Stories We've Heard, Stories We've Told : Life-Changing Narratives in Therapy and Everyday Life.

By:

Kottler, Jeffrey

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780199328260

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Stories We've Heard, Stories We've ToldDDC classification:

616.89165

LOC classification:

RC489.S74 -- .K68 2014eb

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Contents:

Cover -- Stories We've Heard, Stories We've Told -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Personal Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1. Storytelling in Therapy-and Everyday Life -- 2. The Power and Influence of Stories -- 3. The Storied Brain -- 4. Cultural Visions and Variations of Storytelling -- 5. Stories of Change in Media, Entertainment, and Everyday Life -- 6. Personal Narratives and Storied Identities -- 7. Disordered Stories in Trauma and Emotional Struggles -- 8. Therapeutic Value of Stories in Creating Change -- 9. Types of Stories in Therapeutic Relationships -- 10. Between Truth and Lies in the Stories That People Share -- 11. Creating More Powerful Stories -- 12. Beyond Stories -- References -- Index.

Summary: If you ask someone the question, "Tell me a story that changed your life," there will almost certainly be a thoughtful pause before a huge grin emerges. Everyone's life has been guided and impacted by stories, beginning with the earliest fables and nursery rhymes our parents used to instill moral values to the last time you wanted to illustrate a point in a meeting or get a laugh out of a friend over dinner. Storytelling is a uniquely human activity, among our first and most enduring forms of communication. This is a book about the meaning of stories in people's lives, especially those that have produced enduring changes in their values, behavior, lifestyle, and worldview. Carefully documented and supported by research from the social sciences, as well as from neurobiology, the humanities, media studies, and arts, Jeffrey Kottler will explore how and why stories are so powerfully influential in people's lives, especially those that lead to major life transformations.

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If you ask someone the question, "Tell me a story that changed your life," there will almost certainly be a thoughtful pause before a huge grin emerges. Everyone's life has been guided and impacted by stories, beginning with the earliest fables and nursery rhymes our parents used to instill moral values to the last time you wanted to illustrate a point in a meeting or get a laugh out of a friend over dinner. Storytelling is a uniquely human activity, among our first and most enduring forms of communication. This is a book about the meaning of stories in people's lives, especially those that have produced enduring changes in their values, behavior, lifestyle, and worldview. Carefully documented and supported by research from the social sciences, as well as from neurobiology, the humanities, media studies, and arts, Jeffrey Kottler will explore how and why stories are so powerfully influential in people's lives, especially those that lead to major life transformations.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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