Philip Barker Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Calgary Psychiatrist, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Philip Barker, MB, BS, FRCPsych, FRCP(C), is Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Paediatrics at the University of Calgary; and Director of the Department of Psychiatry at Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary.

• Chapter 1 Metaphor: A Time-Honored Way of Communicating; Chapter 2 The Place of Metaphor in Psychotherapy; Chapter 3 The Various Types of Metaphor; Chapter 4 Establishing Treatment Goals; Chapter 5 Metaphors for Developmental Problems; Chapter 6 Metaphors for Conduct Disorders and Other Behavioral Problems; Chapter 7 Metaphors for Emotional Problems; Chapter 8 Metaphors for Family Problems; Chapter 9 Metaphors and the Wider Social Context; Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Uses of Metaphor; Chapter 11 The Practical Delivery of Metaphors;