According to this article, narrative counseling is based on the principle that peoples real life problems and experiences can be turned into a short story. The belief that if a student talks about their life events repeatedly in the company of a counselor/social worker creates the opportunity to identify other ways they can show positive behaviors; while keeping them encouraged. I can agree with that to an extent.
I think that it depends on the situations that are being focused on. I think that this counseling technique fits best with addressing unwanted and unnecessary behavior that the student has control over. In the article, the authors support using original stories made up by the student, children books. I agree with that as well. Since I do character education with pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders, I’ve discovered that books develop the skills of empathy; which helps students process thoughts, feelings, and actions better.
There are four techniques identified, which are: biblio-narrative, displaced communication, biblio-counseling, and using video clips. I found that the examples used when to apply biblio-narrative and displaced communication counseling were very helpful. I would consider using these techniques not only for grieving students, but for children who are physically and sexually abused. These styles can all be combined, so that the oral and written story coincide with physical items that represent people, animals, places, and things.
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Analysis of Hemingway's Narrative Technique as a Short- Story Writer For many years, the narrative technique of Hemingway has been under debate. Writers before him had already achieved works that bear the characteristics of the modern short story, and many of their works could stand today, with those of Hemingway and of writers like Faulkner, as representative short stories of modern times. What ...
My only question would be knowing which way the narrative would be started, orally or written. It seems like Biblio-counseling, is based from the previous techniques mentioned earlier. This technique just gives more ways to go into deeper depth, when using children books. The last technique mentioned involved using movie clips; which is also called cinema-counseling. I always use movie analogies when talking to people about life events, so that they can gain empathy through physically watching similar events happening.
I think that there are so many movies that relate to a lot of life situations, it would make it easier for students to alter and rearrange events to create a positive outcome. Overall, I think that this article has created another avenue for me to use with students whether in a group or one-on-one setting. I think that using movie clips, can be used for adults as well. I recently attended a luncheon that was honoring women from the community for demonstrating strength and endurance in their life situations.
One of the speakers, talked for a little while and then showed a clip from a movie that summed up everything she was saying. And, because she showed this clip, people envisioned themselves feeling like the characters in the movie felt, but in a different situation. By the time the clip was over, several people where crying, because they had made that connection; which resulted in an abundance of emotions surfacing. I will definitely use this technique, when reaching out to parents to getting more involved with their child’s life.
