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LR: I would imagine that the more a client is entrenched in what the narrative
therapist calls the thin, problem-saturated story, the harder you have to work to
draw them into these conversations. If I was the client and you were asking me
to identify the qualities of my moral character or my virtues, and I was in a
particularly depressed space, I might say to you, okay, I’m just not in a place
where I can even think about something positive about myself. How persistent
must you be?
KAY: It9s very important if you9re going to set this up for success, to give a really
strong preference. I will start by ideally phoning somebody before the first
conversation and asking them what they think about that; then when it comes to
how; there9s a time and place for everything. I would err on the side of
persistence because, as I said, people aren9t used to these inquiries and don9t
know how remarkable they can be. It does take something to really get people
engaged in this kind of conversation.
With the example you gave, and I9ll call you Frank,
