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Maps of Narrative Practice Hardcover – Illustrated, 8 January 2010

by Michael White (Author)
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Michael White, one of the founders of narrative therapy, is back with his first major publication since the seminal Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends [LINK TO NON-DISCOUNT: http://www.wwnorton.com/npb/nppsych/700984.html or to DISCOUNT http://www.npbcatalog.com/nppsych/700984.html], which Norton published in 1990. Maps of Narrative Practice provides brand new practical and accessible accounts of the major areas of narrative practice that White has developed and taught over the years, so that readers may feel confident when utilizing this approach in their practices. The book covers each of the five main areas of narrative practice-re-authoring conversations, re-membering conversations, scaffolding conversations, definitional ceremony, externalizing conversations, and rite of passage maps-to provide readers with an explanation of the practical implications, for therapeutic growth, of these conversations. The book is filled with transcripts and commentary, skills training exercises for the reader, and charts that outline the conversations in diagrammatic form. Readers both well-versed in narrative therapy as well as those new to its concepts, will find this fresh statement of purpose and practice essential to their clinical work.

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Maps of Narrative Practice, likely to be regarded as his magnum opus, makes it clear why his brand of narrative therapy has broad appeal and great impact on the therapeutic community...I highly recommend this book to practitioners and researchers, especially those interested in positive psychology and positive psychotherapy.-- "PsycCritiques"

If this book were a film or a novel, the blurb would read: 'AT LAST! The long-awaited sequel to the influential 1990 work, Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends.'....[A] powerfully engaging mixture of personal and professional narrative.-- "Therapy Today"

Michael White has created a definitive text of theory and practice... His prolific body of work stands as a foundation of narrative therapy, summarized and systematically presented for the first time in this brilliant new book...Beautifully organized and a pleasure to read, it brings theory alive with colorful transcripts of therapy in every chapter and offers examples and instructions for applying narrative practices with the full range of mental health challenges that psychiatrists and therapists may be called upon to address. Although it is an excellent, accessible introduction to the field, experienced narrative therapists will draw upon its thoroughness, precision, and subtlety to invigorate and hone their craft.-- "Psychiatric Services"

This book represents a remarkable leap forward in the narrative literature and in the canon of work on therapy in general.-- "Journal of Marital and Family Therapy"

You will be rewarded in reading this book, by the time you spend with White, and by being in his presence.-- "The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter"

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Michael White (1948-2008), one of the founders of narrative therapy and co-director of the Dulwich Centre, an institute for narrative practice and community work in Adelaide, Australia, made significant contributions to psychotherapy and family therapy. He is the author of Maps of Narrative Practice and co-author of Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ *Norton agency titles; 1st edition (8 January 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393705161
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393705164
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.02 x 2.79 x 24.38 cm
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Kristie
5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece
Reviewed in Canada on 9 October 2021
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Exactly what I was looking for when I wanted a book on narrative therapy. It goes into great detail without getting overwhelmingly technical. The demonstration sections are full chunks of dialogue, which is just so much more helpful than a dry explanation of why and how a certain theory or technique should or shouldn't work. This was definitely one of the better "instruction manual" types for counseling techniques out there.
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Muhammed Naguib Bin Amid Selamat
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful for learning
Reviewed in Singapore on 4 June 2023
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This book offers a basic yet important elements of NT.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Importante revisar este material para conocer más sobre Terapia Narrativa.
Reviewed in Mexico on 5 December 2016
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Las aportaciones de Michel White se quedaron en sus inicios por su temprano fallecimiento. La lectura de sus materiales es necesaria para comprender y manejar la técnica narrativa. Leer sus aportaciones en su propia lengua, es acercarse más a él.
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Anusree Menon
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book towards understanding narrative therapy
Reviewed in India on 16 May 2014
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White, despite being a pioneer in the field, has conveyed the essence of the therapeutic style in the most relatable and cross culturally relevant sense.
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D. Munro
5.0 out of 5 stars The best, most useful guide to therapeutic change in the whole wide world
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I suspect Philip didn't actually read Maps of Narrative Practice, just glanced at the index. If he'd read it, he'd have found it to be a clear, precise, moving, warm, and effective tool kit for those therapists who are interested in further developing their skills.
White has been developing these ideas over decades, but this is his first mainstream book, hence the references to his own works. He's not writing just to publish, he's writing to give as clear a map as he can of his own highly successful methods.
I can't think of a book more profound in its potential effects than Maps of Narrative Practice. Broad use of these therapeutic methods and maps will result, I believe, in stronger communities, in greater joy, in people finding meaning and worth where they didn't before recognize its presence, moving from feeling useless to feeling the power to shape their lives in harmony with what they value.
White's ideas build on and incorporate concepts of identity and learning uncovered by Myerhoff, Bruner, Vygotsky, and other greats, but, most important of all, his ideas come from his work with clients. His miraculously open mind allows him to find, and recognize, simply, what works, rather than what ought to work. I would almost say he comes at this with a sort of blue collar innocence, pragmatic, calm, genuinely concerned, confident of the possibility of discovering a scaffold to new ideas for even the most "hopeless" cases.
Rather than being all puffed up about his importance, he's as unassuming as a plumber coming to unclog your toilet, which, let's face it, is a pretty good analogy of what a therapist hopes to accomplish in the realms of psyche.
I don't know White's background. I only know that he tells the truth in plainly eloquent human language.
He provides structures of inquiry based on how we develop concepts and learn to navigate, so the work flows. The outcomes are always surprising, and it's clear that White's pleasure in this work arises from being witness to these flowerings of possibility.
You could say he's devised a method for letting the work do itself. Like a carpenter might say to an apprentice, let the tool do the work. Relax. Pay attention.
Any therapist with the desire to serve as agents to their clients' authorship of their own lives will find White's concepts invaluable.
Hs brief notes, interspersed throughout the book, on how he arrived at his methods, provide a useful template for anyone setting out to learn how to learn.
White's voice is delightful, unique, personal. His fresh and open look at who we are and how we become, if you actually read it, will serve up treasures you'll be glad to incorporate into your own practice.
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