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- Title
Positive and Negative Timelines: A Technique for Restorying.
- Authors
SUDDABY, KENNETH; LANDAU, JUDITH
- Abstract
Families or individuals requesting therapeutic consultation often present in the context of an overwhelming history of stressful and negative life events. Frequently, the pressure of such events obliterates memories of strengths and successes. This is particularly true by the time people reach inpatient psychiatric settings. This article outlines a technique designed to help people bring these events into perspective and to develop positive life stories. The use of Positive and Negative Timelines helps to reinforce competency-based themes in people's lives. A clinical case is used to highlight the technique.
- Subjects
LIFE change events; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; MID-life crisis; EVERYDAY life; PSYCHIATRY; DEVELOPMENTAL psychology
- Publication
Family Process, 1998, Vol 37, Issue 3, p287
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1545-5300.1998.00287.x