The narrative approach can be combined with multiple counseling strategies and theories to complement each other in order to provide a comprehensive therapeutic couple and family experience. Narrative is more than a client telling a story, the purpose is for the individual to participate in a re-telling the past “in the here and now” (Chrzastowski, 2011, p. 636). This process of externalizing the past from a cognitive point of view instead of an emotional perspective facilitates opportunities for the couple, family and therapist gain an understanding of how the past events impacts the present time. This methodology is effective with people who displace attachment style disorders. Incorporating narrative therapy with the genogram reframes
