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Session 2
This is about 20 minutes into the second interview. Despite everyone9s best efforts
to develop some sort of descriptions of Dustin9s breathing and how he had
experienced a remarkable period of a year and a half of 8asthma free-ness9, all of
us found ourselves straining to find any specific forms of expression. We just didn9t
have the vocabulary to serve such purposes. I attempt something entirely
different, as you will learn.
David:
What about this? My questions will take you back a few years in
time. You will still have your 16-year-old intelligence. But it will be a
12-year-old memory. Is that OK with you?
Dustin:
Yep.
David:
Is that OK with you folks? (Addresses parents)
Parents:
Yep.
David:
Well, probably best if you close your eyes. Then you can cut off from
here, and you can go back into your memories. Is that OK?
Dustin:
Yeah.
David:
OK. OK. OK. I just wondered if you could imagine that you have a TV
set inside your mind, alright? Is it a colour or a black-and-white? &
Just tell me which it is.
Dustin:
Mmm, colour.
David:
So on your colour TV screen, I9d like you to see a boy there, alright.
Ahhh, it's a 12-year-old boy, going on a 13-year-old boy. Can you see
that boy on the screen? He looks a lot like you do now but about 4
years younger. I also know something about that boy that you
probably know too that & he9s got some real problems with his
asthma. This is very, very bothersome to him and can make his life
pretty miserable, but he9s the kind of boy who decided to not let it
What Is a Good Question—and What Does It Do? A Forty-Year Reflection on Inquiry in Narrative Therapy
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, August 2026 Release, p. 9-45.
www.journalcnt.com
