Narrative Therapy and Suicidality: Practising, Poeticizing, Reflecting

Abstract

'Narrative Therapy and Suicidality: Practising, Poeticizing and Reflecting' is a qualitative interview study about narrative informed therapy and its application to the notion and experience of suicidality. The research focused on five main areas related to the experience and knowledges of six narrative informed therapists, who have worked with suicidality in various clinical settings in Sydney. These five areas are: 1) The meaning narrative informed therapists make about suicidality, 2) The actual practice of narrative informed therapists when they work with people who are engaging with ideas about ending their life, 3) The experiences of connecting in relation to narrative therapy and suicidality, 4) The intentions and questions narrative informed therapists bring to the therapeutic work in this area, including the ways in which narrative informed therapists take therapy beyond the therapy room, and 5) The issue of training new therapists, this is, a gathering of ideas on ways new therapists could be trained to do this kind of work.