Thanks to my beloved professor, Susie Snyder, a proponent of client-centered strength-based approaches to therapy, I developed a keen interest in narrative therapy while completing my master’s in social work program.

Narrative therapy provides various therapeutic benefits for clients, such as an increased level of self-understanding and self-compassion by transforming life’s challenges into strengths and freedom from an internalized narrative of self-blame.

It created a niche for me by amalgamating my English literature background with a newfound clinical knowledge in the field of social work. Being able to navigate the two fields offered me comfort and inner peace with a sense of continuity and even helped with personal struggles post-pandemic.

What I like most about narrative therapy is that it is non-blaming and non-pathological. This helps to create a safe space that allows clients’ stories to take center stage while facilitating positive change from within. As the name implies, narrative therapy uses storytelling to give new meaning and clarity to stressful or traumatic experiences. The role of a therapist is to help clients externalize problems rather than personalize them and reconstruct their stories in a new and........

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