title: 'Roving' and recovery in storytelling for mental health: reclaiming the city, resingularising ourselves
abstract: Storytelling is a multi-faceted activity, but the aspects of it most commonly associated with mental health are the therapeutic potential of the stories told, and the unique interpersonal connections which can be created during a storytelling encounter. These two aspects, encapsulated in the image of a storytelling circle, resonate with two of the characteristics of the CHIME model of mental health recovery, “Meaning” and “Connection” (Leamy et al 2011). In the Storytelling class I ran for adult
journal: Research at York St John (York St John University)