That probably makes him a 19 th century practitioner of a rather blunt form of narrative therapy. The answer is elusive because narrative is always in flux, always changing, depending on who is telling the story and who is listening. Any narrative is an attempt to create meaning. We need some sort of frame to make our lives intelligible to ourselves, and so we tell stories. Michael White, originator of 20 th century narrative therapy, says the narrative approach suggests that A . . .
Narrative therapy offers a way to loosen the grip.
In this issue of Narrative Matters we explore storytelling that is intended to shake us to our core. He is the director of the Dulwich Center in Adelaide, Australia. We attended his workshop in March at the 1998 Family Therapy Networker Conference. A Finding New Plots is an interview with one therapist who uses a narrative approach in his practice. He discusses his excitement and hopes for narrative therapy and explains why he thinks it offers some new plots to traditional therapy.