Narrative Therapy
- giuliagermanier
- May 22
- 3 min read
Updated: May 23
How Rewriting Your Story Can Transform Healing
At Solacium Therapy, narrative therapy is offered as a way to help people reconnect with their voice, reshape limiting beliefs, and reclaim a sense of meaning in their lives. This approach is grounded in the understanding that the stories we tell about ourselves profoundly influence our emotions, relationships, and sense of identity.
Whether you're navigating a personal challenge, feeling stuck in old patterns, or simply seeking to understand yourself more fully, narrative therapy provides a powerful, respectful, and non-pathologising way forward.
What Is Narrative Therapy?
Narrative therapy, developed in the 1980s by Michael White and David Epston, is grounded in the concept that people construct meaning in their lives through stories. Family, culture, and experience shape these stories—and sometimes, they become narrow or damaging, especially after trauma, loss, or repeated negative feedback.
Rather than focusing on diagnosing or fixing, narrative therapy invites people to explore the meaning of their experiences and to re-author their stories in ways that align more closely with their values, strengths, and hopes.
At Solacium Therapy, the process is always collaborative, centred on listening deeply and supporting change from the inside out.
How Narrative Therapy Works
Narrative therapy is different from traditional models in a few key ways:
🌱 Externalising the Problem
Problems are seen as separate from the person. Instead of saying “I am depressed,” we might explore how “Depression is showing up in your life.” This reduces shame and creates space for action.
🔍 Deconstructing the Narrative
Clients explore the origins of their limiting beliefs—family dynamics, social pressures, and internalised expectations—and begin to question whether these stories continue to serve them.
✨ Highlighting Unique Outcomes
We look for “sparkling moments” that don’t fit the problem-saturated narrative. These moments often reveal forgotten strengths, choices, or values.
📖 Re-authoring
Clients begin to shape a more empowering, hopeful narrative—one that reflects their complexity, agency, and resilience.
What Can Narrative Therapy Help With?
Narrative therapy can be particularly effective for individuals who feel defined by a specific label, diagnosis, or traumatic experience. It is used to support individuals, couples, and families facing:
Anxiety and chronic stress
Life transitions, such as relocation, separation, or parenthood
Relationship and intimacy challenges
Cultural identity and belonging, especially for those living away from their home country.
This approach doesn’t aim to erase difficult experiences, but to place them in context and help you build a story in which you are no longer powerless but purposeful.
Therapy in Your Language
To ensure you feel understood and at ease, sessions are available in English, Italian, and French. If you're looking for an English, Italian or French therapist in Amsterdam, Solacium Therapy offers a safe, multilingual space for meaningful dialogue.
Support is available both in-person and online, with no waitlist for therapist availability in Amsterdam, subject to current scheduling.
Final Thoughts
Narrative therapy helps you move beyond a narrow or painful story about who you are. It offers the chance to explore untold parts of your experience, amplify your strengths, and reconnect with your purpose.
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