I have to say that 'narrative in guidance' is something that I had not considered before, but I can see how it would be a very useful tool in a career counselling session. As has been said in class and in the articles that we have read 'everyone has a story to tell.' What I find fasinating is that every story is different....each story is unique, just as each individual is a unique 'self' with their own individual story to tell. I'm sure this technique would be particularly useful for those people that come in that really have no idea what they want to do and who have time to consider their situation from a 'holistic' point of view.
It would be very interesting to see the use of 'narrative in guidance' in practice. I wonder if any of us will see it on placement in a couple of weeks? It would also be good, if we had a talk from a practitioner who is using this in their work at the moment.....then we could here about it from the horse's mouth, so to speak, rather than just theorizing about it....I wonder if there are any out there?
The different types of narratives, mentioned by Goncalves (1995) are also interesting. I particularly like his idea of the star friendship and the idea that sometimes the paths of our lives, overlap with others, for a reason and a purpose.....that may even become part of some other grander narrative.
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16 years ago
Yeah i totally love the whole narrative side to guidance. I think its an expressive way to go about telling your story.
ReplyDeleteWould be good to see happening in a real life guidacne situation though, so maybe next placement as you said.
That's such an interesting idea, that our stories overlap and together make a 'grander narrative'... it makes a lot of sense to me, and would fit in well with the community-based theories that we've been discussing in class this week.
ReplyDeleteI notice that you talk about a unique 'self' at the heart of our individual stories. I feel very strongly (although perhaps it is just a gut feeling) that we do indeed have a 'self', a unique 'essence' or 'soul' (or whatever else you like to call it), and are not just the product of our interactions with others. Being the product of our interactions with others would imply that everyone in a given situation would respond the same way, whereas in fact they don't - or, at least, don't appear to. It's probably impossible to prove one way or the other, because no two people can ever experience exactly the same circumstances.