Doing Narrative Counseling: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Author(s):  
Christina Landman

The majority of churches in South Africa offer some form of healing, be it diaconal, ritual or faith healing. Western and township views on healing differ significantly in terms of the natural and supernatural causes of and cures for illnesses. This article tells the stories of township women who were trapped between the binaries presented by Western, cultural and township healings, and their choicelessness in terms of abortion, adoption, abuse, death and sex. Through narrative counseling, based on social construction theories, the women experienced healing by exploring the healing spaces between the binaries of cultural contexts and Western medicine, through the liberty afforded them by the perspective of a preferred way of being.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-216
Author(s):  
Amdani Sarjun ◽  
Anisa Mawarni

DEVELOPMENT OF NARRATIVE COUNSELING INTERVENTION OF DIGITAL-BASED IN RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ERA 4.0. The Industrial Revolution 4.0 now provides changes that are fast and erratic in all aspects of life, including in the field of education, especially in the field of guidance and counseling. This condition brings opportunities as well as challenges, especially for the millennial generation and for actors who have a role in education, especially in the realm of guidance and counseling in the field in service delivery practices. Narrative counseling is a postmodern counseling approach born of ideas in a post-structuralist philosophy that is very coherent to answer conditions and situations of uncertain change. The purpose of this study is to develop and find out the development of digital-based narrative counseling in balancing changes in the all-going to the digital era, which is now a center for militaries. The method of research is using a qualitative approach to critical study methods. The results show an effective process for narrative counseling services with digitally based on every social media platform currently used by millennials.


2020 ◽  
pp. 106648072097751
Author(s):  
Joshua M. Gold

This literature-based article utilizes “siege” theory to describe the emotional pressures that families are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Applying an understanding of siege theory, counselors can better assist families in responding to the uncertainties and duration of this concern. To support families’ struggles to make sense of this threat, narrative counseling can assist families to sort the confusing dominant narratives being presented and author a narrative that honors family coping, resilience, and determination. Finally, the article offers ramifications for future research with families to begin to generate a model of coping in these uncertain times.


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