Table of Contents

Introduction. Part One: Practice. Narrative practitioner at work. Concepts. Techniques. Helping narratives to flow. Families. Mental health. What hinders narratives. Clinical supervision. Work consultancy. Part Two: Teaching. Background. The training. Some teaching exercises. The effects of narrative-based training. Part Three: Theory. From a patient-centred approach to a story-centred one. Balint and narrative: a comparison. Towards a narrative model for primary care. Appendix: The initial research.

About the Author

John Launer

Reviews

'I learnt a lot from this book, both about the philosophical basis of the narrative approach and about simple, practical techniques to use in the consulting room. This book will quickly find its place on the shelf of key textbooks on the core values and methods of primary health care' Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, in the Foreword