Year: 2003 Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing, v.24, no.1, (January/February 2003), p.81-89 SIEC No: 20041493

This paper lays a foundation for understanding the importance of narrative in the psychotherapeutic process. It provides a brief overview of narrative theory & methods of structural analysis in order to provide a theoretical approach that can be utilized by nurses to address clients’ needs (including survivors of suicide). (32 refs)