Narrative Counseling in Schools

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>Promote students' respect for themselves and others through narrative interventions!</em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Narrative counseling is based on the premise that stories rather than hard-nosed realities shape our lives. By changing the stories that negatively label and define students we help them open up new avenues and opportunities. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>In this second edition of their best-selling book John Winslade and Gerald Monk present even more case studies guidance and examples of counseling practice to help students narrate stories that redescribe who they are and can be. Mindful that today's busy counselors need effective and brief techniques the authors make plain the steps with which counselors can externalize problems and draw out student self-knowledge to inform new ways of identifying and behaving. Updated throughout this new edition offers:</span></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>An exploration of ethically sound accountability practices </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Potential obstacles and suggestions for overcoming them </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Guidance to help students set goals </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Applications of narrative ideas to restorative justice</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>An expanded section on group work specifically focusing on anger management and grief counseling</span></li></ul><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Grounded in a deep respect for students this book's principles and practices will enable students to choose for themselves the new reputations by which they'll be known.</span></p>