Contribution to Book
Forward
The Use of Personal Narratives in the Helping Professions: A Teaching Casebook
(2002)
Abstract
The Use of Personal Narratives in the Helping Professions: A Teaching Casebook is a collection of personal narratives, short stories, and poetry about mental illness and other life-affecting problems, mostly in the context of family life. Each selection is accompanied by questions for discussion; selected reading lists are provided with each chapter. Beginning with problems related to childhood, the stories range through adolescence, adulthood, and old age. This unique book provides students and educators in psychology, social work, and counseling with an in-depth understanding of various mental illnesses and psychosocial problems through the life cycle. Its stories and narratives give students the unique opportunity to experience “from the inside” what it is like to live with an eating disorder or struggle with a compulsion phobia.
Keywords
- Personal narratives,
- Helping professions
Disciplines
Publication Date
2002
Editor
Jessica K. Heriot and Eileen J. Polinger
Publisher
The Haworth Social work Practice Press
Citation Information
David N. Sattler. "Forward" The Use of Personal Narratives in the Helping Professions: A Teaching Casebook (2002) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david-sattler/19/