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I looked Quentin in his eyes but addressed him as Steven.
Mauricio: So, Steven, tell me a little bit about your life these days?
Quentin as Steven: I go to school, I play sports, I hang out with a few friends on
the weekends.
Mauricio: Steven, can you tell me a little bit about your relationship with Quentin?
Quentin as Steven: Ummm, close. Lots of joking around, always laughing. Lots of
putting things aside and being in the moment.
Mauricio: Steven, how would you describe you guys putting things aside and being
in the moment? Or what was that like?
Quentin as Steven: Ummm, start a conversation and an hour later you’re still
talking and laughing, but not about what you started talking about. It’s
hard to describe, but I have never had a connection like that with a lot of
other human beings, if that makes sense.
Mauricio: It sure does. Steven, what do you think made it possible for you and
Quentin to develop such a unique connection where you can laugh about
anything together, and even as time passes, you are still laughing?
Quentin as Steven: Time and closeness.
In the following section, I incorporate a question originally suggested by David
Epston in his review of the transcript for the apprenticeship program I was
enrolled in (Epston et al., 2017). Quentin and I revisited the original conversation
together, using some of David’s questions to guide our reflection and deepen the
dialogue.
In the Company of Awkwardness: Counterstorying Toughness in Therapy
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, December 2025 Release, p. 88 -106.
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