Not the Problem

Narrative Therapy helps identify the story we tell ourselves to make sense of the world. There are a bunch of shared facts that form the foundations of our stories. When we bump into those facts, sometimes we are forced to change our views. But the juicy bits are personal and often bump proof. They can’t be shown to be wrong. I don’t interpret things the way you do. We interpret the meaning behind things in our own way. We layer intent. We have beliefs about the arch of the story. Where things are going. Why they are going there. Who is involved. Narrative Therapy helps practitioners articulate personal values, and identify their skills and knowledge so they can live by those values. With the motto of “the person is not the problem, the problem is the problem”, it develops the ability to become your life’s author. With the skill to edit things that aren’t helpful. A Bruce Lee like approach of “take what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own”.

Always Editing