Innovative Therapeutic Life Story Work (eBook)

Foreword - Deborah D. Gray; Preface; PART I: Introducing therapeutic life story work, theory and practice; 1. Introducing the Therapeutic Life Story Model: All of us share something in common - we are all a collection of stories - Richard Rose AAP. 2. The Vital Process of Recovery - Richard Rose. 3. Communicating with Children: Therapeutic Life Story Work Techniques - Richard Rose. 4. The Complexity of the Life Story Practitioner's Role - Nadine Jay, Child Centred Therapy, UK. PART II: Therapeutic life story work in diverse contexts. 5. Kaitiakitanga: Safeuarding the Memories of Foster Children's Experiences Through the Use of Therapeutic Life Story Work - Marni Otway, Social worker, NZ. 6. A Dramatic and Narrative Approach to Life Story Therapy, Facilitating Attachment in Adoption - Joan Moore, ASA (Adoption Support Agency), ISW, UK. 7. Therapeutic Life Story Work with Looked After Children in Japan - Shoko Tokunaga, The Nippon Foundation, JAPAN. 8. Wondering from the Womb: Therapeutic Life Story Work in an early years service - Kathy Crouch, Mallee District Aboriginal Services, AUS. 9. Therapeutic Life Story Work: A Multimodal Therapy for Children With Complex Needs - Dr Rebecca Wild, Queensland Health, AUS. 10. Seeing My Journey With New Eyes: Therapeutic Life Story Work With Deaf People - Dr Goedele A.M. De Clerck, University of Manchester, UK. PART III: Implementing therapeutic life story work. 11. Dispelling the Karma - Soula Kontomichalos, Elise Saunders, Del Aulich, Sebastian LaSpina and Anna Fasolo, Department of Health and Human Services, AUS. 12. The Implementation of Therapeutic Life Story Work, Practice Review of a Pilot Progam - Dr Jodie Park, Family Pathway Solutions, AUS. 13. Life Story Therapy in a School Setting - Paula Price, Creative Child Therapy, UK. 14. The Spin Project, Evora and Lisbon - Professor Maria Barros and Margarida Marques, PORTUGAL. 15. Project Logic - Providing Services and Support for the Provision of Therapeutic Life Story Work - Amanda Jones, Berry Street, AUS. 16. Learning to Understand, Therapeutic Life Story Work at Metro Intensive Support Services NSW - Melissa Stokes, Anna-Elizabeth Mattiuzzo and Natalie O'Keefe, Metro ISS, AUS. PART IV: 17. Spreading the practice of therapeutic life story work: We're All Stories in the End - Kendra Morris-Jacobson, Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC), USA. Epilogue.