학령기 자녀를 둔 양육미혼모에 대한 이야기치료 단일사례연구: 부모됨의 정체성 재구성을 중심으로

Abstract

Objectives: This study analyzed change in parental identity in a narrative therapy case involving a mother who had never been married and her elementary school-aged child. Methods: The researchers analyzed the session transcripts and all therapeutic documents, and also systematically organized the information according to a narrative therapy map and a chart. Results: The therapist successfully helped the client deconstruct her social discourse and negative identity of being a mother who had never been married. Then, utilizing a statement of position, unique outcomes were discovered that allowed for the client to construct an alternative narrative and subjugate the previous negative identity. Scaffolding conversations enabled her to construct this alternative identity. The reconstruction and extension of a parental identity was confirmed through a definitional ceremony by finding the mother’s psychological-social support system, as well as through the use of a pre-and-post “parenthood tree of life” metaphor. Conclusions: Narrative therapy was found to be effective in deconstructing the negative identity internalized by a mother who had never been married, and in constructing an alternative narrative and empowering an alternative identity.