Storytelling has been used around the world for centuries to heal people. The articles below describe various uses of storytelling and healing, including:

• how storytelling will be used to help people deal with the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland

• a program in Montreal's multiethnic schools where storytelling is helping heal migrant and refugee children from war-torn countries

• stories gathered, then used in eulogies in funeral homes

For more information about the uses of storytelling in healing, see:

• The Healing Story Alliance, a special interest group of the National Storytelling Network.

1. Storytelling Can Make a Difference in Conflict The Times of India (New Delhi, India), October 1, 2007

2. Outside Voices: Siobhan Darrow On The Value Of Storytelling CBS News (New York City, NY), December 15, 2006

3. We Can Heal the Wounds The Fiji Times Online (Suva, Fiji), December 3, 2006

4. Storytelling is Great Tool in Tourism and Reconciliation City Vision (Western Cape, South Africa), November 9, 2006

5. Cathartic Tales Malaysia Star (Malaysia), January 24, 2006

6. Storytellers to Honor Dr. King January 15 Palisadian-Post (Pacific Palisades, CA), January 13, 2005

7. Storytelling Known for Healing Nature Billings Gazette (Billings, MT), December 8, 2004

8. Storyteller Shows Health Officials a New Way to Communicate with Alaskans Anchorage Daily News (Anchorage, Alaska), December 7, 2004

9. Storyteller Nurses 'Their Spirits' Baton Rouge Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), November 7, 2004

10. Clarinetist Mends Her Heart Through Performing Palm Beach Daily News (Palm Beach, FL), October 20, 2004

11. National Endowment For The Arts Grant Will Benefit Local Homeless Youth Westchester.com (Westchester, NY), October 20, 2004

12. Telling the Holocaust Story The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem, Israel), September 6, 2004

13. He's Found Escape in Life and Onstage The Boston Globe, August 27, 2004

14. Teaching Through Stories: Televised Play Brings Cancer Information to Native Alaskans Capital City Weekly (Juneau, Alaska), August 24, 2004

15. The Moral Clout of Storytelling The Seed, July/August, 2004

16. Storytelling Helps Victims of Trauma Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, FL), August 21, 2004

17. Visual and Performing Arts Take on a Bigger Role in Patient Recovery The Washington Post, August 17, 2004

18. Solace Found in the Telling of a Tragic Tale Times Union (Albany, NY), August 13, 2004

19. Tall Tales Told at Civic Center Arizona Sentinel, August, 2004

20. Across the Land, Plots are Thickening LA Times, July 29, 2004

21. Her Final Story The Reader (Omaha, Nebraska), June 25, 2004

22. Lives Retold St. Petersburg Times, June 14, 2004

23. Victims To Voice Pain The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), May 27, 2004

24. Narrative and Medicine The New England Journal of Medicine, February 26, 2004

25. Creative Expression Workshops for Immigrant and Refugee Children Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, February, 2004

26. You Can Be a Great Storyteller USA Weekend.com, January 18, 2004

27. Food for Thought Atlanta Jewish Times, December 29, 2003

28. Diagnosis Goes Low Tech The New York Times, October 11, 2003

29. Even in a High-Tech World, Storytellers Can Still Spin a Good Yarn Chicago Tribune Online Edition, July, 2003

30. Narrative Voices And Repertoire at a Healing Crossroads in South India Journal of American Folklore, Summer, 2003

For more information about the uses of storytelling in healing, see The Healing Story Alliance, a Special Interest Group of the National Storytelling Network.

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