2.4.3 Sessions 11-16: Narrative Therapy
Michael and the therapist created a memory hierarchy of specific
instances of various traumas that had occurred during his childhood and
adulthood and ordered them by how much distress he felt for each memory.
The death of Drew was the most distressing. This memory was chosen as
the first to review because thoughts of Drew had been strong during
COVID and Michael wanted an opportunity to talk about Drew. The
therapist agreed because she felt that Michael’s beliefs about himself
and others, his feelings of abandonment and continuing rejection of and
hostility towards others were rooted in Drew’s death.