RT Article
T1 Narratives and Counseling, Part 1: From Analysis of the past to Stories about It
JF Journal of psychology and theology
VO 20
IS 1
SP 11
OP 19
A1 Vitz, Paul C.
LA English
PB Sage Publishing
YR 1992
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1809019133
AB It is proposed that the present practice of psychotherapy and counseling would be enriched by introducing a narrative model of the psychotherapeutic process. Recent contributions supporting the importance of a narrative (story) based model are discussed. Theorists briefly treated are: Schafer (1980, 1983), with his narrative interpretation of Freud's major concepts and a narrative understanding of the psychoanalytic session; Spence (1982), who introduced the notion of narrative truth as distinct from historical truth for understanding a client's past, an approach that supports non-psychoanalytic narrative interpretation; and Viederman (1983; Viederman & Perry, 1980), who used short life histories for interpreting relatively healthy clients facing acute crises. Within this context and the narrative literary theory of Frye (1957), a Christian narrative approach to counseling is introduced.
DO 10.1177/009164719202000102