Narrative Therapy Critical Analysis
Title
Jensen, P 2011, 'Why should psychiatrists learn about narrative therapy?', Australian and New Zealand Journal Of Psychiatry, vol. 45, no.9, pp. 709-711. Retrieved June 10, 2013, from SAGE Premier 2013.
Topic
This article promotes the addition of Narrative Therapy (NT) to psychiatric practices as tool to help stabilize patients as they begin treatment. Jensen, a clinical physiatrist, raises awareness of this psychotherapy to other psychiatrists in belief that it creates a respectful, supportive and collaborative engagement beneficial to both patient and clinician.
Context
It is evident from the internal sources Jensen cites there is an overlapping theme between papers. It is apparent that the context lies in methods of psychotherapy, specifically narrative therapy. The article is published in a leading psychiatric journal of the Asia-Pacific region and belongs to a boarder discipline of psychiatry. Although narrative therapy has received limited mentions, six since 1999, this journal has published over one thousand discourses relating to psychotherapy. Further more Jensen implicates language as an integral part of therapy hence communication and language studies could be considered also as a component of the wider discipline.
Structure
This is a secondary research paper written in an editorial form. Opening with an enticing introduction which sets the scene and provides a platform for the rest of the article, Jensen states the problem; the fragile concept of self in patients suffering from acute mental illness, and frames the solution; narrative therapy. The body of the article is utilized to persuade the reader on the merits of implementing narrative therapy compared to the sole use of standard psychiatric practice. Jensen demonstrates the limitations of conventional psychiatric practice and the power of narrative therapy through his ‘road works analogy’. This analogy serves to conceptualize and illustrates complex ideas. After
Jensen, P 2011, 'Why should psychiatrists learn about narrative therapy?', Australian and New Zealand Journal Of Psychiatry, vol. 45, no.9, pp. 709-711. Retrieved June 10, 2013, from SAGE Premier 2013.
Topic
This article promotes the addition of Narrative Therapy (NT) to psychiatric practices as tool to help stabilize patients as they begin treatment. Jensen, a clinical physiatrist, raises awareness of this psychotherapy to other psychiatrists in belief that it creates a respectful, supportive and collaborative engagement beneficial to both patient and clinician.
Context
It is evident from the internal sources Jensen cites there is an overlapping theme between papers. It is apparent that the context lies in methods of psychotherapy, specifically narrative therapy. The article is published in a leading psychiatric journal of the Asia-Pacific region and belongs to a boarder discipline of psychiatry. Although narrative therapy has received limited mentions, six since 1999, this journal has published over one thousand discourses relating to psychotherapy. Further more Jensen implicates language as an integral part of therapy hence communication and language studies could be considered also as a component of the wider discipline.
Structure
This is a secondary research paper written in an editorial form. Opening with an enticing introduction which sets the scene and provides a platform for the rest of the article, Jensen states the problem; the fragile concept of self in patients suffering from acute mental illness, and frames the solution; narrative therapy. The body of the article is utilized to persuade the reader on the merits of implementing narrative therapy compared to the sole use of standard psychiatric practice. Jensen demonstrates the limitations of conventional psychiatric practice and the power of narrative therapy through his ‘road works analogy’. This analogy serves to conceptualize and illustrates complex ideas. After