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

Sonia Liliana Liggins

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Moronard Lee

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Ti Plant Services

Ti Plant Services

Orlando

Florida

Ti Plant Services

Orlando

Florida

Andrea Gorney(She/Her/Hers), psychotherapist, is the owner and Licensed Mental Heath Counselor associated with Ti Plant Services. She is able to provide support and assistance nationwide through virtual psychotherapy services and in-home psychotherapy services in Orange County only. Give us a call or email us at [email protected]. Our rates are fixed at $45 for online individual thera...

Dane Eggleston

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Lori Lynn Thompson

I provide therapy to adolescents, adults, couples and families. My special interests are working with issues that commonly impact individuals throughout the life span, especially those that arise during pregnancy, parenthood and marriage. I also work with individuals experiencing difficulties as depression, anxiety, trauma, mood swings, relational conflict, grief and loss, career transitions, a...
Tamela Malone

Tamela Malone

Austin

Texas

Tamela Malone

Austin

Texas

Welcome! I am currently accepting new clients and offer Telehealth appointments. I am a believer in living one's life deliberately; however, the day to day commitments, expectations, and challenges sometimes divert us from living the life we want for ourselves and loved ones. Having a fierce advocate to remind you of your strengths, help you navigate challenges, and support you on your journey ...
Travis W. Cronin

Travis W. Cronin

Fresno

California

Travis W. Cronin

Fresno

California

Working with adolescents and young adults transitioning out of the foster care system for five years taught me a great deal about the importance of support during life transitions. The young people I worked with moved from one environment to another frequently and had to develop the capacity to adjust to a lot of changes in a short period of time. The lessons I learned from working in the foste...

Diana Glasser

My goal as a counselor is to empower you to become confident, strong, and connected with yourself and others. I work with individuals to address issues including depression, anxiety, and trauma. With my background in health and nutrition as well as mental health, I am attuned to both emotional and physical distress. Together we will seek to develop the whole you, including your mental, emotiona...

Austin Lucas

If you are open to a collaborative and creative therapy approach developed based upon your unique strengths, we will work well together. I utilize a holistic technique with individuals, couples and families to improve quality of life. My experience ranges from inpatient to outpatient treatment of clients who struggle with anxiety, depression, unresolved trauma, addictions, grief and loss and...
Janice L Gingerich

Janice L Gingerich

San Diego

California

Janice L Gingerich

San Diego

California

Life can bring difficult, unexpected, and emotionally daunting challenges to our relationships and personal mental health. I commend you for valuing your own well-being and interpersonal growth by considering therapy. I hope to support and empower you as a professional, but first as a caring human being, in the unique journey that brings you here today! - Janice Dr. Janice Gingerich is a Licens...

Regina R. Dickinson

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Katie Ostrove

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Fran Giroux

Going through a tough transition, dealing with a relationship problem, or searching for a new direction? At New Leaf Therapy, my goal is to help you navigate these seasons of change and help you grow and thrive. I can assist you in finding new perspectives that will get you what you want from life, whether with your family, friends, significant other, or yourself. My therapeutic orientation is ...

Denise Martinez

I help couples, families, and teens who are struggling with trauma, addiction, and major life transitions and stressors. It is my pleasure to help you and your family maneuver the choppy waters of a stressful, chaotic life. I will help you reduce symptoms of anxiety and/or depression, manage emotions easier, and build self-acceptance, self-esteem, and self-confidence. I have experience helping...