Narrative Therapy

Narrative is a practice that helps individuals live fully by connecting them with the stories of their lives and what is most important to them. It’s a collaborative, respectful, non-blaming approach that centers people as the experts in their own lives. It views problems as separate from people and assumes people have many skills, beliefs, values, commitments, and abilities.  Narrative helps people separate  from the influence of problems in their lives.

Postmodern narrative therapy believes that there is no one objective ‘truth’ and that there are many multiple possible interpretations of any event.  Thus within a narrative approach, our lives are seen as having multiple stories rather than a single story.

Therapists who use a narrative approach don’t see themselves as the “experts” who solve problems, but collaborators who, through questions and conversations, put the client at the center of their therapy to discover the hopeful, preferred, and previously unrecognized and hidden possibilities contained within themselves.

Contact me to learn more about Narrative Therapy and how it can help you.