NARRATIVE THERAPY WITH OFFENDERS IN A GROUP SETTING

The reconstruction process helps offender's make positive adjustments in their identity (Yanos, Roe, & Lysaker, 2011). Through the process of externalization and deconstruction, a self awareness begins that helps lessen the internalized stigma and focus on positive story lines that contain the offenders skills, beliefs, and values. This new awareness can reconstruct a narrative consistent with their personal goals (Walsh, 2014) and can also redefine the offenders’ relationships with themselves, their histories, and other meaningful relationships in their lives (White, 2007).