Description: Practical advice and proven strategies for using narrative therapy with older people. From Tree of Life facilitation to ways of approaching loss and trauma, this person-centred approach helps service users take ownership of their own stories and improve their mental health.
Brief description: Rosslyn Offord is an NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist based in South Wales. She has a special interest in using psychotherapy with people affected by dementia and has found narrative practice transformative.
Review Quotes:
This page-turner of an important book works on so many levels by never losing sight of real people, either professionals or service users whose stories - if encouraged - come alive, enabling better quality of life for the individual to flourish. I know, because I have experienced narrative therapy as a recipient and as a co-facilitator in sessions, and my heartfelt wish is that through this book many others have this opportunity too.
This book does exactly what it says on the title page - it DOES empathetically challenge stigma, skilfully support connection and compassionately build hope. The authors' insights resonate throughout, and people rather than their problems are their prime focus. Then by building trust and relationships through values-led practice we're taken on a positive story with both questions and possible solutions to support the reader. Here is a key book on the subject to have by your side.--Keith Oliver, Kent and Medway NHS Dementia Envoy, author of Dear Alzheimer's