Narrative therapy externalizing worksheet
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HappierTherapy
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The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
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What is the theory behind this Narrative therapy externalizing worksheet?
In narrative therapy clients reframe their problems and form a new narrative about them. This therapy provides them with a different perspective and clients are able to have greater insight into their issues and deal with them effectively without getting overwhelmed.
How will the worksheet help?
This worksheet will help clients to separate themselves from their problems. The aim of externalizing practices is to make clients realize that they and their problem are not the same thing.
How to use this worksheet?
State what you are feeling in the given space. Then give this feeling a humorous name (for example, Count LONELINESS or Mr McFEARman etc). Then write all the negative thoughts, actions and emotions that this feeling makes you experience (for example, Mr McFEARman makes me think I am weak to handle socialization).
