BY
DR. BARBARA BRAHAM, MCC,
AND
CHRISTINE WAHL, M.A.ED.,MCC
HUMAN BEINGS ARE STORYTELLERS AND MEANING MAKERS. Adult development
theories, which assert that adults move sequentially through distinct stages, offer a
way to understand why your clients tell their stories the way they do. It enables you to
get the story behind the story. Is your client at the center of the story, blaming others
and justifying why she is right? Or is the story behind the story about ???F?f?GV??v??( ?27G&?f??rF?&R7V66W76gV???fW&6???r6???V?vW2F??W"v??2?B6VV???p?&??6R???W"?fS???&R??W"6?V?N( ?27F?'??2GFV?F?fRF?6??FW?B?26?RG&?W2F???V&???&R&?WBv??6?R?2?BFW7B?W"?v?77V?F???2?V6??bF?W6RW???W2?0?&W&W6V?FF?fR?bF?ffW&V?B7FvR?bGV?BFWfV???V?B??26?6????R?7FV?F???W"6?V?G>( ?7F?&?W2F?&?Vv???W"?v??V???r?????r?V?2?&R??RG'???rF??( ?V??F?V?W( ?F???W"7FvR?bFWfV???V?Bv?V?F?B?v?B??B&Rv?BF?W??VVB?"v?C?&R??P?V???FV?F????????F??r??W"6?V?G2&6?&V6W6RF?W?&RB?FW"FWfV???V?F?7FvRF????S??GV?BFWfV???V?B?2&?w&W76?fR?BV6?7V66W76?fR7FvR?W'6???266W72F?'&?FW"???&P?V?6??76??r6???6W2?F??2?2???'F?Bf?"??RF????r6?F?B6?6???r??FW'fV?F???2&R?V???vgV???B&V?Wf?BF?F?R6?V?B?gV?F?V?F????V?FW'7F?F??r?bFWfV???V?F?7FvW2???w2??RF??VW@???W"6?V?G2v?W&RF?W?&R???F??2'F?6?R?vR?WF??Rf?fR&V6??2F?6??6?FW"GV?BFWfV???V?B2?F?V?&WF?6?g&?Wv?&?f?"??W"6?6???r&7F?6R?????6?6???rv?&?B???VwW7B#0???