Narrative therapies with children and their families : a practitioner's guide to concepts and approaches / edited by Arlene Vetere and Emilia Dowling.

Includes bibliographical references (p.[285]-289) and index.

Dowling, Vetere, Introduction. Part I: Narrative Concepts and Therapeutic Challenges. Dowling, Vetere, Narrative Concepts and Therapeutic Challenges. Part II: Narratives of Childhood. Rustin, Rustin, Narratives and Phantasies. Campbell, Trowell, Narrative Perspectives on Childhood Depression. Smith, Children\'s Narratives of Traumatic Experiences. Vetere, Cooper, Children Who Witness Violence at Home. Wilson, Engaging Children and Young People: A Theatre of Possibilities. Part III: Narratives of Working with Families. Kraemer, Narratives of Fathers and Sons. \'There is No Such Thing as a Father\'. Daniel, Wren, Narrative Therapy with Children in Families Where a Parent has a Mental Health Problem. Barratt, Harris, The Changing Context of Permanency: Unifying Stories in the Context of Divided Loyalties. Gower, Dowling, Gersch, Parenting Adult Children: A Project Combining Narrative, Clinical and Empirical Methodologies. Part IV: Narratives in Special Contexts. Blow, Daniel, Whose Story is it Anyway? Children Involved in Contact Disputes. Barnes, Narratives of Attachment in Post Divorce Contact Disputes: Developing an Intersubjective Understanding. Launer, Narratives in Primary Care. Dallos, Narratives of Young Offenders. Wagner, Watkins, Narrative Work in Schools. Rendall, Narratives of School Exclusion. Carr, Narratives of Hope. Dowling, Vetere, Epilogue.

Using clinical examples, this book introduces and develops the concepts and principles of narrative approaches to therapeutic work and demonstrates how these approaches provide an effective framework for working with clients and their families.