Our approach
Narrative therapy separates you from the problem, looks at the stories you have been handed about who you are, and helps you author ones that fit your life and values better.
A method tailored to you, never one-size-fits-all.
In plain language
Narrative therapy starts from a simple idea: the problem is the problem, the person is not. Over time, hard experiences get told as stories about who we are, “I am the anxious one”, “I always fail”, and those stories start to decide what we notice and what we dare to try.
Together we look at where a story came from and whose voice it carries: family, culture, migration, school, a difficult relationship. We also look at what it leaves out, because the moments that do not fit the story are usually where your strengths and values have been hiding.
It is a respectful, collaborative way of working. You are the expert on your own life, and the therapist’s job is to ask good questions.
You are a person dealing with a problem, not a problem to be fixed.
The account you were handed is not the only one available.
Your knowledge of your own life leads the work.
In our work together
What we work on is yours to name. Here is how it tends to show up in sessions, woven in with whatever else fits you.
We give the problem a name of its own, so you can look at it from the outside rather than from inside it.
We ask whose voice the story carries and what it has cost you, without blame.
We look for the times the problem had less pull, and what you were doing differently in them.
We strengthen the account that fits your values, sometimes drawing in the people who know you at your best.
Is it a fit?
If some of this resonates, it may be part of how we work, always at your pace.
You feel defined by a label or a diagnosis, you carry shame or self-blame, you are living between cultures or expectations, or a big change has left you unsure who you are now.
See yourself as more than the problem, loosen the grip of stories you did not choose, reconnect with your strengths and values, and make choices from a fuller picture of who you are.
Who offers this here. Sepideh Kojori, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), draws on narrative therapy in her work with children 10+, teens, adults and families, in English and Farsi, in person and online.
No single method fits everyone, most of our work blends a few, always at your pace.
Explore more
Most of our work blends a few of these, tailored to you.
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Learn moreSoftening the inner critic
Learn morePresent-moment grounding
Learn moreQuestions, answered
A few of the things people ask about this approach. Anything else, just ask on your free call.
Mindful Connections Therapy
Book a free 15-minute call and we will see if we are a good fit. No pressure, no commitment, phone or video, in person in North York or online across Ontario.