Narrative therapy Flashcards
Who was the main reading for narrative therapy?
Payne (2014)
What is narrative therapy
People are socially complex, never fully knowable
Focuses on self stories - the images of our past, present and future self that we continually build throughout life to give meaning to the self
Therapist seeks to help the person co-author a new narrative about themselves by investigating the history of those qualities.
Externalise issues rather than internalise them. Own skills and sense of purpose as a guide through life.
The principles of Narrative therapy tie into the postmodernist school of thought, which views reality as a shifting, changing, and deeply personal concept. (Stanish, 2013)
Who developed narrative therapy?
White and Epston in the 80s
Image of the person
See the person as socially and individually complex, never fully knowable to themselves or others.
The way we give meaning is due to many factors of which we exists.
The continual process of self-storying actively feeds back into people’s sense of identity
Views people as separate from their problems. Client can get distances from issues and gain perspective to make changes.
Significant stories, usually stemming from negative events, can shape one’s personality
People’s identities, values and beliefs are culturally and linguistically derived – there is no innate essential or universal self
What did White and Epston (1990) discuss about the sense of person in narrative therapy?
Separating the person from the problem. Allowing people to engage in the construction and performance of preferred identities.
Therapeutic style
No preconceived goals, envisage a preferred future.
De-centring the therapist
No expert, helps client see how they are experts in their own lives, to uncover aspirations
Transparency and accountability: therapy is a two way process and the counsellor has limits of understanding
Revise self stories to have a more positive outcome.
Atmosphere is purposeful but relaxed.
What did Brown and Augusta-Scott (2007) say about the style of narrative therapy?
Through identify history of values of people’s lives, the therapist is able to help co-author a new story.
Process allows identification of what values are important to them and how they might use their own skills to live these values
Techniques of narrative therapy
Technique term avoided as seems mechanical, narrative practise preferred.
Maps of narrative practice
Scaffolding conversations
Externalising conversations
Re-authoring conversational maps
Failure conversation maps
Calling on assistance of others
One session may be enough.
How do issues occur in narrative therapy?
When significant negative stories dominate the thoughts and become part of their identity.
Explain externalising conversations map (technique)
Using language to imply a distinction between the person and the problem.
Counter assumptions of innate deficits.
depressed to sadness that invaded your life.
Explain scaffolding conversations and who said (tech)
Vygotsky (2007)
elaboration of narrative maps - Vygotsky (2007)
Explain maps of narrative practise (tech)
Overview of possibilities, starting point to final destination, no exact journey. Invite problem and feelings, alert to capacities that have slipped out of awareness - unique outcomes.
What is reauthoring conversational maps?
focuses in greater detail on identifying and exploring unique outcomes
What are failure conversation maps
Consider sociocultural norm influence, revie negative conclusions they have reached.
Calling on assistance of others
Remembering practices: calling on the voices of others to contribute to the person’s developing self-story. Dead relationship as ongoing, hello again. Importance of audience for developing story.
Assist the person to evaluate for themselves the problem and their new outlook.
