Publications

Books/Chapters

Fostering Storytellers: Helping Foster Carers to build attachments and enhance emotional literacy through stories and oral storytelling. Steve Killick, (2022). In The Routledge International Handbook of Therapeutic Stories and Storytelling. Eds: Jennings, S., Holmwood, C. & Jacksties, S. Routledge.

Feelings are Funny Things: Using Storytelling with Children Looked After and their Carers. Steve Killick, (2021). Storytelling, Special Needs and Disabilities: Practical approaches for children and adults. Ed: Grove, N. Routledge.

Foreword to Using stories to build bridges with traumatized children. Kim Golding (2014) Jessica Kingsley Publishing.

‘A Way of Life’ and ‘The Harvey Jones Unit’ in Behind Many Doors-Writing from Whitchurch Hospital. Eds. Carradice, P. & Goffin,B. (2014) Accent Press.

Telling Tales:Storytelling as Emotional Literacy. Steve Killick, & Taffy Thomas, (2007).

Emotional Literacy at the Heart of the School Ethos. Steve Killick, (2006) Sage/Lucky Duck

Giving Sorrow Words: Managing Bereavement in Schools. Steve Killick & Stuart Lindeman, (1999). Sage/Lucky Duck (A video and book training package)

Weaving words and emergent stories. Steve Killick & Jim Wilson (1999) in Therapeutic Stories. Eds: Barry Bowen & Gary Robinson. Association of Family Therapy Publishing.

Open Access & Commissioned Publications (available to download)

Changing the Climate Conversation:A CBT Approach to Addressing the Crisis (2025). Project lead, editor & contributor, BABCP.

Steve Killick (2025) Storytelling with PACE: Using oral stories and storytelling to build relationships and well-being in vulnerable young people. in Resource Pack for National Storytelling Week 2025 – Society for Storytelling.

Steve Killick & Phil Okwedy (2020). Feelings are Funny Things:A Tool Kit for Exploring Thoughts, Feelings and Actions. CSCJES.

Steve Killick & Maria Boffey (2012). Building Relationships Through Storytelling:A Foster Carer’s Guide to Attachment and Stories. The Fostering Network

Papers & Articles

Seabrook, A., Killick, S., Parish, N., Underwood-Lee, E & Waters, C. (in press). Important Factors in Storytelling Interventions for Families Affected by Cancer:A Delphi Study. Storytelling, Self and Society.

Potharst, E., Truijens, D., van Steensel, F.J.A., Killick, S and Bögels, S.M. (2025). Case Report on How BOAM Offers a Brief Family-Based Treatment by Integrating Psychoeducation and Self-Diagnostics. International Journal on Environmental Research & Public Health, 22(4), 559; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22040559

Killick, S. (2023). Sea Change Conversations: Reflecting on the impact of climate change. CBT Today, 51, 4, 24-25

Steve Killick (2021). Metaphor and Meaning. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal 21, 2, 16-18.

Steve Killick (2019). Storytelling Makes You Fly: Storytelling with the Italian Red Cross, Facts & Fiction, August 2019.

Steve Killick, James Feeney & Molly Rhinehart (2017). ‘Coping with Christmas’- A group intervention for bereaved children Bereavement Care 36:3, 112-118

Steve Killick, Vicky Curry & Pam Myles(2016). The Mighty Metaphor: A Collection of Therapist’s Favourite Metaphors and Analogies The Cognitive-Behavioural Therapist. Vol 9, e37.

Steve Killick, (2015). Telling Tales in CBT. CBT Today 43, 1, 10-11.

Steve Killick & Stephen Bowkett (2015). The Language of Feelings- A Reading and Storytelling Group in an Adolescent Unit. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 20,4, 585-590

Steve Killick (2014). Just what is CBT with Children and Families? CBT Today 42, 2, 18-19.

Steve Killick (2014). A Play on Words – Helping foster carers build attachments and create meaning through storytelling – Child and Family Clinical Psychology Review, 2,45-52

Mark Rivett & Steve Killick (2014). Giving away your wife and children: translating a Jataka Tale into a contemporary narrative. Asian Literature and Translation. Vol. 2, No. 6 1–12

Steve Killick (2012). Storytelling with Foster Carers:building bonds through stories. Storylines, 59.

Neil Frude & Steve Killick(2011). Family storytelling and the attachment relationship. Psychodynamic Practice. 17, 4, 441-455.

Steve Killick & Neil Frude, (2009). The Teller, The Tale and The Told – A psychology of storytelling. The Psychologist, 22,10,850-853.

Steve Killick, (2007). Storytelling for Learning. Raising Achievement Update 41, 10-11.

Steve Killick, (2006). The Art of Listening. Raising Achievement Update. 33, 9-11.

Steve Killick,(2006). Telling tales to develop emotional literacy. Emotional Literacy Update, 24, 9-10.

Steve Killick & David Allen, (2005). Training staff in an adolescent inpatient unit in positive approaches to managing aggressive behaviour: Does it improve confidence and knowledge? Child Care in Practice, 11, 3, pp 323-339.

Steve Killick, (2004). Clinical dilemmas: Interventions with children experiencing attachment difficulties. Service & Practice Update, BPS Faculty of Children & Young People, 3, 23-25.

Rhonwen Parry & Steve Killick, (1998). An evaluation of the impact of an individually administered videotape for people with panic disorder. Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy. 26, 153-161.

Steve Killick & Cath Allen, (1997). Shifting the Balance – Motivational interviewing to help behaviour change in people with bulimia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review, 5, 33-41.

Book Reviews in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, CBT Today, Journal of Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology Forum, The Psychologist, Journal of Mental Health and others.