Binding Narrative: The Brief Therapy Approach to Alopecia

Abstract

　　In this case, we approached an Alopecia client on the basis of therapist's epistemology which is based on the brief therapy. The purpose of this article is to represent a communication process which binds the client's narrative of his present behavior and estimation to direct toward a positive one. We applied questions as follows; which clarifies the client's problem; which clears vicious circle behavior and the exception as virtuous circle behavior ; which constructs therapeutic paradox ; which used reframing.

　　The client in this case had suffered from Alopecia for seven years. The session was held eight times, once about a month, and the problem was solved in relatively a short period.

　　This article described the case without any explanation, and discussed it along with the therapist's epistemology. And moreover, the concept of “bind” was re-defined by us. In general therapist have no weapon to the client other than language in broader meaning, whose property is to bind the receiver's behavior.

　　Finally, considering the therapist's epistemology a context, we proceeded with the therapy.