ABSTRACT
This chapter contrast between the structure and boundedness, and the fluidity and formlessness of reality, forms the background of story. The chapter follows an exposition and a critique of the 'narrative turn' in psychotherapy. Howard's consider first some general aspects of narrative and its application to psychotherapy practice. Howard's aims, consistent with the overall thrust of the book, is to weave together contemporary psychoanalysis, attachment research and narrative theory into a common story. Psychotherapeutic case histories Brunerian 'good stories' a paradigmatic value in the own right, by the standards of a 'well-formed argument' prove nothing. Therapy provides an opportunity for the patient to begin to see from the outside, to forgive parents to blame them, to see and own contribution to circumstances, viewing a helpless victim, and to recognize occasions in which fate deals cards over the no control. The main contention is narrative forms half of a duality lies the heart of psychotherapy.
