ABSTRACT
The current chapter emphasizes the use of White's narrative therapy. Narrative Therapy builds upon the philosophical principles of social constructionist. Knowledge is understood to emerge as the product of self-referential construction whereby new insights rely upon existing understandings of the world. Throughout the current chapter the terms story and script are used to describe the concept of narrative. In White's Narrative Therapy the therapeutic approach aims to deconstruct problem stories and social stigma in order to make way for multi-storied accounts of self-identity that includes self-agency and hope. The focus is on deconstructing problem stories which limit social participation and recovery and authoring alternatives that might counter them. The first stage involves the development of alliance that supports Open Dialogue regarding the client personal narrative. The second stage is to establish the exact nature of the problem story and the client position for or against its effects. The third stage of therapy is focused on re-authorship.
