The book provides a hypnosystemically grounded introduction to therapeutic storytelling in medicine, child therapy, adult psychotherapy, couples therapy, family therapy, social work, pastoral care, education, coaching, supervision, and related professional fields.
Contents include:

• The relevance of storytelling to therapy.
• Why, when, and how stories have therapeutic effects.
• Where I can use therapeutic stories.
• How to find the right story for the right moment.
• Structuring a therapeutic story.
• How to start and continue.
• Enhancing narrative skills.

About the Author:Stefan Hammel works as a systemic therapist, hypnotherapist, and author. He is also an protestant hospital and psychiatric chaplain, as well as the director of the Institute for Hypnosystemic Counseling in Kaiserslautern. Additionally, he serves as a lecturer for systemic and hypnotherapeutic training institutes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He conducts seminars on Ericksonian hypnotherapy, therapeutic storytelling, systemic and hypnosystemic counseling. His main areas of focus include couple and family therapy, therapy for children and adolescents, depression, anxiety, trauma, end-of-life and grief counseling, as well as supporting somatic healing processes.

What does storytelling have to do with therapy?

Life as a story
When is storytelling therapeutic?
Injurious and healing stories
What kinds of stories can I tell?
A shelf full of dreams
What characterizes a good story?
Room for one's own
How do I find the right story at the right time?
Unearthing treasures
How do I structure a therapeutic story?
Building stairs
Where to start, where to lead?
Stops in the landscape of life
Where do I begin and how do I continue?
The wrong English
Editing stories - Polishing the diamond
Storytelling in child and adolescent therapy - Gregor, the dragon
Storytelling in adult therapy - Like a heap of ants
Storytelling in medicine - Rowing uphill
Storytelling in therapy training and supervision - Matryoshka
Storytelling as a remedy in collectively experienced crises?.