What is Narrative Therapy?

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Narrative Therapy utilizes storytelling to engage people in therapy. People’s lives are a collection of stories. When you stop to examine these stories, you can pay closer attention to key characters, themes, symbols, and, ultimately, make meaning of your life experiences.

Narrative Therapy’s goal is to empower people by identifying how your experiences, or your stories, shape who you are as a person.

Counselors use Narrative Therapy for individual, couples, children’s, or group counseling. It can benefit individuals with various mental health concerns, including depressive disorders and anxiety. Counselors also use it to help children develop empathy and social skills.

Your therapist will use various techniques during counseling. They might ask you to begin by telling your story. Your story includes your life experiences and your perspective on how these experiences shaped you. By examining your life story, you and your counselor might work to identify important characters, symbols, and themes present within your narrative.

Narrative Therapy also uses externalization to help people, which is when you view your life as an outsider. This approach can help you develop a different perspective on your life’s story and experiences.

Your therapist might also use alternate narratives, or deconstruction, to help you identify ways you want to change your story. Imagining different outcomes can be a helpful way to think about the future and highlight ways you want to change.

Therapists Who Specialize in Using Narrative Therapy

Rosa Gomez

Rosa Gomez

Jersey City

New Jersey

Rosa Gomez

Jersey City

New Jersey

Are you and your significant other struggling to connect or communicate? Are you and your child fighting frequently? Are you feeling depressed, or anxious more times than not? Are you looking for HEALING? If so, you are not alone. In my experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist, I have helped couples, families, and individuals heal and achieve health in their relationships with...

Victoria Lynn Massey

Each person has the power to change, and I will partner with you to discover the solutions to the challenges you are facing. I provide a warm, nurturing environment and tailor the therapeutic process to help you overcome obstacles standing in your way. You deserve to achieve fulfillment and success in your life and it’s a privilege to take this journey with you. Please reach out via email or ph...
Alisha Powell

Alisha Powell

Washington

District of Columbia

Alisha Powell

Washington

District of Columbia

Everyone goes through challenging times in their life and it's not always easy to cope with the stress. Work life balance, job related stress, and managing family responsibilities are just some of the things that can throw us off kilter. Sometimes our interpersonal relationships can suffer because we are not taking the time to invest in ourselves. It's in these times that it's important to take...

Anna Rosa Aurisicchio

I specialize in working with individuals experiencing Trauma or other Trauma related disorders and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (dual diagnosis). Therapy is a way of exploring current struggles and past issues to set us up for a successful future and subsequently enrich life. By integrating the mind, body, and spirit, my goal is to help others reach their individual...

Toria Plotner

Life can be hard, unfair, and hurtful at times. But at the end of any storm, there is always a rainbow. As a therapist, my job is to sit with you in the storm. One of the essential pieces to making a change is the relationship between counselor and client. In my practice, I work hard to create a safe and trusting environment where all clients feel comfortable in sharing a piece of their life...

Mathew Apeseche

My mission is to provide my clients the skills, experience, and support necessary to achieve their goals and become confident capable individuals. My alternative style of therapy blends traditional talk therapy with non-traditional therapeutic methods such as wilderness therapy, music therapy, art therapy, mindfulness-based practices, and outdoor recreational groups (e.g. rock climbing, biking,...
Caressa ‘reese’ Fernandez

Caressa ‘reese’ Fernandez

Charlotte

North Carolina

Caressa ‘reese’ Fernandez

Charlotte

North Carolina

Welcome! My practice includes working in children, families, adolescents, and adults. I specialize in anxiety, depression, life transitions, loss and grief, and trauma. I welcome the opportunity to help you overcome challenges and achieve your goals. It can be very hard to ask for help and make changes in your life. I will strive to help you achieve your happier healthier self. My therapeutic...

Jane Markowitz

I utilize empathy, openness, & unconditional positive regard to assist people to gain self-awareness, re-envision their purpose, & achieve new insights. I am passionate about working with people going through transitional periods, navigating changing roles, expectations, & stressors of daily life who are looking for coping skills or deeper exploratory work. I work with people of all ages who ar...
Mialauni Griggs

Mialauni Griggs

Chicago

Illinois

Mialauni Griggs

Chicago

Illinois

It is not always easy to reach out to a stranger for help, yet you know you are ready to make a change in your life. My focus is on helping clients by understanding systemic or external factors that may impact your relationship with yourself and others. With that understanding we then work together to use that understanding to influence how we treat ourselves and engage the world around us....

Kristina Farmer

To be heard, to be seen and to be understood is a marvelous gift that I strive to give you as we work together. My passion is to meet you right where you are and to establish trust and respect as we walk forward together on a path of discovery and healing. The journey is worth it to live in freedom and wholeness. I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems...

Caitlyn Platzner

Personal Experience: Caitlyn majored in psychology and minored in women and gender studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she received a multicultural certificate. At Thomas Jefferson University, Caitlyn studied marriage and family therapy with a specialization in sex therapy. Using a tailored therapy approach for each client, Caitlyn integrates Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness,...
Stacia Elizabeth Littlefield

Stacia Elizabeth Littlefield

Colorado Springs

Colorado

Stacia Elizabeth Littlefield

Colorado Springs

Colorado

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" (Anais Nin). You know when it's time to make a change - whether the struggle is depression, anxiety, past trauma, or perhaps a painful relationship - there comes a tipping point when you are ready to make that first step toward hope. As a trained trauma-focused clinician, I love meeting...

Melissa Layman

I believe strongly that the therapeutic relationship is paramount in attaining benefit from psychotherapy. Feeling safe, validated, and heard are incredibly important. A sense of trust, as well as having a supportive, and open environment are foundational in beginning the process of unpacking, sorting, and addressing what has brought you to this moment. Essentially, your connection with your...

Marlon Bynum

In 2007, I entered the mental health field. That was the beginning of a journey that has led me to my life’s passion, empowering people to reach their full potential. My endeavor is to meet the clients where they are at. I seek to promote a collaborative environment with clients using strengths-based and evidence-based approaches such as CBT, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy,...

Lucy Banic – Telehealth Now

Lucy Banic, LMHCA, was initially trained and educated in British Columbia, Canada, and has been a mental health counselor in Washington state since 2017. She earned her BA in Psychology from Simon Fraser University in 2010, and then her MA in Clinical Counseling at City University, Seattle, Washington, in 2014. Lucy has received advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) through...