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.