Storytelling as a Therapy Tool: Using Story to Heal Trauma and Abuse - Paperback

by Heidi Henyon (Author)

Use the ancient practice of storytelling to help your clients heal from trauma and abuse.
Are you someone healing from trauma and abuse, a therapist, counselor, or coach who works with people who are? Are you searching for a tool that can facilitate healing in an easy yet profound way? Are you looking for something that will take your group therapy participants to a deeper, life-changing level?
Storytelling is a practice used by counselors in prisons and many other settings to help people heal from trauma and abuse. It is a powerful tool that has been used since the beginning of time to help people make sense of their world, especially the hard parts, and it can be added to traditional or non-traditional therapy to facilitate healing.
In Storytelling as a Therapy Tool, Heidi Henyon - who uses storytelling and other complementary practices with her coaching clients and traditional therapists - will teach you:

• How to safely tell their stories
• How to help your group honor who they are and see and acknowledge themselves fully
• To help clients or yourself tell the stories that release painful emotions
• Why storytelling is such a powerful tool
• How to create groups where you or your client feelings
• To use stories to create a delightful future