Hugh K. Marr, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Alexandria, Virginia. He has worked in all phases of community mental health, culminating in running a partial hospital program for clients with the co-occurring disorders of substance use and major mental illness. He is the coauthor of the books What Story Are You Living? and Introduction to Archetypes.

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgements: A Professional Journey Story

Preface

Introduction

Part 1 - The Shoulders of Giants

1. Major Background Theorists

Part 2 - The Aspects of Story and the Foundational Story Model

2. The Aspects of Story

3. The Foundational Story Model

4. Foundational Stories: Russian Dolls and Magic Mirrors

Part 3 - Life and Foundational Story Assessment

5. Gathering Stories

6.Understanding Foundational Stories

7. Assessing the Impact of History and Context: The Foundational Story Interview and Family of Origin Mapping

8. The Seminal Importance of Roles

9. Assessing the Life Story Plot and Characters: Plot Diagramming And Character (or Ego State) Mapping

Part 4 - Changing Foundational and Life Stories

10. Introduction and Sources of Change

11. Changing Context: Story Receiving and Storytelling

12. Helping Transform Characters

13. Changing Plot

14. Thematic Change

15. Transforming the Moral and the Whole Story I

16.Transforming the Moral and the Whole Story II: Foundational Storyboarding

Part 5 - Trauma and the Life Story

17. From Fat Farm to Child Abuse

18. The Trauma Story: Holes, Shards, and Morals

19. A Trauma Treatment Primer: Phases of Trauma Treatment

Part 6 - Listening to Your Own Story

20. Working With Yourself

21. Growing as a Therapist

Part 7 - Conclusion: Weaving it Together

22. Without and Beyond Story

23. Integrating a Storied View With Your Own Theory

Appendices

Appendix I: The Foundational Story Interview Template

AppendixII: Foundational Story Diagram Form

Appendix III: Family of Origin Mapping (FOOM) Procedure

Appendix IV: Trauma List

Index