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vargas_7.docx 521 Topic 7: Vargas Family Case Study Grand Canyon University Course Number: 521 Vargas Family Case Study: Narrative Therapy Narrative therapy is an attempt to look into the storie... s that shape the lives of people (Kwok, 2016). Clients often come to negative thoughts about themselves and it can be hard to trace where those feelings come from (Neuner et al.,2020). Narrative therapy is one way that therapists can take a deeper look into the stories people tell themselves that shape their sense of identity (Perkins, 2020). Effective narrative therapy consists of taking detailed client notes, identifying exceptions, asking scaffolding questions and reauthoring stories.  Part 1: Client™s Notes Elizabeth came into the session looking upset and disheveled. She began talking about all the stress that she has been under because of Geoff recently passing away. The client states that she is overwhelmed with the amount of stress she has been under lately. She gives a detailed summary of everything that has happened the last few weeks within her family and Bob™s family. The exceptions to the problem that have been identified are that Bob™s family stress seems to have a negative impact on his relationship with Elizabeth. Another exception is that Elizabeth seems to feel inadequate when it comes to helping Bob cope with his family stress. This could be due to the fact that she was adopted and had a lot of family stress from her own family that went unresolved. Another exception is t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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