Narrative Therapy

Narrative Therapy was Developed by:  Michael White, David Epston

 

Overview of Narrative Therapy:  "Narrative therapy is a respectful and collaborative approach to counseling and community work. It focuses on the stories of people’s lives and is based on the idea that problems are manufactured in social, cultural and political contexts.  Each person produces the meaning of their life from the stories that are available in these contexts." ~ Excerpt from Narrative Therapy Centre of Toronto

 

Narrative therapy is an approach to counseling and community work. It centres people as the experts in their own lives and  views problems as separate from people. Narrative therapy assumes that people have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values, commitments and abilities that will assist them to reduce the influence of problems in their lives. ~ Excerpt from The Dulwich Centre

 

"The central idea of Narrative Therapy is: The person never is the problem. The person has a problem.  A problem is something you have, not something you are. You don’t have to change your nature. You have to fight the influence of the problem on your life."  ~ Excerpt from  Narrative Therapy with Dr.Bob Rich

 

Resources Related to Narrative Therapy: 

 

Narrative Approaches

The Dulwich Centre

Narrative Therapy Centre of Toronto

Narrative Training Centre

Wikipedia's Page about Narrative Therapy

 

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Narrative Therapy Article Summaries

Overcoming Tough Problems with Kids: A Narrative Therapists’ Approach

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Narrative Therapy - Writing Your Way to Wellness

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The Use of Narrative Therapy in the Transformative Work of Grief

Written by Beth Patterson, MA Helen Keller has said that “the only way to get to the other side is to go through the door.” This is certainly true in the work of transforming grief into healing and growth. This process involves allowing ourselves to feel the intense emotions of grief – sadness, anger, despair and other difficult emotions, as well as tapping into our internal strengths and external sources of support and ultimately finding new ways to stay connected to our departed loved ones. Narrative therapy and has been used ... Read the rest of this entry »
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Grief and Spiritual Transformation: Healing Through Compassion

By Beth S. Patterson, MA, LPC, Grief theorists, in keeping with Western culture’s emphasis on autonomy and individuation as signposts of psychological health, have long held that disengaging from the deceased is necessary for the successful resolution of grief (Marwit & Klass, 1995). For example, according to the psychoanalytic view of Freud (1917), grief work entails decathecting, or detaching libidinal energy from the deceased. Furthermore, the attachment theory of Bowlby (1969) posits that the bereaved individual attempts to maintain a bond to the deceased until he or she realizes the impossibility of ... Read the rest of this entry »
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Emotional Pain and the Use of the Absent but Implicit in Narrative Therapy

By Peggy Gold, MS, NCC, LMHC, In my private practice, my clients are often struck by the way I react to their experience and reports of intense emotional pain. Examples of such pain include their expressions of anger, sadness, rage, sorrow, frustration, shame, guilt, or devastation. I see these expressions as entry points for the development of a new, more preferred storyline. A storyline that can be explored with my client and rooted in their own responses to pain, this type of therapeutic inquiry is known in Narrative Therapy terms ... Read the rest of this entry »
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What's Your "Holiday Story"?

By Peggy Gold, MS, NCC, LMHC, What’s your “Holiday Story”? For some, it may be about connecting with friends and family, eating hearty meals and treats, singing songs, or getting in touch with one’s spirituality. For others, it may be laced with groans and moans, trepidation, loneliness, frustration, angst, and bouts of depression and anxiety. Often both “stories” can somehow co-exist. I used to spend quite a bit of time worrying about the holiday season and what it would hold. With increased obligations, people really are in demand ... Read the rest of this entry »
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