Narrative therapy is essentially a collaborative approach to facilitating therapeutic change. However, skillful expert therapists like
Michael White in certain instances seem to be quite directive in the leading questions that they ask and appear to contribute more than
50% to the re-authoring of clients lives and their scripts about how to manage problems. This discrepancy between the avowed collaborative non-directive therapeutic positioning of the therapists on the one hand and the skillful leading approach to therapeutic questioning on the other deserves some clarification.
Michael White in certain instances seem to be quite directive in the leading questions that they ask and appear to contribute more than
50% to the re-authoring of clients lives and their scripts about how to manage problems. This discrepancy between the avowed collaborative non-directive therapeutic positioning of the therapists on the one hand and the skillful leading approach to therapeutic questioning on the other deserves some clarification.