Table of Contents

Foreword. Steve Killick, Clinical Psychologist and Storyteller.

Introduction.

1. The Power of Stories for Facilitating Healing for Children and their Families.
2. 'Once upon a time...' Creating Your Own Stories. Section One: Looking Back and Moving On, Life in Stories.
3. Story One: The Caterpillar Who Did not Want to Become a Butterfly.
4. Story Two: Kirsty, the Cuckoo in the Nest.
5. Story Three: The Puppy Who needed healing. Section Two: Coping in Fear and Without Trust.
6. Story Four: Conner the Superhero.
7. Story Five: Millie and Her Mother.
8. Story Six: In the Eye of the Storm. Section Three: I Will Do It By Myself.
9. Story Seven: Born to Care.
10. Story Eight: The Boy with all the Knowledge of the World in His Head.
11. Story Nine: The Mermaid's Song. Section Four: Keep Noticing Me.
12. Story Ten: Melinda and the Golden Balloon.
13. Story Eleven: The Clockmakers and the Cuckoo Clock.
14. Story Twelve: The Space Boy. Section Five: Learning About Relationships.
15. Story Thirteen: Survival of the Fittest.
16. Story Fourteen: A Mummy Finds out how to Look After her Baby.
17. Story Fifteen: Sally Sunshine and the Big Bag of Worries. Section Six: Stories for Parents.
18. Story Sixteen: A Daughter's Tale.
19. Story Seventeen: William and Edward.
20. Story Eighteen: Longing and Belonging. Section Seven: Stories for the Practitioners.
21. Story Nineteen: The Finest Forest in all the Land.
22. Story Twenty: Never You Mind.
23. Story Twenty One: Bridge over Troubled Water.

Appendices

1. Planning a Solution Story.
2. Planning a Therapeutic Story.
3. Planning a Trauma Story.
4. Planning a Narrative to Explore Life Story.
5. Planning an Insight Story.

References.