The Developmental Canon
Story Medicine™
80,664 words in 12 chapters, and a narration.
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The chapters
1. Overview & Framework Record
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2. Chapter 2. Understanding Trauma as a Broken Story — The Seven Shapes of Narrative Arrest
7,364 words
3. Chapter 3. The Architecture of Healing — Restoring the Story the Body Already Knows
7,224 words
4. Chapter 4. Patterns of Stuck Stories — Recognizing the Seven Shapes of Narrative Arrest
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5. Chapter 5. The Somatic Dimension — The Body as Narrator
7,295 words
6. Chapter 6. The Role of the Facilitator in Story Medicine™
5,187 words
7. Chapter 7. Cultural Narratives and Their Impact on Personal Stories
7,284 words
8. Conclusion: Living with Narrative Consciousness — From Story Medicine to Storied Life
5,419 words
9. Appendix — Variant Drafts
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10. Variant — Chapter 2. Understanding Trauma as a Broken Story — The Mechanics of Narrative Fragmentation
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11. Variant — Chapter 2. Understanding Trauma as a Broken Story — The Architecture of Narrative Breakage
6,391 words
12. Variant — Chapter 3. The Architecture of Healing
6,762 words