Maps of Narrative Practice

Norton Professional Books

By: Michael White

Narrated by: Grant Cartwright

Michael White, one of the founders of narrative therapy, is back with his first major publication since the seminal Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends.

Maps of Narrative Practice provides brand new practical and accessible accounts of the major areas of narrative practice that White has developed and taught over the years, so that listeners may feel confident when utilizing this approach in their practices. The book covers each of the five main areas of narrative practice-re-authoring conversations, remembering conversations, scaffolding conversations, definitional ceremony, externalizing conversations, and rite of passage maps - to provide listeners with an explanation of the practical implications, for therapeutic growth, of these conversations. Listeners both well-versed in narrative therapy as well as those new to its concepts, will find this fresh statement of purpose and practice essential to their clinical work.

©2007 Michael White (P)2020 Tantor

Seminal Work

I recently went to a Narrative Therapy conference as a new MFT student drawn to NT for a while.

I asked the OGs, who worked with Michael White, what source to check out to learn this therapy. They said THIS book because it’s more accessible than Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends, and is 20 years of NT cofounder Michael White’s ideas distilled into one efficient book. I had already started listening so I kept on trucking.

It’s not a simple listen because NT is an intellectual modality with mouthfuls of jargon, but the narrator did a great job delivering the words and stories with enthusiasm, clarity, and humor.

If you are into this style of therapy def get this one.

Teaching a listener how to listen

I use the Narrative modality and go back to the source often. I hear something new every time I be listen to this wisdom.

Classic in the field....

with narration that does it justice. Narrator has excellent pacing, pleasing tone, and dialog that sounds like dialog on case scripts.