title: Accessing self-development through narrative approaches in child and adolescent psychotherapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Narrative psychotherapy with children and adolescents.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate the integration of developmental theory with narrative approaches to psychotherapy as a means of accessing self-development during childhood and adolescence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published literature and the author's experience in using narrative therapy with an 8-year-old and his foster mother.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When informed by developmental theory, narrative approaches can be used effectively with children and adolescents to assist them in constructing positive life stories that can influence their identity formation.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health and Science University, USA. desocija@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Janiece E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: DeSocio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D033262:Narration; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D019455:Self Psychology; D012655:Self-Evaluation Programs / Q000379:methods*