Maps of Narrative Practice

 Michael White published Maps of Narrative Practice in 2007. Since then, this book has been translated into many languages. Other maps – and metaphors for narrative practice -are being developed. We include authors’ manuscripts from Shona Russell and Maggie Carey.  Some of these videos are in the online course An introduction to Rich Story Development. Others are from Ummeed Child Development Center. Do you have anything you would like to contribute?

The following questions and answers have been created in response to regular requests from practitioners. Shona Russell & Maggie Carey tried here to respond to some of the questions they are most commonly asked in training contexts.

We’ve enjoyed the collaborative process of coming up with these questions and answers. A wide range of people have been involved and we’ve really appreciated this.

These articles first appeared in The International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, 2002. DCP. Adelaide.

Maggie  explains how the Statement of Position and Reauthoring maps in Narrative therapy can be used to get externalized accounts of both the problem story and the preferred story. These maps can be used as a guide to ask clients more meaningful questions about the predicament they are bringing to the session.

Maggie Carey gives a spatial explanation of narrative approaches to re-authoring stories. She introduces the maps of the Problem Story and Preferred Story and their historical context in Narrative Therapy.

Maggie briefly introduces the Statement of Position Map in Narrative therapy, in terms of how we can explore the client’s story in an externalized way.

 Maggie Carey briefly introduces the Statement of Position Map in Narrative therapy, in terms of how we can explore the client’s story in an externalized way.