ABSTRACT

Listening intently to the language of others offers us the opportunity to create images that stimulate the senses (Barlow, Fine, Pollio, & Pollio, 1977). Telling stories of lived moments is a creative opportunity to verbally image a moment in time that can provide a perspective from which a shared experience can elicit visceral responses in the group process. Words have an energy that can ignite the listener; it is the awareness of the storyteller that dictates the power of the words. Words weave into stories. Sharing these stories with the group allows for authentic and meaningful connections among the members (Brunner, 1986; Moustakas, 1994).