Metaphoric practice

Read more about the article Fire of Life: Yarning about stories of passions, strengths, skills, interests and hobbies of our mob — Kynan Barnes 
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Metaphoric practice

Fire of Life: Yarning about stories of passions, strengths, skills, interests and hobbies of our mob — Kynan Barnes 

This paper presents a narrative practice metaphor called the Fire of Life. It’s been designed to help tell our stories in ways that make them stronger by yarning about the passions, strengths, skills, interests or hobbies of Aboriginal people, along with the problems that we can face.

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March 13, 2026
Read more about the article Exploring the meaning of cosplay for adolescents: A narrative approach — Su Ying 
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Metaphoric practice

Exploring the meaning of cosplay for adolescents: A narrative approach — Su Ying 

Cosplay has become a popular subculture among teenagers and is prevalent in Hong Kong, yet it is subject to misconceptions and prejudices. The imagined identities formed through cosplay can contribute to the formation of preferred identities. Cosplay can facilitate self-exploration, expression, social connection and the active construction of identity.

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March 12, 2026
Read more about the article Resilience Wardrobe: An outfit for coping with challenges — Şeydanur Tezcan Özer and Mehmet Dinç 
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Metaphoric practice

Resilience Wardrobe: An outfit for coping with challenges — Şeydanur Tezcan Özer and Mehmet Dinç 

This practice-based paper introduces “Resilience Wardrobe”, a narrative therapy exercise that uses wardrobe and outfit metaphors to support externalising conversations, concretise emotions through sensory detail, and invite the thickening of preferred identity stories.

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March 11, 2026
Read more about the article The Marathon of Life: Storytelling for healing and peace building with second-generation survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings — Keiko Tsuzuki
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Metaphoric practice

The Marathon of Life: Storytelling for healing and peace building with second-generation survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings — Keiko Tsuzuki

This paper introduces “the Marathon of Life”, a narrative project developed in collaboration with four Hibaku Nisei – second-generation survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in Japan. Although they did not directly witness the bombings, their lives have been shaped by intergenerational trauma, moral responsibility and enduring histories of silence. Born into the aftermath of the bombings, these individuals became peace activists.

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March 10, 2026
Read more about the article Walking in virtual forests: Using Minecraft to create digital Trees of Life — Paul Graham 
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Metaphoric practice

Walking in virtual forests: Using Minecraft to create digital Trees of Life — Paul Graham 

This article introduces the use of the video game Minecraft to complete the Tree of Life narrative therapy process and discusses new possibilities for practice that the medium creates. This is explored through a story of practice with an individual, with whom the practice provided an alternative to a traditional intake session. I also share a story of practice in a group setting, as a program offered within a school.

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March 9, 2026
Read more about the article The Tree of Life Project: Using narrative ideas in work with vulnerable children in Southern Africa [audio from the archive] — Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo, read by Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo 
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Metaphoric practice

The Tree of Life Project: Using narrative ideas in work with vulnerable children in Southern Africa [audio from the archive] — Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo, read by Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo 

This audio recording of a paper from the archives of International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work describes the use of narrative ideas in work with vulnerable children in Southern Africa. How can the lives of children who have experienced significant losses be responded to in ways that are not retraumatising and that bring to light children’s own skills and knowledge? What sorts of exercises can be used in camps for vulnerable children? How can children be provided with significant experiences that do not separate them from their families, values and cultural norms? This paper describes a creative adaptation of the “Tree of Life” exercise informed by narrative therapy principles and practices.

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March 6, 2026

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