Narratives and Counseling, Part 2: From Stories of the past to Stories for the Future

After a summary of sources of power contained in narratives as proposed by Kilpatrick (1986), a case history of Christian narrative counseling is presented. Emphasis is on a narrative conclusion to the counseling process that focuses on the client's future. This future is understood as a story...

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1. VerfasserIn: Vitz, Paul C. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage Publishing 1992
In: Journal of psychology and theology
Jahr: 1992, Band: 20, Heft: 1, Seiten: 20-27
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Zusammenfassung:After a summary of sources of power contained in narratives as proposed by Kilpatrick (1986), a case history of Christian narrative counseling is presented. Emphasis is on a narrative conclusion to the counseling process that focuses on the client's future. This future is understood as a story constructed by the client in response to God's call: the working out of a vocation. The vocation story, interpreted in the framework of Northrop Frye's (1957) four narrative archetypes, is primarily a comedy or romance, not tragedy or irony. The therapist's role in a narrative ending to therapy is interpreted as similar to that of a coach. Narrative models in psychology are also identified as part of a major paradigm shift to a less positivistic psychology, one that is much more compatible with Christian Scripture than is the traditional scientific paradigm.
ISSN:2328-1162
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/009164719202000103