Narrative therapy with children and adolescents: what are the problems made of?

Abstract

In this article we discuss the application of White and Epston’s (1990) narrative model with children and adolescents. This model is described from three core characteristics: externalizing language, situating the problems in the discourse and identification and amplification of unique outcomes. Before the presentation of a clinical case we analyzed briefly this model toward the therapeutic relationship and regarding the process of clinical assessment.