Title

Using Puppets with Children in Narrative Therapy to Externalize the Problem.

Authors

Butler, Sue; Guterman, Jeffrey T.; Rudes, James

Abstract

A clinical application is presented for using puppets with children in narrative therapy to externalize the problem. A case example illustrates the clinical application. Implications for the practice of narrative therapy are considered.

Subjects

THERAPEUTIC use of puppets; NARRATIVE therapy; THERAPEUTICS; CHILD psychology; MENTAL health; PROBLEM children; CHILD services; CHILDREN'S stories; NARRATIVE paradigm theory; PUPPET plays

Publication

Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 2009, Vol 31, Issue 3, p225

ISSN

1040-2861

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.17744/mehc.31.3.f255m86472577522