Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour

Susan Perrow is a “story doctor.” She writes, collects, and documents stories that offer a therapeutic journey for both the storyteller and listener―a positive, imaginative way of healing difficult situations. Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour gathers the fruits of Susan Perrow’s work in story-making. It is richly illustrated with lively anecdotes from parents and teachers who have discovered how the power of story can help resolve a variety of common childhood behaviors and situations, including separation anxiety, bullying, sibling rivalry, nightmares, and grieving. This comprehensive resource offers: † An overview of therapeutic storytelling † Checklists for readers to evaluate the challenging behavior or situation and identify their desired resolution † Guidelines for adapting stories for different age groups and cultures † An extensive collection of new stories and traditional folk tales categorized by behavior or situation † A story-making model to help the reader create stories directly relevant to their own circumstances.