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Toward a developmentally informed narrative therapy

P S Strand1

  • 1Department of Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA. pstrand@tricity.wsu.edu

Family Process
|April 17, 1998
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This study introduces developmental-constructivism to family therapy, highlighting how individuals' meaning-making abilities influence narrative change. Understanding these differences can improve therapeutic outcomes in re-storying lives.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Family Therapy
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Narrative approaches in psychotherapy focus on the stories individuals construct.
  • Limited research explores how meaning-making capacities affect narrative change in therapy.

Observation:

  • Individuals possess differential capacities for meaning-making.
  • These capacities influence the process of re-storying lives and therapeutic outcomes.

Findings:

  • Introduces developmental-constructivism as a model for understanding changing meaning-making abilities.
  • Suggests individual differences in organizing experience impact the generation of adaptive narratives.
  • Proposes the model as a framework for integrating externalizing and solution-focused narrative therapy approaches.

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Implications:

  • Enhances understanding of individual differences in narrative therapy.
  • Provides a heuristic for comparing and integrating diverse narrative therapy models.
  • Informs therapeutic strategies for fostering adaptive life narratives.