First developed by David Epston and Michael White, this therapeutic theory is founded on the idea that people have many interacting narratives that go into making up their sense of who they are, and that the issues they bring to therapy are not restricted to (or located) within the clients themselves, but rather are ...

When was narrative therapy founded?

History. Narrative therapy was developed during the 1970s and 1980s, largely by Australian social worker Michael White and David Epston of New Zealand, and it was influenced different philosophers, psychologists, and sociologists such as Michel Foucault, Jerome Bruner, Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky etc.

What is narrative therapy by Michael White?

Narrative therapy is a nonpathologizing therapy that aims to explore the effects that problems have on a person's life rather than labeling the person as the problem. The therapist helps a client notice and contextualize particular life themes.