An Angry Lion: While researching, I found this article that serves
as an example of how a child’s imagination and the art of storytelling can be
powerful as a healing tool. Here is the abstract: “Storytelling is a useful
relationship building tool to use with children, as demonstrated by the work of
‘Johnny’ and the author, his nurse. Five stages of narration – purpose,
backstory, pivotal events, evaluation of effects and summary – encourage
children to recognize and accept feelings such as anger, grief, shame, and
guilt in a safe way and make small steps toward change. It is feasible to start
engaging children with simple everyday stories, and then go on to develop the
tale so that the nurse and the child make additions as required” (Holyoake 7)
What are you going to read now?
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