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Story Corner

Story Corner HARVEY TUCK (At time of writing this story, Harvey was about to leave Auckland for work in Melbourne - Ed.) LOCK UP YOUR MONSTERS Fiona, 7, had been having nightmares for about six months when her mother brought her in to see me. I had got to the point where Fiona was afraid to go to bed. I asked her to describe what her nightmares were like. I listened as Fiona tole me of monsters that would disturb her at night. I asked her if she would draw them for me. She did so and I remarked at how frightening and rowdy they looked. It was then I decided to appoint myselfas an authority on Monster Taming, being reminded of a procedure I had heard Michael White describe in one of his workshops some months earlier.' I told her that she had been too kind to these monsters. Fiona seemed a little confused. I said she had overlooked one small thing - she had forgotten to lock her monsters up at night. I explained I. White, M., Fear Busting and Monster Taming, Dulwich Centre Review, 1985; I: 29-34. Story Corner to her that monsters like to play outside http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 1986 Australian Association of Family Therapy
ISSN
0814-723X
eISSN
1467-8438
DOI
10.1002/j.1467-8438.1986.tb01188.x
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HARVEY TUCK (At time of writing this story, Harvey was about to leave Auckland for work in Melbourne - Ed.) LOCK UP YOUR MONSTERS Fiona, 7, had been having nightmares for about six months when her mother brought her in to see me. I had got to the point where Fiona was afraid to go to bed. I asked her to describe what her nightmares were like. I listened as Fiona tole me of monsters that would disturb her at night. I asked her if she would draw them for me. She did so and I remarked at how frightening and rowdy they looked. It was then I decided to appoint myselfas an authority on Monster Taming, being reminded of a procedure I had heard Michael White describe in one of his workshops some months earlier.' I told her that she had been too kind to these monsters. Fiona seemed a little confused. I said she had overlooked one small thing - she had forgotten to lock her monsters up at night. I explained I. White, M., Fear Busting and Monster Taming, Dulwich Centre Review, 1985; I: 29-34. Story Corner to her that monsters like to play outside

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy – Wiley

Published: Dec 1, 1986

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