The 'storied' helper: narrative ideas and practices in counselling and psychotherapy

Writing therapy in brief workplace counselling: Collaborative writing as inquiry

“…I am arguing that feminist research is distinguishable, however, in epistemological and theoretical ways. Some fundamental and distinguishing features of feminist research which are relevant to this study,based on Oakley (), Lather () and others are: Ending the invisibility and distortion of female experience Sensitivity to the context of women's lives in societies where patriarchy means women are often not of an equal standing with men The establishment of collaborative and non-exploitative relationships in research studies Placing the researcher transparently in the field of study to avoid ‘objectification’.In recent years, I have also read about narrative approaches (Speedy, ; Angus & McLeod, ) and have integrated some of the challenging ideas of the ‘narrative turn’ into practice and research. In the spirit of narrative inquiry (Etherington, ) the client's story and the practitioner/researcher's story will be placed in their ‘cultural envelopes’ (Riessman, ) leaving the reader to interpret the experience and implications for their own working context.…”

Advertising to Women

“…Media literacy is often taught in schools so that children can think critically about the content the media delivers, and helps children reconsider the underlying messages they and their peers absorb. Narrative Therapy focuses on messages sent from the dominant culture and internalized by the individual, such that that person's self-concept (the story that they tell about themselves) is altered (Speedy, 2000). In this example, Narrative Therapy is used by the client to reflect on how advertisements and other media images have affected the client.…”

“…Another aspect of Narrative Therapy is the search for unique outcomes (Speedy, 2000). That is, the client works toward changing the story about the problem, or more particularly, about herself.…”

Narrative research in psychotherapy: A critical review

“…However, we have omitted theoretical analyses of the role of narrative in therapy (e.g. Gonçalves & Machado, 1999; Speedy, 2000), case studies exemplifying narrative therapy and studies that analyse texts produced from structured tasks (e.g. Hermans, 1997).…”