TY - BOOK AU - Hamkins, S TI - The art of narrative psychiatry SN - 019998204X PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press N2 - This book is a comprehensive description of narrative therapy in action. Contents include: what is narrative psychiatry?; connecting with compassion - the therapeutic relationship; Starting with stories of success - the initial psychiatric consultation; externalizing and unpacking the problem; cultivating stories of strength and meaning and deconstructing damaging discourses; collaborating in considering treatment options - medicine and other psychiatric resources; finding lost stories of love - remembering love and legacy amid loss; finding ones voice - recovering from trauma; finding happiness - rising from despair and turning away from anxiety ER -