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There is a certain kind of therapy called Narrative Therapy, which is the source of what I are referring to as Narrative Space. This does not mean that people must go to narrative therapists in order to find narrative space in their life, although that would be one possible way. Narrative space refers to the space that opens up in our lives when we realize that there are many new options and possibilities available to us. We are talking about stories here, the stories that constitute our lives. It is never possible for one story to completely define any person, because as human beings we are more complicated than that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612aa4072d624d4c35f9d511/1631113107701-TC2BTNZ1J9ZNLZQCY1C7/unsplash-image-ArUtkK084gU.jpg Narrative Therapy - It is often true that one story can be very influential in defining who we are. We call that the dominant story. For example, it is possible for someone to live out a story of him or herself as a failure, or a bad parent, or a drug addict. In such cases we would say that the dominant story is problem saturated. Such a dominant story can be so pervasive and influential that it becomes difficult to notice anything that does not fit in with that story. If we do notice it, we may not consider it relevant or of any importance. For example, if I am living out a story of myself as a failure, I may not consider it important when I succeed at something. Instead, I may simply get tense and worried, waiting for the other shoe to drop, or for my next failure. By finding or discovering narrative space, we mean that a door opens up to an alternate story, a sub-plot, another way of looking at myself. This other story will not at first be very clear to me if the dominant story is powerfully defining of myself. Another way to say this is that the plot of the alternate story is not very well expressed or understood. It is a thin plot. If I really prefer one of these alternate stories, and I want to bring such a story forward as more influential in my life, then it is necessary for the plot of that story to be thickened. If the plot becomes thicker or richer, then it will be more prominent and defining of my life and of my identity, of who I am as a person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612aa4072d624d4c35f9d511/1631113016549-WN3347HPFBY088JOFY4P/unsplash-image-eeSdJfLfx1A.jpg Narrative Therapy - How does this work? To return to my example of having a dominant story of myself as a failure: if I prefer a story of myself as a survivor, then I would have to bring forward examples of times when I survived difficulties in my life. These examples, in order to constitute a true plot, would have to have occurred at various times in the past. I would need to establish links or common themes that would tie these events together. How do we thicken these plots? We do so through a process of telling and retellings these alternate preferred stories, and listening to others re-tell these stories in ways which acknowledge us and support us. When another person notices certain qualities in us, or certain purposes, values, or commitments which fit with the alternate story we are interested in, then this will often help to thicken those plots. If I were to consult with a narrative therapist, they would ask me questions that would encourage me to re-engage with my own history around the themes relevant to the alternate story I am most interested in. This re-engagement might very well involve some of the people who have been most influential in my life in relation to this preferred story. There are of course many other possibilities for conversations which would serve to thicken the plots of these alternate stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612aa4072d624d4c35f9d511/1630959657594-XIW7PY0S95M7RVNO6R7E/gregandmichael.jpg Narrative Therapy - Disclosure This photograph of Greg Nooney and Michael White was taken in Adelaide, Australia in 1999. The creating of narrative space, narrative therapy, and narrative work in general is based on post-structuralist or non-structuralist thought. My understandings of this is informed by the work and writings of the late Michael White of the Dulwich Centre in Adelaide, Australia. 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