Narrative and Therapy Talk Flashcards
(19 cards)
What are Bruner’s two ways of knowing?
- Sciences: classifying/categorizing, formal, mathematical system of description and explanation
- Making sense of the world through stories
How can the same event be told differently?
Depending on the audience, as stories are socially situated and designed for specific recipients.
What do narratives express according to Ochs & Capps?
Current concerns, worries, complaints, and conflicts.
What are narratives considered in relation to reality?
Versions of reality.
What is a core story?
Significant events from childhood that shape personality, thinking, or behaviour.
What is the impact of power relations on narratives?
They affect who gets to tell the story, how it is told, and to whom it is told.
What are the different narrative forms according to Hedberg and Westby?
- Scripts
- Accounts
- Recounts
- Event Casts
- Fictional Stories
What are Master Narratives?
Culture-wide, unstated ideologies that organize discourse and shape narratives.
What is the Big-N in narratives?
Themes that speakers develop in telling about their experiences.
What characterizes a Small-n narrative?
Details about HOW or WHY particular aspects are similar or different, often including anecdotes.
What is the role of narrative in psychotherapy according to Russell and Wandrei?
It is used in assessment and intervention to help clients reflect and gain coherence in their identity.
What does the therapist provide in terms of narratives?
A new perspective and expertise to assess and possibly change the client’s existing narrative.
What defines a good narrative?
- Chronological order
- Coherent
- References to inner states
- Clear description of problems
- Awareness of the listener
- Relevant content
- Plot
What is an ‘impoverished’ narrative form?
A narrative that is fragmented, chaotic, and difficult to follow.
How do therapists engage with clients’ narratives?
They actively participate in how the story gets told, asking questions and directing focus.
What is the purpose of reframing in therapy?
To offer clients alternative versions of their situation to facilitate further work.
What tools do therapists use to reformulate narratives?
- Temporal placement
- Reformulation
- Downgrading ascription
- Presenting expert views
- Re-voicing
- Relabeling
- Different conclusions
True or False: Narratives can shape and maintain personal connectedness.
True.
Fill in the blank: Narratives provide a means of integrating the ______ into everyday life.
[strange and unknown things]
