Narrative therapy / by Stephen Madigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madigan, Stephen, 1959- Author.

Series:

Theories of psychotherapy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narrative therapy.

Narrative Therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Narrative Therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 217 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2026]

Summary:

"Drawing on decades of experience, this book weaves a rich understanding of the history, philosophy, and clinical practice of narrative therapy. The third edition has gone to great lengths to chaperone the reader through a more in-depth theoretical journey. This decision was based on the importance and responsibility that the author and the faculty of the Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy felt to expose, guide, and enrich readers' understanding of complex philosophical ideas in a reader-friendly way. This edition introduces psychologists, next-generation practitioners, and veteran narrative therapists to a broad range of fundamental theoretical and practice ideas while offering a collection of new theoretical developments and practice understandings that differ, refine, upgrade, sharpen, and outline the future intentions and directions of narrative therapy. Each chapter conveys the daily pleasure the author experiences within the practice and also acts as a reflective surface regarding what has changed within narrative therapy since the publication of the first and second editions in 2011 and 2019. This third edition makes a case for a much stronger commitment from practicum trainers, professors, mentors, and supervisors to publicly demonstrate, interrogate, and critique their own therapy session tapes and unaltered session transcripts. Practices of accountability like these would go a long way to balance a supervisory relationship's power relations. And finally, this book provides common-sense practice assistance specific to many of our younger colleagues entering new therapeutic experiences and contexts that are quite different from when many of us were arriving at the profession's door."--Preface (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Introduction

Brief history

Theory

Narrative therapy practice

Evaluation

Recent developments and future directions in narrative therapy

Summary of the third edition

Glossary of key terms

Suggested readings

References

Index

About the author

About the series editor.

Notes:

Previous edition: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2026.

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Other Format:

Print version: Narrative therapy

ISBN:

143384303X

9781433843037

1433849682

9781433849688

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