“Insofar as the desirable outcome of therapy is the generation of alternative stores that incorporate vital and previously neglected aspects of lived experience, and insofar as these stories incorporate alternative knowledges, it can be argued that the identification of and the provision of the space for the performance of these knowledges is a central focus of the therapeutic endeavor.”

White, M. & Epston, D. (1990) Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends. (p. 31) Adelaide, South Australia: Norton.