Jewish Stories for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Children and Adolescents
摘要
Psychotherapeutic storytelling involves narratives as a tool in mental health therapy settings. Due to the nature of storytelling, this modality is well suited for cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), particularly with children and adolescents. Therapeutic stories have been applied in diverse contexts and to address numerous psychological disorders. Stories are often best matched to clients’ cultural traditions; however, there is a deficit of discussion of Jewish stories in the clinical literature. This chapter aims to address this gap, explaining how Jewish stories can be incorporated into CBT with young Jewish clients, providing specific examples from the Torah, Talmud, and Hasidic sources. We demonstrate how such stories explicate the interconnection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, a foundational CBT concept. We also discuss the use of Jewish stories to address maladaptive perfectionism, an important risk factor in many disorders commonly treated in CBT.