The potential for healing available in well-known myths and stories is increasingly recognized, but many practitioners are unsure how to tap into this rich and often culturally-specific source of insight. What sort of story is best for what sort of situation? How can it be introduced naturally into the session? What is the best way of using the story?
These are some of the questions contributors to this book set out to answer. They explore the historical and cultural context of story-telling and provide examples of specific stories for specific situations.
Covering emotional themes...

This guide should help both those involved in planning and organizing, and those offering help to parents.

A scholarly, multidisciplinary and comprehensive introduction to the field of post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents, along with its clinical assessment and treatment. The introductory chapters are followed by a chapter on assessment and several chapters on treatment. The issues of clinical management in some of the important ecological contexts such as family and school, and aetiological contexts such as refugee status and child abuse, are discussed in further detail. Then a variety of treatment approaches are described.

Awareness of the need to take the problem of childhood depression more seriously has highlighted the lack of practical material for those working in this area. This text offers a resource for the many professionals whose work may bring them into contact with young people suffering from depression.