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(8pp)Therapy involving families or individuals is
seldom easy or singular in nature. This paper
examines the similarities and differences of
experiential and narrative therapies, through the
applicable work of Virginia Satir and Michael White.
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Introduction As Aldous Huxley once said,
"Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you." Such a thought is a commonality with most therapies, and is
also applicable when we look at the practices of experiential therapy as defined by by Virginia Satir and narrative therapy as described by Michael White. Narrative Therapy/Michael White
The term narrative implies listening to and telling or retelling stories about people and the problems in their lives. In the
face of serious and sometimes potentially deadly problems, the idea of hearing or telling stories may seem a trivialpursuit. It is hard to believe that conversations can shape new realities.
But they do. The developments collectively known as narrative therapy offer some unique and helpful perspectives to the field
of child and family therapy. The bridges of meaning we build with children help healing developments flourish instead of wither and be forgotten. Language can shape events into narratives of
hope. We humans have evolved as a species to use mental narratives to organize, predict, and
understand the complexities of our lived experiences. Our choices are shaped largely by the meanings we attribute to events and to the options we are considering. A problem may have
personal, psychological, sociocultural, or biological roots--or, more likely, a complex mix of the above. Moreover, young persons and their families may not have control over whether a certain problem is
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