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This chapter deals with two important counseling processes in working with youth in the transition to adulthood, narrative and interpretation. At first glance these processes may seem quite separate, but, as we shall point out in this chapter, they are closely linked not only in counseling but also in the lives of clients more broadly. Writing about action we also repeatedly refer in this book to narratives and mention interpretation. These obviously are expressions we use beyond everyday usage and connect a particular theoretical conceptualization with these terms and a practical procedure when working with empirical material (Young & Collin, 1992).
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Young, R.A., Marshall, S.K., Valach, L., Domene, J.F., Graham, M.D., Zaidman-Zait, A. (2010). Working with Narrative and Interpretation. In: Transition to Adulthood. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6238-6_14
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