Visualising narrative practice with a 5-level scaffolding lens: an illustrative case study

Abstract

ABSTRACT Narrative practice (NP) is a postmodern approach that helps people seek alternative stories and possibilities in their lives. Implementation fidelity refers to how well the interventions or treatments are delivered as planned. The scaffolding conversation suggested by White (2007) is considered a core meta-framework of NP. Based on the scaffolding ideas, Chan et al. (2020) proposed a five-level guiding tool to facilitate the implementation fidelity in NP for practitioners. This study used a case to illustrate the use of the tool in visualising NP in an online career counselling setting. Results showed that the 5-level guiding tool could facilitate understanding narrative practice conversations through coding the utterances, analysing the coding patterns, and presenting it with visualisation.