Handbook of Narrative and Psychotherapy

Lynne Angus, Ph.D., C.Psych. is a Professor of Psychology at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is a past president of both the International Society for Psychotherapy Research and North American Chapter, Society for Psychotherapy Research. Dr. Angus has an active psychotherapy practice in which she specializes in narrative-focused experiential psychotherapy. She is clinical supervisor for brief therapy treatments at the East End Community Health Clinic in Toronto. Her research interests include the development of a narrative processes model and an assessment interview and coding system for psychotherapy discourse. She has published several papers on the analysis of metaphor themes in psychotherapy sessions. The Narrative Processes Coding System has been translated into 2 languages and research collaborations in Finland, Portugal, and Spain are underway. Current grant-supported efforts include the empirical analysis of narrative change in the experiential treatment of depression as well as the systematic analysis of narrative coherence in psychotherapy sessions. She has published over 20 publications in research journals and psychotherapy-related texts.In addition to their academic work, both Angus and McLeod are practicing clinicians who see clients, train and supervise clinical psychologists in psychotherapy and counseling skills and are engaged in psychotherapy process and outcome research. In their work, they attempt to fully integrate theory and research into practice, and they believe that each component of the process—practice, theory, evaluation/research—inform each other. John McLeod has held appointments in universities in the UK, New Zealand and Italy, and is currently Professor of Counselling at the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dublin, and Professor of Psychology, University of Oslo. He is committed to promoting the relevance of research as a means of informing therapy practice and improving the quality of services that are available to clients, and has received an award from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy for his exceptional contribution to research. His writing has influenced a generation of trainees in the field of counselling, counselling psychology and psychotherapy, and his books are widely adopted on training programmes across the world.

• Preface, by Lynne Angus & John McLeodPART ONE. THE ′NARRATIVE TURN′: WHY STORIES MATTER IN PSYCHOTHERAPY1. The Narrative Creation of Self, by Jerome Bruner2. Folk Psychology & Narrative Practices, by Michael White3. Narrative Therapy & Postmodernism, by Donald PolkinghornePART TWO. WORKING WITH NARRATIVE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY4. The CCRT Approach to Working with Patient Narratives in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, by Howard Book5. "What′s the Story?" Working with Narrative in Experimental Psychotherapy, by Lynne Angus, Jennifer Lewin, Beverly Bowes-Bouffard, & Debra Rotondi-Trevisan6. Nurturing Nature: Cognitive Narrative Strategies, by Oscar Goncalves, Margarida Henriques, & Paulo Machado7. Working with Narrative in Psychotherapy: A Relational Constructivist Approach, by Luis Botella, Olga Herrero, Meritxell Pacheco, & Sergei Corbella8. A Poststructuralist Approach to Narrative Work, by Gene Combs & Jill FreedmanPART THREE. NARRATIVE IDENTITY & SELF-MULTIPLICITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY9. Narrative Identity & Narrative Therapy, by Dan McAdams10. The Innovation of Self-Narrative: A Dialogical Approach, by Hubert Hermans11. Assimilation & Narrative: Stories as Meaning Bridges, by Katerine Osatuke, Meredith Glick, Michael Gray, D′Arcy Reynolds, Jr., Carol Humphreys, Lisa Salvi, & William Stiles12. Minding Our Therapeutic Tales: Treatments in Perspectivism, by Robert Russell & Fred B. BryantPART FOUR. NARRATIVE ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY13. Self-defining Memories, Narrative Identity & Psychotherapy: A Conceptual Model, Empirical Investigation & Case Report, by Jefferson Singer & Pavel Blagov14. The Narrative Assessment Interview: Assessing Self-change in Psychotherapy, by Karen Hardtke & Lynne Angus15. Disorganized Narratives: The Psychological Condition & Its Treatment, by Giancarlo Dimaggio & Antonio Semerari16. Story Dramaturgy & Personal Conflict: JAKOB - A Tool for Narrative Understanding & Psychotherapeutic Pratice, by Brigitte Boothe & Agnes von WylPART FIVE. EMERGING TRENDS & FUTURE DIRECTIONS17. Narrative Activity: Clients′ & Therapists′ Intentions in the Process of Narration in Psychotherapy, by Heidi M. Levitt & David L. Rennie18. "To Tell My Story": Configuring Interpersonal Relations with Narrative Processes, by Timothy Anderson19. The Contributions of Emotion Processes to Narrative Change in Psychotherapy: A Dialectical Constructivist Approach, by Leslie Greenberg & Lynne Angus20. Social Constuctionism, Narrative, & Psychotherapy, by John McLeod21. Towards an Integrative Framework for Understanding the Role of Narrative in the Psychotherapy Process, by Lynne Angus & John McLeod

"This volume is an extremely valuable resource. It tells the fascinating story of the centrality of storying in human lives and their counsel — including the history of the narrative turn in psychology and the newest developments in theory and research. I recommend it most highly."