Narrative Arts Therapy

Dear Reader

Narrative Arts Therapy is a gentle approach to healing that weaves together storytelling, image-making, and embodied expression. Rooted in both ancient oral traditions and contemporary science, it honours the deep human need to make meaning through story – visually, verbally, and symbolically.

In my practice, Narrative Arts Therapy grew from decades of listening to stories at the margins: stories of survival, silence, and transformation. It is informed by Indigenous wisdom, especially from the San communities of Southern Africa, as well as by contemporary research into how the brain processes memory, emotion, and narrative.

This narrative work invites people to map their inner landscapes with compassion — to draw, speak, and reimagine their experiences in ways that restore coherence, dignity, and possibility.

Healing through the narrative arts is about reshaping the story we tell ourselves about who we are – and who we might yet become.