Folk stories are used by counselors in a great many helping professions, for example, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, art therapy, education, corrections and pastoral counseling, as indicated below. Dr. Lenora Ucko of StoriesWork pioneered the use of folk stories in group and individual services for abused women.

Selected References

Bard, Marjorie.Aiding the Homeless (includes abused women). In Jones, Michael Owen, ed. Putting Folklore to Use. U of KY Press. 1994.

Brun, Birgitte; Pedersen, Ernst W; Runberg, Marianne.Symbols of the soul: therapy and guidance through fairy tales. London, England UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd. 1993.

Carr, Elizabeth Leila. Development of a projective fairy tale test to assess sexual abuse. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section: B: the Sciences & Engineering. Vol 55(7-B), Jan 1995, 3007.

Costantino, Giuseppe; Malgady, Robert C. Culturally sensitive treatment: Cuento and hero/heroine modeling therapies for Hispanic children and adolescents. In Hibbs, Euthymia D. et al. Psychosocial Treatments for Child and Adolescent Disorders: Empirically based strategies for clinical practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 1996. 639-669.

Coulacoglou, Carina. he cross cultural and clinical values of fairy tales and the Fairy Tale Test. Journal of Projective Psychology & Mental Health. Vol 7(1), Jan 2000, 27-38.

Dia Cha and Norma J. Livo. Teaching with folk stories among the Hmong. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. 2000.

Dieckmann, Hans. Twice Told Tales: the psychological use of fairy tales. Wilmette, IL: Chiron Publications. 1986.

Dieckmann, Hans. Fairy-tales in psychotherapy. Journal of Analytic Psychology. Vol. 42(2), Apr.1997, 253-268.

Herman, Lisa.Good enough fairy tales for resolving sexual abuse trauma. Arts in Therapy. Vol.24(5), 1997, 439-445.

Hohr, Hansjorg. Dynamic aspects of fairy tales: Social and emotional competence through fairy tales. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. Vol 44(1), Mar 2000, 89-103.

Johnson, Holly Harrison.Sand, soul, and psyche: A study of fairy tale and the healing imagination in clinical practice of psychoanalysis. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: the Sciences and Engineering Vol.59 (7-B), Jan. 1999, 3696.

Kast, Verena. Folktales as Therapy. New York: Fromm International. 1995.

Kast, Verena. The therapeutic significance of symbols, myths, and fairy tales. [German]. Praxis der Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik. Vol 30(6), Nov 1985, 279-289

Laird, Joan.Women and stories: Restorying women's self-constructions. In McGoldrick, Monica (Ed); Anderson, Carol M. (Ed); et al. (1989). Women in families: A framework for family therapy. (pp. 427-450). New York, NY, USA: W. W. Norton & Co, Inc.

Leith, Dick. Fairytales and Therapy:a critical overview. London:Daylight. 1998.

Moreno, Barbara D. Empowering young children to think and act critically through folktales: An experience in Critical Pedagogy. Dissertation Abstracts International. Vol.51(12-A, Pt.1), Jun 1991, 4046.

Noonan, William Robert. Emissaries from the imagination: The therapeutic use of folk tales for a story based model of pastoral counseling. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Science. Vol. 55 (5-A), 1994, 1282.

Noonan, William Robert. Once upon a time served: Therapeutic application of fairy tales within a correctional environment. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Vol. 39 (3). Fall 1995. 210-221.

Peseschkian, Nossrat. Oriental Stories as Tools in Psychotherapy. NY: Springer-Verlag. 1986.

Rowan, Bonnie Ann. Once Upon a Time Today: use of fairytales in art therapy for children with learning disabilities. Phila.,PA: Hahnemann University. 1995.

Schultze, Dawn D. I can see the sap in the leaves: Native American storytelling applied in group therapy. Dissertation Thesis (Psy.D.) University of St. Thomas (St.Paul, Mn), 1997.

Tanzi, Eugenia. Il folk-lore nella patologia mentale. In Giornale Storica di Psicologia Dinamica. Jun 1981. Vol 5(10), 3-40.

Thomas, Volker. Of thorns and roses: the use of the "Brier Rose" fairy tale in therapy with families of gifted children. Contemporary Family Therapy. Vol. 17(1), Mar 1995. 83-91.

Ucko, Lenora. Endangered Spouses: The legacy of marital inequality. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. 1995.

Ucko, Lenora.Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Confronting wife abuse through folk stories. Social Work. Vol.36 (5), Sep 1991, 414-419.