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Critiques of Narrative Therapy: A Personal Response
Author(s) -
Hayward Mark
Publication year - 2003
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.1467-8438.2003.tb00558.x
Subject(s) - sectarianism , narrative , relation (database) , epistemology , psychology , rivalry , sociology , psychoanalysis , psychotherapist , political science , law , linguistics , philosophy , database , politics , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
This paper responds to some of the specific and the generalised challenges to narrative therapy from therapists of other persuasions. It discusses the long history of model rivalry and locates this debate in that process. It also takes up specific concerns of isolationism, desertion, language, sectarianism, colonialism and ethical superiority. Throughout, I attempt to identify my thinking in relation to the criticisms, and to write transparently about why I understand things in the way I do. This is not a neutral paper — I see myself as a narrative therapist.