"This is another unique book brought to us by Australian George Burns. This is an excellent book for new and advanced therapists; it is another one of Georges' books that you will have to order for your own shelves, as I won't be lending you mine." (Psychotherapy in Australia, August 2008) "The reader will find a wealth of sundry stories in this book, some woven by the therapist, some by the client, and others in collaboration. The boundless urge to tell our stories and those of our clients will, with the help of this book, sooner or later prevail." (PsycCRITIQUES, 7/2/08)

George W. Burns is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, author, and therapist trainer. He is Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Western Australia and The Hypnotherapy Centre of Western Australia. He has lectured around the world and is an adjunct senior lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He has published several books, including 101 Healing Stories and 101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens (both from Wiley).

Acknowledgments. Introduction. What This Book Offers. The Contributors. The Contributions. The Structure of This Book. Following Your Gurus: An Opening Story. Chapter 1 Metaphor and Therapy: Clarifying Some Confusing Concepts. PART ONE IMPROVING MOOD. Chapter 2 The Healing Is Complete: Outcome- Oriented Experiential Metaphors in a Case of Major Depression. Chapter 3 An Empty Sadness: Exploring and Transforming Client- Generated Metaphors. Chapter 4 And This Little Piggy Stayed Home: Playful Metaphors in Treating Childhood Separation Anxiety. Chapter 5 Climbing Anxiety Mountain: Generating Metaphors in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. PART TWO BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS. Chapter 6 The Case of Carol: Empowering Decision- Making through Metaphor and Hypnosis. Chapter 7 The Woman Who Wanted to Lie on the Floor: A Social Constructionist Use of Metaphor in a Tale of Two Clients. Chapter 8 Trekking to Happiness-No Sherpa Required: A Utilization Approach to Transcending an Abusive Relationship. Chapter 9 And the Two Snakes Fought: Storybook Therapy to Help Deal with the Divorce Monster. PART THREE CHANGING PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR. Chapter 10 Under Fire: Refl ection and Metaphor in Narrative Therapy. Chapter 11 The Door Is Open, the Bird Can Fly: Merging Therapist and Client Metaphors in Child Therapy. Chapter 12 Everyone's Life Is a Story: Guided Metaphor in Changing Global Lifestyle. Chapter 13 Scared Speechless: Goal- Oriented and Multiple Embedded Metaphors in a Case of Psychogenic Dysphonia. PART FOUR ENHANCING HEALTH AND WELL- BEING. Chapter 14 Scareless Ghost, Painless Pasta: Kids' Own Stories as Therapeutic Metaphor. Chapter 15 Befriending Your Problems: Metaphor with a Self- Mutilating Young Woman in Transition. Chapter 16 Night, Night, Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Sharks Bite: "What's Missing?" in Metaphors. Chapter 17 The Metaphor That Sang Its Own Sad Song: Therapeutic Storytelling in Pediatric Hospice Care. PART FIVE DEVELOPING LIFE SKILLS. Chapter 18 Reclaiming Poise after Persecution: Client- Based Cultural Stories in Trauma Therapy. Chapter 19 Of Goths, Fairies, Dragons, and CBT: Joining the Client's World with an Evidence- Based Metaphor. Chapter 20 That's Not a Problem: Metaphor with a Disruptive Client in Ericksonian Group Therapy. Using Your Loaf: A Concluding Story. Reference. Resource Section. Further Reading Resources. Contributors' Favorite Metaphor Books. Index.