101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens

the video, then ask specific questions in therapy about which characters the client identified with and what methods they learne ...

additionally, they are able to relive the message of the story each time they view it. My grandson would literally be hopping fr ...

national final—despite neither team’s scoring a goal—Tim began awakening in the night, screaming out loud, and going into his pa ...

ing the largest and most elaborate sand castle the teacher had ever seen. The child was respectfully scooping the sand up in his ...

■ Play helps establish a desirable context for learning. If children enjoy—and feel good about participating in—a playful experi ...

Burns and Street say, We use humor to cope with the various situations we encounter in life, to help change our feel- ings, and ...

ing by setting up an assignment that has the metaphoric intent of helping clients develop the appro- priate levels of competency ...

CHILD-GENERATED METAPHORS Stories will be most personally relevant for the child if they are able to match the child’s personal ...

questions the therapist will need to carefully observe what emotions (calmness, anxiety, anger, sad- ness, etc.) accompany the p ...

this problem?” “How do you think he or she wants to think, feel or behave?” or “What would he or she have to do to get out of th ...

the storyteller’s ideas rather than allow the listener to search for his or her own meaning—and this is a real concern about whi ...

PA RT T WO Healing Stories, Teaching Stories ...

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M ilton Erickson claimed that every child has a driving need to learn and discover, that every stim- ulus constitutes for the ch ...

Resources Developed ■ Caring for others ■ Acting with kindness ■ Believing you can help ■ Taking the first step Outcomes Offered ...

STORY 3 KIDS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE: A TEEN STORY Therapeutic Characteristics Problems Addressed ■ Feeling helpless ■ Feeling pow ...

he began to wonder how he might help and that led him to remember there were some spare, un- used blankets in their garage. So h ...

Outcomes Offered ■ Nurturing yourself ■ Nurturing positive values ■ Finding resolutions for inner conflict A grandfather sat dow ...

STORY 5 LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Therapeutic Characteristics Problems Addressed ■ Unrealistic wishful thinking ■ Dependence on others ...

wheat, oats, or barley.” His eyes were fixed on the tin tray where the farmer sometimes spread some grain. He stared and stared ...