Grief doesn't have a fixed story—the narrative you tell about loss shapes how you carry it forward. Narrative therapy invites you to examine and gently revise the stories you've constructed around your grief, separating the loss itself from the meaning you've assigned to it, which can free you from feeling permanently defined by devastation.
Narrative therapy is a counseling approach that treats personal stories as the primary way people make sense of their lives, and it holds that grief can become stuck when a person is trapped inside a single painful story about their loss. By externalizing the grief and examining the dominant narrative, people can begin to find alternative stories that include resilience, love, and forward movement.
This approach is especially powerful when combined with AI writing tools, which can prompt users to explore their grief story from new angles, identify moments of strength that contradict a narrative of helplessness, and gradually co-author a richer and more complete account of who they are becoming after loss.
Peri can explain this concept, give practical examples, help you decide whether it applies to your situation, or recommend a journey if appropriate.
Explore related journeys or tell Peri what you're working through.