Using Narrative Therapy in Online Counseling to Join the Master of the Story in Re-Authoring her Landscape of Life

• Main Authors: Shin-Yang Peng, 彭信揚
• Other Authors: Li-Yu Chou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43368025924970073436

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 心理輔導研究所 === 96 === Abstract The present study seeks to address how a counselor applies what he interprets as the essence of narrative therapy to accompany the master of the story to re-author his landscape of life. Two objectives are aimed at by the study: (1) to see to what depth a counselor can go into the psyche of the master of the story via online counseling, and (2) to see the effect of such counseling on the master of the story. The study found seven volunteer participants by email and the Internet message board and picked one of them after evaluation and counseling. From this select participant five types of data were gathered. They are twenty-one word-for-word online counseling records, fifty emails, two certificates, three photographs, and an online story. During the research we not only elicited the life story of the participant, but also analyzed the counseling dialog in terms of overall content, a method of narrative analysis. The research result is divided into two parts, the life story itself and the effect of narrative therapy on the participant. The story is shown thus: (1) who Helen is; (2) Helen's past marriage; (3) saying goodbye and moving on. Furthermore, there are sixteen items concerning the influence the participant has gained: (1) For the first time I realize that I have been considering myself this way; (2) I know that I am very strong; (3) Physical and mental health is what I want; (4) I am one with an ability to find a way out of the impasse; (5) I know the worth of my existence; (6) I can find the meanings of things; (7) I value what I have; (8) Grandma is one of my supports; (9) I find a new power of the mind; (10) I want to say thanks to God, my family, my students, and myself; (11) I believe in the inherent, self-restorative power; (12) I understand that I should treat myself better; (13) I find that I myself is the protagonist of my life drama; (14) I regard the past as a blessing; (15) With what I have in mind I am in pursuit of further happiness; (16) I am confident that everything will become the past and I will be happy again. What concludes this study are the advantages and disadvantages of online counseling and some suggestions for the future research of this kind.