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Re‐authoring the stories we work by Situating the narrative approach in the presence of the family of therapists **
Author(s) -
Hart Bruce
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1995.tb01058.x
Subject(s) - acknowledgement , narrative , perspective (graphical) , family therapy , relation (database) , epistemology , narrative therapy , narratology , strict constructionism , sociology , field (mathematics) , psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , art , visual arts , philosophy , literature , computer security , mathematics , database , pure mathematics
This paper evaluates the work of the narrative school of family therapy, as developed by Michael White. This is examined in relation to the field of ideas in family therapy out of which it emerged, highlighting some of the similarities and differences, The lack of acknowledgement by the narrative school of many of the commonalities shared with others is then considered. A second order perspective is taken, situating the therapist's theory in the presence of the family of therapists to examine the development of the narrative approach to theory and practice. Constructionist contributions are considered in relation to the development of an eclectic approach where the therapist adopts a multiverse of theories to draw upon in practice. Development of theory becomes then a dialogue between different lenses rather than the development of any one truth.