Narrative Therapy Counselling

(In-Person and Online Counselling for Adults, Seniors, and Late Teens)

The Stories We Tell Ourselves Shape Our Lives

Every person lives by stories — stories about who they are, what they deserve, and what’s possible for them.
Some of these stories are empowering, while others quietly limit us.

Maybe you’ve caught yourself thinking:
“I’m not good enough.”
“I always mess things up.”
“I’ll never change.”

These are problem-saturated stories — narratives that form from past experiences, pain, or other people’s expectations.
Narrative Therapy helps you step back from these stories, examine them with compassion, and rewrite your life with new meaning and direction.

What Is Narrative Therapy?

Narrative Therapy is a collaborative, reflective approach to counselling that helps you separate yourself from your problems.
Instead of seeing the problem as who you are, you begin to see it as something you have — something that can be explored, understood, and changed.

Through conversation and reflection, you learn to:

  • Identify the dominant stories shaping your self-perception

  • Explore how culture, family, or past experiences influenced those narratives

  • Recognize moments when you resisted or challenged those old stories

  • Re-author your story with awareness, choice, and self-compassion

You’re not “broken” — you’re a storyteller learning to tell your truth in a new and empowering way.

How Narrative Therapy Works

Narrative Therapy uses guided dialogue to bring unconscious stories to light and replace them with new, more empowering narratives.

In our sessions, we’ll:

  1. Externalize the Problem: Separate your identity from the issue (“I experience anxiety,” not “I am anxious”).

  2. Explore the Storyline: Understand how the problem developed and what keeps it alive.

  3. Discover Exceptions: Identify times you’ve overcome similar challenges or acted against the problem’s influence.

  4. Re-Author the Story: Build a new, values-based narrative that reflects your resilience and growth.

  5. Integrate the Story: Create meaning, confidence, and direction moving forward.

As you reshape your story, you reshape how you experience yourself — and how you show up in life.

What Narrative Therapy Can Help With

This approach is effective for a wide range of concerns, including:

  • Anxiety, depression, and self-criticism

  • Grief and loss

  • Trauma and post-traumatic stress

  • Identity exploration and self-esteem

  • Relationship challenges

  • Life transitions or role changes

  • Feelings of being “stuck” or directionless

  • Shame, guilt, or internalized negative beliefs

No matter the issue, Narrative Therapy helps you see your life through a lens of strength and possibility.

Why Narrative Therapy Works

The stories we tell ourselves become the frameworks we live within.
When those stories are full of self-doubt or fear, they keep us small.
But when they’re rewritten with truth, compassion, and courage, they open the door to transformation.

Narrative Therapy works because it helps you:

  • Gain distance from painful self-beliefs

  • See your strengths, not just your struggles

  • Reconnect with your values and sense of agency

  • Transform old patterns into meaningful lessons

  • Find coherence and healing through storytelling

Your story becomes a tool for growth — not a script that defines you.

A Reflective and Strength-Based Approach

At Pierre Begrand Counselling, I use Narrative Therapy to help clients explore their experiences without judgment and to uncover the deeper meanings within them.

Sessions may include:

  • Guided storytelling and reflection

  • Journaling or letter-writing to the problem

  • Exploring personal metaphors or symbols

  • Reframing language that reinforces self-criticism

  • Mindful awareness to stay grounded during reflection

Each conversation is about discovery — helping you reconnect with your inner wisdom and write a story that feels true, powerful, and whole.

Who Narrative Therapy Is For

Narrative Therapy is ideal if you:

  • Feel trapped by your past or limited by old beliefs

  • Want to redefine your identity after loss, trauma, or transition

  • Struggle with negative self-talk or guilt

  • Are seeking deeper self-understanding and meaning

  • Want to strengthen your personal voice and confidence

You don’t need to have the “right” words — only a willingness to explore your story and see yourself with fresh eyes.

Why Work With Me

As a Registered Professional Counsellor, I approach Narrative Therapy with both structure and compassion.
Before counselling, I worked in trades and grew up on a farm — experiences that taught me about resilience, adaptability, and rewriting your own path when life changes direction.

Now, I help clients uncover the strength within their stories — guiding them to find clarity, purpose, and self-trust through mindful reflection and meaning-making.

Together, we’ll find the thread of resilience that’s been there all along — and use it to shape your next chapter.

It’s Time to Re-Author Your Story

You are more than what has happened to you.
You are the author of what comes next.

Through Narrative Therapy, you can reclaim your voice, rediscover your strength, and write a story that aligns with who you truly are.

📞 Book a Free 20-Minute Discovery Call to explore how Narrative Therapy can help you rewrite your story with clarity, confidence, and purpose.