TY - BOOK AU - Morgan,Alice ED - Dulwich Centre Publications TI - What is narrative therapy ?: an easy-to-read introduction SN - 0957792905 U1 - 361.06 21 PY - 2000///] CY - Adelaide PB - Dulwich Centre Publications KW - Narrative therapy KW - Counseling KW - Social service N1 - "This book also represents issue #1 2000 of Gecko: a journal of deconstruction and narrative ideas in therapeutic practice. -- Title page; Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132) and index; Part one. What is narrative therapy? -- Understanding and living our lives through stories -- Stories in the therapeutic context -- Externalising conversations: naming the problem -- Tracing the history of the problem -- Exploring the effects of the problem -- Situating the problem in context: deconstruction -- Discovering unique outcomes -- Tracing the history and meaning of the unique outcome and naming an alternative story --; Part two. Thickening the alternative story -- Re-membering conversations -- Therapeutic documentation -- Therapeutic letters -- Rituals and celebrations -- Expanding the conversation -- Outsider-witness groups and definitional ceremonies ER -