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MOMENTS OF MEANING: SPEAKING OF CHRONIC ILLNESS IN A SAFE NARRATIVE CONTEXT
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Therapy has been described as a process of “expanding and saying the unsaid”. In order to facilitate this process, therapists need to create a safe narrative context, appropriate conditions that respect a client’s willingness and readiness to talk about sensitive issues. The use of two narrative aids, the self-characterization and the fiction tool (Androutsopoulou, 2001 a,b)*, contributes toward this task. The aids enhance safety by: i) inviting the client to adopt an altered point of view perspective, and ii) involving the client in a writing exercise. The aids’ combined use will be illustrated in connection to the case of a man in his late sixties, facing the deterioration of his chronic illness. The narrative aids helped him reveal emotions and thoughts that were previously unsaid, and to gradually form of a more meaningful story regarding his life. Participants will be invited to attempt a narrative analysis of the written material based on specific instructions.
*Androutsopoulou, A. (2001a). The self-characterization as a narrative tool: Applications in therapy with individuals and families. Family Process, 40, 79-94.
Androutsopoulou, A. (2001b). Fiction as an aid to therapy: A narrative and family rationale for practice. Journal of Family Therapy, 23, 278-295.
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