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Narrative means iu uicia^ci RC489.W75 W47 21195 White, Michael. NEW COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA (SF) • RC #8910 489 White, Michael. W75 Narrative means to therapeut—ic ends / W47 M—ichael White, David Epston. 1st ed. New York Norton, cl990. : "xAviiN,ort2o2n9 pp.rof: esislli.ona;l22booetka.." Includes bibliographical references and index. #8910 Gift:Henry $ . . ISBN 0-393-70098-4 — 1. Letter—wr iting Therapeutic use. 2. Psychotherapy. I. Epston, David. II. Title 15 NOV 90 20828023 NEWCxc 89-48776 DATE DUE Means Narrative to Therapeutic Ends David Epston isa Co-directorofThe FamilyTherapy Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. Michael White isa Co-directorof the Dulwich Centre, Adelaide, Australia. The authors made different, but equal, contributions to this book. A NORTON PROFESSIONAL BOOK Means Narrative to Ends Therapeutic Michael White David Epston tt W.W. NORTON & COMPANY NEWYORK LONDON • Copyright © 1990by Dulwich Centre, Adelaide, South Australia All rights reserved. Printed in the United StatesofAmerica. Available in Australia and NewZealand from Dulwich Centre, 345 Carrington Street, Adelaide, Sth Australia 5000, Australia First Edition LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data White, Michael. Narrative means totherapeuticends/MichaelWhite, David Epston. p. cm. "A Norton professionalbook." Includes bibliographical references. 1. Letter-writing—Therapeuticuse. 2. Psychotherapy. I. Epston, David. II. Title. RC489.W75W47 1990 616.89'166-dc20 89-48776 ISBN: 0-393-70098-4 I W W Norton &Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, NewYork, N.Y. 10110 W W. Norton & Company Ltd., 37 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NU 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 . Contents Foreword vii by Karl Tomm, M.D. Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv 1 Story, Knowledge, and Power 1 Analogy 4 The TextAnalogy 9 The TextAnalogy and Therapy 1 Dominant Narrative asDominant Knowledge and UnitofPower 18 Alternative Storiesand CulturallyAvailableDiscourses 27 Oraland Written Traditions: A Distinction 33 Conclusion 37 2. Externalizing ofthe Problem 38 Relative Influence Questioning 42 Defining the Problem to Be Externalized 48 Unique Outcomes 55 The Revision ofPersons'Relationships with Problems 63 Responsibility 65 The Cultural Context 65 The Panopticon 67 Some Final Thoughts 75 3. A Storied Therapy 77 Distinctions Between Logico—Scientificand Narrative Modes 80 Letters ofInvitation 84 vi NarrativeMeans to TherapeuticEnds Redundancy Letters 90 Letters ofPrediction 94 Counter-ReferralLetters 96 LettersofReference 98 Lettersfor Special Occasions 103 BriefLetters 107 Lettersas Narrative 125 SelfStories 163 4. Counter Documents 188 Certificates 192 Declarations 192 Self-certification 212 Conclusion 216 References 218 Index 223
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