You need the stories to practice on, using them as examples to better understand the truth. It is a matter of applying the principles. Only when principles are attached to stories can the meaning of the stories be opened, and, in turn, the principles understood. When you apply the principles to the problems, you wind up with one treatment and one diagnosis. Problems can be used to practice these principles.
People come with a problem marriage.
They want to know what the answer is. The diagnosis is, They are out of the peace of the presence of God. If they were in the peace, they would not be arguing. They would be listening and understanding with compassion. If parents could teach their children these principles, their children would grow up living healthy lives, making healthy choices, and raising healthy children.