Narrative psychology

Most of us don't even notice it, but we are the stories we tell ourselves over and over again. Our identity, our beliefs about others and the world, they aren't objective truths - they're constructed in our own minds. That's why narrative psychology focuses on unraveling what kind of stories you tell yourself and how that affects you, plus what you can do to choose more helpful narratives.

Learn about four narrative therapy techniques in which a therapist improves your mental health by healing through re-authoring your life stories.

Narrative therapy is an approach to psychotherapy that enables people to take charge in owning and sharing their story, using empowering language to reshape their experience. In narrative therapy, individuals are seen as the leaders of their own mental health care, as the act of story-telling removes any kind of pathology language from their experience. People

Researchers discovered that viewing life as a Hero's Journey, a narrative of overcoming challenges and transformation, enhances life's meaning. This principle, derived from mythologist Joseph Campbell's work, was tested in extensive studies with thousands of participants.