Re-Authoring the Narrative: An Investigation into Narrative Therapy’s Impact on the Mental Health Healing of Women Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence

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dc.contributor.authorHancock, Myles
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-20T20:25:56Z
dc.date.available2025-02-20T20:25:56Z
dc.date.issued2024-11
dc.description.abstractThis capstone project explores the literature on narrative therapy and its impact on the mental health healing of women who have experienced domestic violence. Violence against women continues to be a problem in society. As the patriarchal modern society continues to colonize and normalize abuse and neglect women’s rights, clinical research continues its attention on reporting data that shows women experiencing chronic intimate partner and family violence. Women who experience such types of domestic violence can have lasting mental health struggles. However, the current literature has mixed evidence on what may be best for treatment. Narrative therapy aims to externalize the problematic narratives in a client’s life and empower them to find their desired story. Therefore, there is a clinical curiosity about the state of the literature on using narrative therapy in this clinical population. A literature review yielded ten qualitative, two quantitative, and one case conceptualization study on the relevant topic. Three primary themes emerged, with narrative stories showing resistance to domestic violence, the cultural variation in women's experiences with narrative therapy, and the pathways of re-authoring stories away from abuse. The results summary and clinical applications are discussed, with potential future directions and concluding statements.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/2697
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectdomestic violence
dc.subjectintimate partner violence
dc.subjectfamily violence
dc.subjectintersectional feminist theory
dc.subjectnarrative therapy
dc.subjecthealing
dc.titleRe-Authoring the Narrative: An Investigation into Narrative Therapy’s Impact on the Mental Health Healing of Women Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling Psychology
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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