What is narrative therapy?

narrative therapy is a psychotherapeutic technique created by therapists David Epston and Michael White. He uses some postmodern ideas about how the stories can be complicated and how meanings or reading that can help people to reach a more authentic self by exploring personal stories. In other words, people tend to tell stories about their lives, but interpretations can be seriously limited over time, leading to quite negative or incomplete ideas about themselves. By examining these stories through the lens of what people want to be rather than limited interpretations, or by opening these stories for much greater control, the way people feel about themselves and their lives can move in a positive direction.

One of the key concepts in narrative therapy is that the collection and interpretation of his stories is analogous to the identity of that person. How people interpret their stories directly affect themselves. The story and identity are mutually forBounded and to change identity, the story or evaluation must also change.

Most people have what they are called saturated with a problem, and they usually form the most identity and become people's mind. These types of stories tend to be so great that they are struggling or ignoring other parts of a person who could tell a different story or change the interpretation of life and me. They also tend to give people a black and white look at I instead of allowing the idea that there are more contradictory interpretations at the same time.

So a very simple explanation of the objectives of narrative therapy is to find these stories saturated with a problem and start testing them and looking for other stories that could be contradictory, but were saturated with the problem of S. Konservativ. This can be achieved through conversations of therapists/clients or other ways such as a third party involvea story he has a personal knowledge of. This technique is not always used, but third parties can lend different views of the client's view of a specific event or series of events that make up narration and self -interpretation.

narrative therapy is called postmodern because it constantly assumes that there are complex and multiple reading of the story. The narrative make people into trouble when people create a close reading that limits. Once the interpretations are more open, I am liberated from the slavery of the limited either/or opinions. A more-transient look helps people authorize new stories about themselves, which are much more authentic and true for telling the whole life.

Depending on the location, people can find several practices of narrative therapies in the area. Since Tterapy began in Australia and New Zealand at the end of the 20th century, interest in it has spread to many areas. However, this form of therapy is not practiced in many regions.