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This chapter offers a review of the philosophical underpinnings and current state of narrative theory, as well as an introduction to social constructionism and its role in a narrative approach to clinical social work practice. An examination of the narrative structure of human experience leads to a discussion of the role of meaning making on individual, social, and cultural levels. The author presents a narrative perspective on social work practice as a particular way of listening to and engaging clients in the work of therapy.
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McTighe, J.P. (2018). Narrative Theory: An Introduction and Overview. In: Narrative Theory in Clinical Social Work Practice. Essential Clinical Social Work Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70787-7_1
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