Narrative therapist, online worldwide
You are not the problem. The problem is the problem, and you are the author who gets to write what happens next. I'm Shagoon Maurya, a registered counsellor and psychotherapist (ACA Level 2, PACFA) trained in narrative therapy, and this is the heart of how it works.
We all live inside stories, 'I'm the anxious one', 'I always ruin things', 'our family doesn't talk about feelings'. Narrative therapy notices that these stories were written somewhere, by someone, under some circumstances, and that they are never the whole truth about you.
Together we externalise the problem (you're not 'an anxious person', you're a person anxiety visits), hunt for the exceptions your dominant story ignores, and thicken the alternative story, the one with your values, victories and intentions in it, until it's strong enough to live from.
What narrative work with me looks like
Externalise the problem
Language that separates you from the struggle, creating room to act on it rather than be it.
Find the exceptions
The moments the problem didn't win, evidence your dominant story conveniently forgot.
Re-author
Build the richer, truer story of who you are and what you value, told in your words.
Reclaim authorship
Especially powerful where family, culture or community wrote your script for you.
Who narrative therapy helps
People crushed by labels and self-definitions, those whose identity was authored by critical families or rigid expectations, and anyone navigating identity between cultures, which is why it resonates deeply in my work with South Asian clients.
The story you were handed is not the story you must hand on.
Narrative therapy sits within my integrative practice, blended with IFS and person-centred work as it suits you. Begin with a free 15-minute consultation.
Narrative therapy FAQs
Yes, I'm Shagoon Maurya, a registered counsellor and psychotherapist (ACA Level 2, PACFA), trained in narrative therapy and practising it online within an integrative approach.
Identity struggles, self-criticism, depression and anxiety entangled with 'this is just who I am' stories, and reclaiming your voice from family or cultural scripts.
No, it's a structured therapeutic method with specific practices: externalising, mapping the problem's effects, finding unique outcomes and re-authoring. The change is real and practical.
Yes, conversation-based approaches like narrative therapy translate seamlessly to secure video sessions.
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