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Reviews of Storytelling Therapy training provided by Dr. Eric Miller (PhD in Folklore, MSc in Psychology), Director, World Storytelling Institute. 1) Review,
Sept-Oct 2017. 2) Review,
August-Sept 2021. 3) Review,
July-August 2021. 4) Review,
June-July 2021. 5) Review,
April-May 2021. 6) Reviews, 19th
July 2021. 7) Review,
Nov-Dec 2022. 8) Review,
March-April 2023. 9) Review,
May-June 2024. 10) Review, Nov
2005 - Jan 2025. _______________ 1 Review by a person who
underwent the 11-session group training in Sept-Dec 2017 – I want to express my feedback on how the
class made an impact on me and my work.
I love how it served as a consistently evolving dialogue about diverse
approaches in the effective use of symbol, metaphor, and motif. The class provided a very supportive framework
for sorting through the infinite complexity of the experiences of ourselves
and our clients, as well as our projected desires (outcomes). Thanks Eric for being our guide! I appreciated your deep listening skills
and ability to expertly draw from the disciplines of folkloristics and
psychology for an exploratory approach that is both spiritual and scientific. Sincerely, Trisha Trisha Denton Stage Director | Teaching Artist www.intandemarts.com _______________ 2 Review by a person who
underwent the 8-session one-on-one training in August-Sept
2021 – I am writing this review about the 2 months
training program on Storytelling Therapy with heartfelt thanks to Dr. Eric
Miller. It was an amazing experience for me during
these 2 months of training. It was a well-structured program, an
organised way of learning while also experiencing the methodologies of the
process myself. The training covers topics such as: 1) Working with one's personal Life Story. 2) Using metaphors for therapy. 3) The "Active Imagination"
activity. 4) Role-playing with characters we connect
with. 5) Creating a transformational story for
oneself. There are many life lessons one can learn by
attending this wonderful program. I thank Dr. Eric for facilitating these 8
sessions and for the knowledge transfer. I strongly recommend this program for anyone
who wants to create a better story of their life and share it with the world
-- and also to help others to do so. Dr. Eric Miller is a ONE STOP SOLUTION for
the same. Regards, Madhan Kumar _______________ 3 Review by a person who
underwent the 8-session one-on-one training in July-August
2021 – I joined the Storytelling Therapy course with
an aim to change my inner narrative. I
had a very harsh inner critic whose unforgiving comments really contaminated
my mental space. Dr. Eric Miller is a
very genuine human being and a perceptive counsellor and that was a blessed
combination to have in my corner. His
method of therapy is very simple and the effectiveness of the therapy lies in
that simplicity. Each live session was followed by an
assignment that brought out a tremendous shift in my perspective. This helped me to silence the negative
mental chatter and to look inwards with a more analytical frame of mind. By bringing out a stronger and clearer
narrative, I learned to read my thoughts with clarity. The best imagery I can come up here is, Storytelling
Therapy, by turning on the light made me realise how much darkness had
subdued my innate sense of living. The excitement of unlearning and relearning
about myself resulted in some very lengthy emails to Dr Miller but he would
patiently read both my emails and the attached file of assignments and give
relevant feedback. His personal
observations as much as the insights gained from the therapy itself were
excellent scaffolding for building a stronger and clearer inner dialogue for
me. I went to therapy confused and
came out focussed and determined. It's
not a small transformation. The entire
course is designed to make one think clearly and supply one with the tools
necessary to navigate towards a successful future, be it personal or
professional. _______________ 4 Review by a person who
underwent the 8-session one-on-one training in June-July
2021 – I greatly benefited from the experiential
Storytelling Therapy training. We tell
narratives about ourselves, to ourselves and to the world. This training enabled me to create a
positive, transformative narrative in contrast to my earlier self-defeating
version that I was projecting myself onto.
It was an empowering experience.
I appreciate and extend my gratitude to Dr Eric for walking me through
this wonderful transformation. _______________ 5 Review by a person who
underwent the 8-session one-on-one training in April-May
2021 – The Storytelling Therapy sessions with Dr.
Eric Miller were in many ways a first for me.
I started the sessions with a view to experience healing therapy and
by the end I feel equipped to revisit memories invoking pain or hurt, and
deal with them in ways that are cathartic.
