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Good therapy creates possibilities out of problems

What is therapy, if it's not about our stories. The stories we tell ourselves--and the stories others tell about us--shape how we see ourselves, our lives, and especially our problems. How do you think about the challenges you're facing? Have you discovered how capable you or your child are in facing them?

Narrative therapy approaches problems as just that: problems. We are not our problems, Michael White said. And since we are not our problems, it means we can decide how to take those problems on.

Read more about narrative therapy

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story | TED

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