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interesting lately. This question led to me receiving an interesting lesson
regarding a story Shadow has read about spiders that can breathe underwater.
Then, I took my opportunity2.
Katie: You know, I was just reading a cool story.
[This was very true as I had just been nervously re-reading the story in my office in
preparation.]3
Shadow: What was it about?
Katie: It was about this kid named Jeffrey.
Shadow: Jeffrey.
Katie: And he was probably about your age.
Shadow: Oooh.
[While Shadow continued digging through a large bucket of legos, I could tell that
I had his full attention - or at least most of it.]
Katie: And he had- Actually, kind of some similarities.
[Here I acted as if I had just realized the connection to add some intrigue. It
seemed to work.]
Shadow: Really? [Shadow sounded surprised.]
Katie: He had been diagnosed with ADHD.
Shadow: Does he go crazy like me? [Shadow laughed mischievously and then as if
to make sure I got the joke, repeated himself.] Does he go crazy like me?
Katie: I would not say that he goes crazy. He goes to see this therapist. And the
therapist asks him what kind of ADHD he has. And it turns out that-
2
Some sections of the transcript have been edited slightly for readability, though I have tried to stay as loyal to
their original version as I can.
3
During sections of the transcript, I am using brackets and italics to symbolize thoughts interjected in real time,
while the regularly formatted text means that I have moved forwards in time in the transcript.
The Boy Who Acted Out of Heart
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, May2025 Release, p. 29-62.
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