Narrative Therapy provides a framework to explore both implicit and explicit stories that influence the offender. The offenders can give meaning to their experiences by "storying" their lives, which can be an empowering learning experience. In narrative therapy the clinician must understand that the offender is the expert in his life and at his discretion will reveal his untold story. Each story-line has meaning and the clinician's goal is not to take away the negative story line, but for the offenders to rewrite more positive story-lines that highlights their skills, values, and beliefs through telling and retelling stories from their lives that speak of experience. Narrative Therapy maps out three main goals such as: externalization, deconstruction, and reconstruction.  These three goals are further explored in other sections. 

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