Using Metaphors as Tools for Counseling Children.

Bowman, Robert P.

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ERIC Number: EJ500978

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Publication Date: 1995

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Using Metaphors as Tools for Counseling Children.

Bowman, Robert P.

Elementary School Guidance & Counseling, v29 n3 p206-16 Feb 1995

Provides a brief history of the use of metaphor and its potential usefulness with children. Describes eight strategies for using metaphors with children, offers a systematic approach for constructing interwoven metaphors for children, supplies a case example, and lists some of the limitations of metaphorical language in counseling. (RJM)

Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Elementary Education, Figurative Language, Language, School Counseling, School Counselors, Symbolic Language

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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