Chapter 15- Narrative Therapy

Chapter 15- Narrative Therapy

According to the text, Michael White and David Epston are the founders of narrative therapy. In this type of therapy, storytelling is the core of sessions. Therapists often asks many questions to help uncover some of the clients issues. Also, throughout the process of therapy, the therapist helps the client build a new and healthy story. This type of method seems to work best with minorities and LGBT members.

Based on my upbringing, my mom often used stories and narratives to help teach me lessons and discuss life. Therefore, I find myself quite comfortable with this method. I believe, prior to reading the text, this was a style of therapy that I often used with my multicultural students and a method that I often saw results with. While I do believe I will continue to use this type of therapy, I do know that it will not always be beneficial, especially with students that are not as willing to share. Some students that may not be familiar with this practice, thus they are more unlikely to respond to narrative therapy.