Psychiatry and Psychology

Narrative Therapy

A form of PSYCHOTHERAPY that centers on the individuals as the experts in their own lives and views problems as separate from people. It is assumed that people have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values, commitments, and abilities that will assist them to reduce the influence of problems in their lives.

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Abstract

A form of PSYCHOTHERAPY that centers on the individuals as the experts in their own lives and views problems as separate from people. It is assumed that people have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values, commitments, and abilities that will assist them to reduce the influence of problems in their lives.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Narrative Therapies
  • Therapies, Narrative
  • Therapy, Narrative

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2013

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Previous Indexing

  • Psychotherapy (1994-2012)

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  1. F04.754w.570w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Narrative Therapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D062525. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D062525
  2. Narrative Therapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_therapy
  3. Narrative Therapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2915313