TY  - BOOK
AU  - Freeman,Jennifer C.
AU  - Epston,David
AU  - Lobovits,Dean
TI  - Playful approaches to serious problems: narrative therapy with children and their families 
SN  - 9780393702293 :
U1  - 618.928914 FRE 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Fantasy
KW  - Therapeutic use
KW  - Metaphor
KW  - Family psychotherapy
KW  - Child psychotherapy
KW  - Storytelling
KW  - Psychotherapy
KW  - thema
KW  - Psychiatry
KW  - Social, group or collective psychology
KW  - in infancy & childhood
KW  - methods
KW  - Family Therapy
N1  - "A Norton professional book."; Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-309) and index; Pt. I. Playful communication. Playful communication in family therapy -- Getting to know the child apart from the problem -- Stories of hope -- Parents in child-inclusive family therapy -- Thinning the plot, thickening the counterplot -- Building a narrative through letters -- Publishing the news -- pt. II. Playful means. Therapies of aesthetic as well as literary merit -- Unlicensed co-therapists -- Weird and special abilities -- Family politics in action -- An imagination of one\'s own -- pt. III. Playful stories. Jonathon: I have overcome that much and I don\'t think I\'ll be able to go back -- Tony: The spiritual boy is fine -- Jason: I\'m lighting my own lantern now -- Sophia: I won\'t make a place for you in my heart, but I\'ll make a place for you in my skin -- Terry: So after a long time in horror I live in peace again -- Concluding thoughts
N2  - Describes a basic theory of collaborative narrative play, as well as verbal and nonverbal techniques which can lead to stories of hope, possibility and change. The author provides case examples which should prove useful to parents, educators and therapists
ER  -