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Cognitive narrative psychotherapy: Research foundations
Author(s) -
Gonçalves Óscar F.,
Machado Paulo P. P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199910)55:10<1179::aid-jclp2>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - narrative , psychology , cognition , psychotherapist , perspective (graphical) , meaning (existential) , narrative inquiry , process (computing) , narratology , narrative psychology , narrative therapy , narrative criticism , cognitive science , linguistics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science , operating system
There has been an increased interest in the study of language processes in psychotherapy. More recently, research and theoretical formulations of the therapeutic process suggested that we must move from the microscopic study of verbal modes to a macroscopic approach in which these modes are organized into narratives. Narratives are conceived, in this perspective, as the basic instruments for meaning making. In this article the research on narrative processes in psychotherapy is reviewed and discussed in terms of its implications for the theory and practice of cognitive narrative psychotherapy. Additionally some of the main data coming from research projects on cognitive narrative psychotherapy are presented. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 55: 1179–1191, 1999.