Narrative Therapy looks at the stories we use to make sense of our lives. Some stories can become so familiar that they start to feel like facts about who we are.
Therapy can help you look at those stories with more curiosity, notice what may have been left out, and make room for other ways of understanding yourself and your experience.
Context matters
The stories we tell about ourselves don’t develop in isolation. Family, culture, relationships, and larger social forces can all shape what we come to believe about ourselves and what seems possible.
Narrative therapy gives you room to look at those influences while deciding what fits with your own values and experience.
Narrative therapy may be useful when
- You feel stuck in a particular story about yourself
- Other people’s expectations or labels have shaped how you see yourself
- You’re making sense of identity, culture, or major life changes
- You’re trying to understand yourself differently after recovery, loss, or another significant experience