Of Mice and Metaphors

A Prefatory Note Prologue Chapter 1: Stories and Reciprocal Storytelling in Dynamic Child Psychotherapy Children's Stories: An Overview of the Literature What Is Reciprocal Storytelling? When Is Reciprocal Storytelling Useful and with Which Patients? Eliciting the Child's Story The Lesson or Moral Poststory Discussion The Therapist's Role in the Storytelling Process What Are the Most Important Components of Children's Stories? Which Theoretical Frameworks Are Compatible with Reciprocal Storytelling? The Case of Tony Summary Discussion Questions Chapter 2: Autogenic Stories, Projective Drawings, and the Clinical Assessment Process The Case of Sean The Case of Robert The Case of David The Case of Carl Using Squiggle Drawings in Conjunction with Diagnostic Stories The Case of Danny The Case of Annie The Case of Derek Stories Used for Evaluative Purposes Summary Discussion Questions Chapter 3: Narrative and Historical Meaning in Child Psychotherapy Historical and Narrative Discourse: Theoretical Perspectives Clinical Assessment in Child Psychotherapy: The Cultivation and Synthesis of "Data" The Narrative Discourse in Child Psychotherapy Autogenic Stories: Royal Road to the Child's Narrative The Case of Jed Summary Discussion Questions Chapter 4: Applications to Special Clinical Issues and Problems of Childhood The Case of Sean, Revisited: Responding to an Environmental Crisis The Case of Naima: Severe Separation Anxiety in a 7-Year-Old Transracial Adoptee The Case of Roberta: Depletion Depression in a Biracial Child Storytelling with a Borderline Child: Therapeutic Considerations The Case of Harry Summary Discussion Questions Chapter 5: The Unfolding of the Narrative in the Psychotherapy of a Traumatized 10-Year-Old Boy Treatment Considerations The Case of Nathan Summary Discussion Questions Chapter 6: Transference Dimensions of the Storytelling Process Historical and Contemporary Perspectives The Case of Mattie: Illustration of a Selfobject Transference Countertransference Phenomena Summary Discussion Questions Chapter 7: Secrecy and Trauma: An Adopted Child's Psychotherapy Pertinent History Bruce's Treatment Begins "The Snake That Came Out of the Hole" "The Ghost with a Conscience" "The Boy Who Felt Like a Ghost" "The Bird That Never Laughed" Countertransference Themes in Bruce's Treatment Conclusion and Further Reflections Discussion Questions Chapter 8: What Else Can Stories Tell Us? Using Children's Metaphorical Communications as a Measure of Therapeutic Progress The Case of John Summary Discussion Questions Epilogue Appendix References Index About the Author