In Narrative Therapy Narration of a New Story, what happens after deconstruction and identifying unique outcomes?

• A. The client stops therapy.
• B. The therapist drafts a completely new life script.
• C. A new positive story replaces the initial one, with integrated solutions.
• D. The client continues to see the same problem as central.

Answer: (C)

In Narrative Therapy, after deconstruction and identifying unique outcomes, the focus shifts to re-authoring a preferred narrative. This phase centers on creating a new, positive story in which the client’s strengths, values, and successes are foregrounded, and where the problem’s influence is reduced. The therapist helps the client weave together those unique outcomes into a coherent life story that includes practical ways to apply them—integrating solutions into daily life so the client can move forward with agency.

That’s why the best choice describes a new positive story replacing the initial one, with integrated solutions. Stopping therapy isn’t the goal, the therapist isn’t drafting a completely new life script for the client to follow, and the aim isn’t to keep the problem at the center.