SWP 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Narrative Therapy, Subjectivism, Essentialism
25 Jan 2019
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Critical clinical practice & feminist narrative therapy- brown. Stories= centre of social work practice: give meaning to events in our lives, arise within larger cultural context of meaning, challenge dominant social ideas. Form of helping in which therapist (usually women) helps client (usually women) explore emotional pain & difficulties through therapeutic conversations that situate problems women are experiencing within social & political context. Women"s stories are externalized: placing problem stories outside of the women & within broader social & historical context. Deconstructs problem stories & negative identity constructed within them. Allows us to avoid reproducing stories that have been unhelpful or directly oppressive to women: develop counter-stories about problem life stories. Therapist & client contribute partial knowledge to therapeutic convo. Work together to unpack experience & rewrite stories. Feminist narrative therapists adopt nuanced stance toward power: power have potential to oppress/ hold people back while helping to build them up.
