Susan Perrow is a "story doctor." She writes, collects, and documents stories that offer a therapeutic journey for both the storyteller and listener--a positive, imaginative way of healing difficult situations.
Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour gathers the fruits of Susan Perrow's work in story-making. It is richly illustrated with lively anecdotes from parents and teachers who have discovered how the power of story can help resolve a variety of common childhood behaviors and situations, including separation anxiety, bullying, sibling rivalry, nightmares, and grieving.
This comprehensive resource offers:
+ An overview of therapeutic storytelling
+ Checklists for readers to evaluate the challenging behavior or situation and identify their desired resolution
+ Guidelines for adapting stories for different age groups and cultures
+ An extensive collection of new stories and traditional folk tales categorized by behavior or situation
+ A story-making model to help the reader create stories directly relevant to their own circumstances.
Perrow, Susan: - Susan Perrow, MEd, is an Australian author who works with "story medicine." She writes, collects, and documents stories that offer a therapeutic journey for the reader--a positive and imaginative way to address challenging behaviors and traumatic situations, including environmental grief and loss. Susan has an extensive background in teaching, writing, and therapeutic storytelling. She travels nationally and internationally giving keynotes and leading seminars for teachers, parents, and therapists, offering online training and talks, as well. Her therapeutic story work has led to the publication of four resource books published by Hawthorn Press: Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour (2008); Therapeutic Storytelling: 101 Healing Stories for Children (2012); An A-Z Collection of Behaviour Tales (2017); and Stories to Light the Night: A Grief and Loss Collection for Children, Families and Communities (2021). The first two have been translated into several languages, including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Serbian, and Croatian. Perrow also has released an app--Rainbow Tales: Healing Audio Sotries for Children--a therapeutic tool for parenting, teaching, and counseling children, ages 3 to 9 (available in online app stores).
