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Creating a participant text: writing, multiple voices, narrative multiplicity

P Penn1, M Frankfurt

  • 1Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, New York, NY 10021.

Family Process
|September 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary

This study explores how families change through language and inner dialogue, creating new narratives. Therapeutic writing, or "participant text," integrates family and therapist voices for expanded discourse.

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Area of Science:

  • Family Therapy
  • Social Constructionism
  • Narrative Therapy

Background:

  • This article examines family change through the lens of social constructionism.
  • It explores how language shapes self-perception and interpersonal relationships.
  • The influence of language's potential to generate responses is a key consideration.

Observation:

  • Inner conversation (monologue) precedes and shapes external dialogue.
  • Interaction cycles between inner and outer conversations form new narratives.
  • Therapeutic writing, termed "participant text," integrates multiple voices.

Findings:

  • Participant text creates a collaborative therapeutic narrative.
  • This narrative incorporates voices of both family members and therapists.

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  • The process allows for the discovery or invention of new perspectives.

    • Implications:

    • This approach expands narrative discourse for individuals, couples, and families.
    • It offers a framework for addressing diverse issues like grief, abuse, and illness.
    • The method facilitates the co-creation of meaning and healing within families.