What Storytelling (and Your Listening) Can Do for Young People

A recent article in Counseling Today, a publication of the American Counseling Association, describes the theory behind narrative therapy, and approaches you can build into nonclinical work to encourage youth to understand, communicate and re-write the stories of their own lives. Looking for ways to explain the power of stories to young people? Invite them to watch this TEDTalk about the “dangers of a single story.”

Read the article in Counseling Today here: 
https://ct.counseling.org/2017/09/stories-of-empowerment/

Listen the TEDTalk here:
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story#t-1100547