Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities

I loved everything I learned through this book, especially the techniques and changing narratives.

Even though is not a very easy book to read, specially if people are more familiar with other approaches, reading it wanting to learn something different, has very good ideas and explains how and why they do things the way they do.Is good to start learning a new approach that is non blaming, and more helpful, i think.

This is a really great resource for learning about the theoretical assumptions behind narrative therapy and how to start practicing narrative techniques. Freedman and Combs do an excellent job of bringing the material to the reader in a collaborative, non-pedantic way - perfect for the post-modern, narrative viewpoint that they are conveying. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning ways of connecting in a more personal and real way with their clients' life stories and personalities. Great book!

The book was in great condition and is very informative about the strategies and concepts of Narrative Therapy. This was a required book for a class and I found it very straight forward.

This book is still the most cogent and readable introduction to Narrative Therapy. Narrative Therapy is infamously difficult to explain, but these authors have managed it with clarity and simplicity. The example transcripts and therapy descriptions are particularly helpful for learning both how to think about therapy and what to say in that conversation.

Gene and Jill, both authors are experts in the USA on Narrative Therapy.This is a the best intro books to Narrative Therapy and they are great teachers in USA.Also, try Michael White books, and his training center in Australia, Dulwich Centre, South Australia.

I needed it for a psychology course and so far, it is a very informative read. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a retro, 20th century perspective on the psychiatrist contemplating their effective conduct toward a patient and vise versa.

Simply the best in its arena of expertise: narrative practices, social construction, and post-modern considerations.

Good book - but some of the chapters are rather painstaking, and nearly ALL the transcripts of sessions are with women. I got the impression almost no men go to (narrative) therapy!

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Great book if you are interested in narrative therapy!