英文摘要 |
Counseling and psychotherapy rely highly upon language in essence. Through narrative, clients use their personal story in the process of counseling and psychotherapy to represent their memories and reconstruct their lives regardless of different therapeutic approaches. Given the need of an alternative metaphor for counseling and psychotherapy research, this article argues that a narrative analytic perspective resonates with contemporary research, thus is highly recommended. This article focuses on exploration of concepts and analyses of narrative meaning, narrative coherence, and narrative dialogue. An example from a therapeutic diary is given to highlight the application of the concepts and analyses. Finally, the applicability of concepts and analyses for the research of narrative is discussed. |