Narrative Therapy

Feel empowered to stand against the harmful & inaccurate stories you’ve been taught to believe about yourself with Narrative Therapy

There is A LOT of harm existing in our world, especially for people of color, indigenous people, immigrants, women, disabled people & the LGBTQIA+ community. Unfortunately, it’s easy for us to internalize messages throughout life that tell us: we are the problem, we’re too sensitive, and we should be able handle the harm done to us.

Shared Stories Counseling is committed to reminding you… “My inability to stay emotionally regulated in a toxic & oppressive system is NOT the problem!” We understand that healing happens when we stand against harm, abuse, and systemic oppression that keeps us constantly fighting to stay regulated.

You may relate to the pain that shows up when people make assumptions about you or claim to know your story.

Narrative Therapy understands that we are all multi-storied and complex individuals who deserve to be met with curiosity. This approach is careful to center all of the stories that are otherwise untold so you feel empowered to know yourself and be known more authentically.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Narrarive Therapy is an accessible, validating, non-judgmental approach that helps individuals stand against problems that keep them from living in alignment with their values. From this perspective, you’ll be able to expand your view of yourself and those you’re in relationship to as fully complex individuals who cannot be defined by a thin description or single story.

    Narrative Therapy allows you to center and celebrate the stories of bravery, resistance and resilience, that are often untold.

  • Anyone hoping to change their relationship to:

    • Self-doubt

    • Depression

    • Worthlessness

    • Systemic, Racial & Political Oppression

    • People Pleasing

    • Anxiety

    • Family Conflict

    • Life Transitions

    • Relationship Issues

    • Difficulty Connecting

    • Irritability

    • Chronic Stress

    • Grief & Loss description

  • Unlike CBT, DBT, or Solution Focused Therapies… Narrative Therapy does not position the problem as something inherent to the person experiencing it.

    The Narrative Therapy worldview proposes that we are all in relationship to problems, and it is possible to reposition ourselves in these relationships. Narrative Therapy is very intentional to approach healing from a systemic, intersectional, and social-justice lens.

    Narrative Therapy encourages collective care over self-care, to strengthen our sense of community and enrich our connections with what matters most to us.