it was exactly what I wanted and extremely inexpensive.
August 13, 2008

Praise

One of the best books ever written on narrative therapy.The maps help clarify the road to both therapists and patients.
The ideas of narrative therapy have never been so visible to the mind as they are in this book
July 31, 2008

Easy read

This book is an easy read for a difficult and complex topic. Michael White structures this book in an excellent way so it makes it easier to comprehend and understand the narrative therapeutic approach.

Jan
July 24, 2008

A Brilliant Man, A Brilliant Book

Michael White, the author of Maps of Narrative Practice, died unexpectedly in April of this year at the young age of 59. The loss for the psychological community is huge. This is a man who is the father of narrative therapy, a profoundly powerful and effective for therapists to assist clients with their problems. It is indeed very sad this will be Michael White's last book. In this book, White explains how the stories of our lives can be mapped in such a way that our strengths and often forgotten or barely developed positive experiences can be brought forth and alter how we view ourselves and our capabilities. It is a fascinating book, and would be interesting for both the practitioner and layperson interested in human growth and potential.
May 24, 2008

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