Step Out of Your Story. Kim Schneiderman
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Название: Step Out of Your Story

Автор: Kim Schneiderman

Издательство: Ingram

Жанр: Психотерапия и консультирование

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isbn: 9781608682331

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Praise for Step Out of Your Story

“This book presents many helpful ideas with clarity and humor. There is something for every individual seeking the golden thread or ‘yellow brick road’ that leads from suffering to joy and from pain to spiritual health.”

— Nancy Rosanoff, spiritual counselor and author of Intuition Workout

“Our life histories shape us, our attitudes, our life views, and our relationships as well as our strengths and weaknesses. Kim Schneiderman’s book is a fantastic demonstration of this.”

— Samuel C. Klagsbrun, MD, executive medical director, Four Winds Hospital

“Read this ingeniously devised book, do the exercises, and discover how you can step out of your story and take control of your life.”

— Albert J. Bernstein, PhD, author of Dinosaur Brains and Emotional Vampires

“Step Out of Your Story is a truly fresh approach to reflective writing. By placing our own lives in the context of plotlines, characters, and narrative devices, Kim Schneiderman provides an ingenious way to twist our culture’s fascination with reality TV and sensational movies and channel it toward the story that matters most: the narrative of our own lives. Both entertaining and evocative, this book’s approach to self-awareness promises to reveal a fascinating story you may not have realized was inside you.”

— Marney K. Makridakis, author of Creating Time and Hop, Skip, Jump

“In Step Out of Your Story, Kim Schneiderman shows us in step-by-step, practical, and creative exercises how to change our lives by changing our stories. What an innovative way to channel our natural storytelling abilities into a powerful ally for a richer, more satisfying life.”

— Judy Reeves, author of Wild Women, Wild Voices

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Text design by Tona Pearce Myers and Tracy Cunningham

Plot diagram that first appears on page 20 by Tracy Cunningham

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Schneiderman, Kim, date.

Step out of your story : writing exercises to reframe and transform your life / Kim Schneiderman, LCSW, MSW

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-60868-232-4 (paperback) — ISBN 978-1-60868-233-1 (ebook)

1. Narrative therapy. 2. Psychotherapy—Problems, exercises, etc. 3. Personal construct therapy. I. Title.

RC489.S74S36 2015

616.89'165—dc23

2015010467

First printing, June 2015

ISBN 978-1-60868-232-4

Printed in the USA on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper

New World Library is proud to be a Gold Certified Environmentally Responsible Publisher. Publisher certification awarded by Green Press Initiative. www.greenpressinitiative.org

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To my parents, Linda and Bernie Schneiderman, who live on through the stories we tell about them

CONTENTS

Preface: My Story

Introduction

Chapter One. Embracing the Story Lens on Life

Chapter Two. Shifting Your Perspective

Chapter Three. Getting to Know the Star of Your Story

Chapter Four. The Roles We Play

Chapter Five. Who’s Writing Your Script?

Chapter Six. Naming and Describing Your Chapter

Chapter Seven. Doom or Bloom: Exploring the Power of Spin