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18 Cards in this Set
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What are some postmodern common assumptions of narrative therapy?
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-Realities are socially constructed
-Realities are constituted through language (i.e., reification) -There are no essential truths -Realities are organized, constructed, & maintained through narratives |
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What are the basic philiosophies of narrative therapy?
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Privileges the client’s experience
Establishes multiple meanings & perspectives Invites sense of authorship & reauthorship in person’s life Changes position of client from subject to author Encourages poetry, stories, & ordinary language to construct new stories Post Modern, Feminist influence, social constructivist, emphasizes health and strengths, social activism, little attention to human motivation |
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What are the goals of narrative therapy?
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To help clients find their own meanings
To help clients see their lives in positive, meaningful ways rather than problem-saturated ways |
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How does externalization work?
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What does Anorexia say or do to keep you from eating?
What does the voice of Shame whisper in your ear? If Anger were here, what would it look like? |
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How does deconstruction work?
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How were you recruited into this way of thinking?
Who in your life supports Anger taking over? What does Shame have you doing? |
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How do unique outcomes work?
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Has there ever been a time that Anger could have taken control but didn’t?
Tell me about a time when you disobeyed Anorexia. |
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How does reconstruction work?
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If Bulimia were to teach you something about yourself, what would it be?
What ideas, habits, & feelings feed Shame? |
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What are some pros of narritve therapy?
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No ultimate “correct” reality
Focus on understanding sociocultural context of client’s life |
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What are some cons of narrative therapy?
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Focus on the individual
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Who is associated with narrative therapy?
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Michael White/David Epston
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What are some central constructs of narrative therapy?
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stories (dominant, alternative), thinness and thickness, unique outcomes
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What are the health/dysfunctions of narrative therapy?
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when you have found your preferred story / the individual's story does not represent their life experiences
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What is the assessment process for narrative therapy?
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no formal ; client tells a story and the counselor listens; perceptions are key; client must author their own story
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What are the roles of the client/counselor for narrative therapy?
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egalitarian,therapist if consultant/collaborator, use client's words, client is expert on his/her life
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What is the process of narrative therapy?
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Is current story the preferred story?, must re-author their story, support group for client, problem is externalized, separate entity
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What are some techniques of narrative therapy?
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deconstruction, externalization, unique outcomes, visualization, involving an audience, reflection, making it stick, written artifacts (letters, lists, etc.), naming counterplot
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What is the research support for narrative therapy?
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not a lot of empirical research, does not support generalizations, very new approach, qualitative research, eating disorders
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What are the cultural considerations for narrative therapy?
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no "correct" reality, allows for externalization of "isms", good approach for working with ethnic minorities and GLBT
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