Les Gura discusses his inclusion of the three-word narrative in “Counseling from an editor’s perspective”
In “Counseling from an editor’s perspective,” CareNet’s Les Gura’s discusses his inclusion of the three-word narrative technique from journalism into narrative therapy to help clients start building alternative narratives.
“Thirty years as a journalist will garner you some skills, especially when your orientation is investigations and narrative writing. As I learned more about narrative therapy, I saw the parallels to my journalism past and went into the attic to fetch my old narrative writing materials, including Writing for Story and excerpts on writing techniques from the Poynter Institute. What I quickly realized was how easily and effectively the techniques of narrative writing could be adapted as part of the narrative orientation in counseling.”
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