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Tables of Contents for 101 Healing Stories
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xv
Michael D. Yapko
Introduction
xvii
What This Book Offers
xviii
A Word or Two about the Title
xix
Oral Versus Written Stories
xx
The Structure of the Book
xx
How to Use This Book as a Future Reference Source
xxi
The Importance of Stories
xxiii
PART 1 METAPHOR THERAPY
1
34
The Power of Stories
3
8
Why Tell Stories
3
1
The Power of Stories to Discipline
4
1
The Power of Stories to Invoke Emotions
4
1
The Power of Stories to Inspire
5
1
The Power of Stories to Change
6
1
The Power of Stories to Create Mind-Body Feats
7
1
The Power of Stories to Heal
8
3
Effective Storytelling
11
16
Ten Guidelines for Effective Storytelling
12
10
Six Guidelines for the Storyteller's Voice
22
5
Stories in Therapy
27
8
Stories, Tales, Anecdotes, and Metaphors
28
1
Metaphors in Therapy
29
2
Why Tell Metaphors?
31
4
PART 2 HEALING STORIES
35
180
Enhancing Empowerment
37
20
A Tradition of Mind-Body Empowerment
38
2
Owning Responsibility
40
1
Counting on Yourself
41
2
The Importance of Accepting Compliments
43
2
Jim and the Joke Book: A Story of Self-Empowerment
45
1
Empowerment through Self-Assertion
46
2
Thanking Your Symptoms
48
2
A Model of Empowerment
50
1
Empowering Joe
51
2
Soaring to New Heights
53
4
Acquiring Acceptance
57
17
Accepting Life as It Is
57
2
Learning to Accept Our Circumstances
59
2
Remembering What Not to Forget
61
2
We Are All Different
63
1
The Ultimate Wish
64
2
Accepting What Life Brings
66
1
Accepting a Loss
67
1
Good Luck, Bad Luck. Who Knows?
68
2
Seeking Perfection
70
1
Life Is Not What It Should Be
71
3
Reframing Negative Attitudes
74
17
Looking Up
75
1
The Law of Nature
76
1
Good Follows Bad
77
2
Adjusting Your Sails
79
2
Choosing Your Model
81
1
Letting Go of the Past
82
2
A Journey of Unexpected Learning
84
2
When You Reach the End of Your Rope
86
1
We Are What We Believe
87
2
My Dad: From Problems to Solutions
89
2
Changing Patterns of Behavior
91
16
When Only the Best Will Do
91
2
The Beginning of Knowledge
93
2
Recognizing and Using Absurdity
95
1
A Gesture that Changed a Whole Village
96
1
If You Always Do What You've Always Done
97
2
Being in the Moment
99
1
What You Sow
100
2
When Actions Speak Louder than Words
102
1
Life Is Not So Bad
103
2
Are You Better than You Used to Be?
105
2
Learning from Experience
107
19
Use What You Have
108
1
Confronting and Befriending Your Monsters
109
2
Learning to Love Your Discomfort
111
1
Problems May Open New Options
112
2
Finding Treasures in Tragedy
114
1
Finding Peace
115
2
Drawing Boundaries
117
2
Getting Into, and Out of, Wrong Places
119
2
Trusting Your Abilities
121
2
Turning Pain Into Pleasure
123
3
Attaining Goals
126
19
Reaching the Ultimate Goal
126
2
Flying Free
128
2
Making a Difference
130
1
Making a Commitment
131
2
Writing a Book
133
1
Climb Every Mountain
134
2
Many Roads
136
2
Building a New Life
138
2
The Secrets of Success
140
2
One Step at a Time
142
3
Cultivating Compassion
145
19
The Futility of Bickering
146
1
Feeding a Fellow
147
1
Love and Let Go
148
2
Love, Version 4.0
150
3
Appreciating Each Other
153
1
Learning to Care
154
3
Learning to Give More
157
1
Take Her Hand
158
2
The Story of Compassion
160
1
Giving What Is Needed
161
3
Developing Wisdom
164
18
The River of Life
165
2
Creating Choices
167
1
Expectations of Others
168
1
Developing Choices for Survival
169
2
Knowing versus Doing
171
1
Taking a Different View
172
2
Using Wisdom Wisely
174
1
If I Only Had the Time
175
2
Call Off the Search
177
2
Finding the Source of Wisdom
179
3
Caring for Yourself
182
18
What You Give Is What You Get
182
2
Giving Your Best
184
1
Topping Up Your Reserves
185
1
Learning to Care for Yourself
186
2
Go with the Flow
188
1
Turning the Tide
189
2
Acknowledging and Using Our Abilities
191
3
Giving What You Want to Receive
194
1
Forming and Changing Beliefs
195
2
Negotiating Time for Yourself
197
3
Enhancing Happiness
200
15
The Secret That Will Never Be Known
200
2
Give and Take
202
2
Keep It Simple
204
1
If You Are Feeling Happy
205
2
Things Could Be Worse
207
1
The Problem of Looking for Problems
208
1
Being One with Everything
209
1
Make Use of What Life Offers
210
1
Celebrate Life
211
4
PART 3 CREATING YOUR OWN METAPHORS
215
32
How to Do It and How Not to Do It
217
15
Don't Do What I Have Done
217
3
How to Create Healing Stories
220
9
Guidelines for Using Personal Life Stories
229
3
Using the PRO-Approach to Create Your Own Healing Stories
232
15
Structuring a PRO-Approach
232
1
Steps for Administering Therapeutic Metaphors
233
9
A Concluding Comment
242
2
Why Do You Teach in Stories?
244
3
Resources
247
8
Index
255