DET NARRATIVE SOM KLINISK BEGREB

illustreret med exempler fra børnepsykoterapier

Abstract

This article is inspired by Roy Schafer's Action Language and his introduction of the idea of narration into psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The transformation from a positivistic to a hermeneutic post modern position is touched upon. Children's narratives (stories and drawings) in a child psychotherapy context and a conflict between the child's narrative and that of the therapist are discussed. Based on a vignette from one of Winnicott's therapeutic consultations the development of an emancipating narrative commonly shared by child and therapist is discussed.