A story illustrating narrative therapy in a crosscultural conversation with someone approaching death.

Abstract

The following story uses ethnographic fiction to explore and illustrate the Narrative Therapy practices I might engage with when meeting with a Mäori woman who has a life-threatening illness. Ethnographic fiction blends truth and imagination to create a story that seeks to engage the reader in a situation that is both authentic and instructive, while respecting the limits of confidentiality. In this story I seek to illustrate how a Pākehā counsellor committed to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi might go about a therapeutic conversation with a Mäori woman for whom marginalising discourses and the colonisation of Aotearoa New Zealand have had a key role in shaping her experience of cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)