“I Have Been Carrying This Letter Around With Me Like a Talisman”: A Case Story of Narrative Therapy With a Transgender Client

Abstract

This article demonstrates the practice of narrative therapy and the use of therapeutic letters with a transgender individual. Despite the growth of this practice, limited attention has been devoted to how beneficial therapeutic letters can be for transgender individuals who are in the process of coming out and transitioning. This case story aims to addresses the gaps in literature surrounding the use of therapeutic letters with transgender individuals in counseling practice. In this case story we discuss the therapeutic process of using narrative therapy. We communicate our findings through counselor-written therapeutic letters and Martha's response to the therapeutic letters. The use of therapeutic letters in counseling supported Martha's gender transition and agency to continue their gender transition.