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Narration

, and clinical specificity

“Picking up on the narrative aspects of therapy is not something that needs to be left to the wisdom of therapists. At least to some extent, it can be standardized and taught. The problem rather is in seeing who might have an interest in fostering such an approach, as the possibilities for making money out of something that in principle could never be shown to be specifically effective would at present seem to be rather limited” (Healy, 253).