Abstract
The postmodern era is understood as the “endgame” of a historical experiment in which narrative tradition was abandoned in favor of a metaphor of “man the machine.” Machines, however, lack intentions, the domain of narrative. Humans, as intentional, are narrative by nature. We become the stories we tell ourselves then believe as the truth. Such stories create a world that is defended because it upholds our identity. Narrative therapy externalizes these stories so that self-healing resources inherent in the soul can speak to us of its neglected longings and make us whole.