The steps of the therapy sessions, devised scientifically, helped
introspection while the act of writing down incidents and feelings of the
past and present was liberating. It
was also a huge learning experience in terms of the articles, stories,
research papers, and videos shared and discussed. Ideally, I would recommend each of us go
through this process sooner rather than later in life to be able to heal and
grow joyfully. _______________ 6 Reviews by people who
attended a single-session introductory workshop on Storytelling Therapy (via
Zoom) led by Dr Eric on 19th July 2021 in a series organised by the Sydney
Centre for Creative Change (Sydney, Australia) – The (55 minute) recording of the session is here (the session begins at 3:55). The reviews are: 1 It was a great taste of a different way of
working for me. Even in the short time
slot, I appreciated the practical application and chance to connect with
others. 2 It was awesome! 3 I really enjoyed the immersive nature of the
session. And the link between theory
and practise. Thank you! 4 We covered so much in such a short period of
time and explored so many different, rich, and beautiful lands. Thank you for allowing me to use my
imagination and connect to the wisdom of my unconscious. 5 Thanks for a very engaging and informative
session! 6 Interesting! I cannot wait to look into more details on
Storytelling Therapy. Thanks to Dr
Eric Miller and Jacki. 7 Surely useful for life coaching and
personality development. Thank you
Eric and Jacki for taking the time to do this! The above reviews were collected by Ms Jacki Short, Director, and Principal
Psychologist and Play Therapist, Sydney Centre for
Creative Change Facebook, SCCC _______________ 7 Review by a person who
underwent the 8-session one-on-one training in Nov-Dec 2022
– Working with imagery and imagination has been
a very deep and nurturing experience for me.
Eric Miller really knows his stuff!
As a psychotherapist in private practice, I was able to incorporate
aspects of Storytelling Therapy into my sessions with clients immediately,
and I plan to expand my use of this process in the future. I highly encourage other therapists to
explore this modality. Carin Kirikos, LCSW-C Psychotherapist Align –
Nature-Informed Counseling and Wellness _______________ 8 Review by a person who
underwent the 8-session one-on-one training in March-April
2023 – Storytelling Therapy training by Dr Eric
Miller was a beautiful journey. Eric
was gentle, present, and supportive throughout, providing safe space and
guidance when needed. He makes the
process easy and playful. You should
not miss the role-play activity because that is his superpower, due to his
experience and knowledge in this area.
If you decide to take the course, you will be guided and instructed
with kindness and compassion. I
trusted the process and finished it with a beautiful and powerful story. Eric, thank you. _______________ 9 Review by a person who
underwent the 8-session one-on-one training in May-June
2024 – (Note: Fairytale Therapy is a kind of Storytelling
Therapy in which the client especially works with fairytales.) Fairytale Therapy has been very useful in
helping me to find secret parts of myself that I had been hesitant to look
at. Externalizing problems by reading
and thinking about fairytales made it easier to look at my own issues. Active Imagination, and Role Play about
real people in my life and also characters from favorite stories helped me to
see my needs. Fairytale Therapy involves a lot of thinking
and writing outside of the therapy hour.
This gave me a chance to continue the process started during a
session. It also gave me a way of
feeling the experience on a different level as I would write it down. For me writing has always been a way of
solidifying my thoughts, so I was able to focus on what I was doing and be
more intentional about where I wanted the therapy to focus. The limited time of the sessions provided a
framework that kept the focus on what was to be discussed and how to move
forward. And the webpages have so much
extra information that I believe I can continue to read about the concepts
and think about them for a long time. My recommendation for anyone who is
interested in finding out more about themselves is to try Fairytale
Therapy. Eric provides a good
framework for the processing of concepts, and because he is open to receiving
writings between sessions he can give extra feedback. It has been a very good experience. - Laura Bosworth, LMFT (Licensed Marriage and
Family Therapist). Based in Los Angeles. Sees clients via Zoom. Prioviding Play Therapy with young people,
and Jungian and Story Therapy with adults. a _______________ 10 Review by a person who
underwent the 8-session one-on-one training in Nov 2024 -
Jan 2025 – Doing Storytelling Therapy with
Eric was such a wonderful experience.
It is a soft and seemingly silent process that reaches the finest
layers of one's unconsciousness, a gift that only stories touch upon and
bring forward. It is a therapeutic and didactic
journey and Eric, with his knowledge and skill, navigates it and adapts it so
that it corresponds to the needs of the client. Storytelling Therapy is a sort of song of remembrance, it recovers what
was outwardly lost and it opens space for recreation of self, if one is
truthful with oneself. I recommend this therapy to those
who work with people in the domains of education, communication, coaching,
counseling, and therapy, and to all who are interested in the magic and power
of story. - Dubravka Zamac Storyteller, Educator, and Coach Belgrade, Serbia a a a a <complete>a a a a a a a a a a aa a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a .
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