A Case Study Of Narrative Therapy Reshaping The Life Significance Of The Elderly Shidu

Since the reform and opening up,China’s economy has been developing rapidly,gradually entering the population ageing,and the degree of aging is deepening,followed by a series of issues related to the elderly.At the same time,China’s family planning policy is strictly implemented.Under such a social background,a more special group of elderly people Shidu has emerged.They are faced with more serious physiological and psychological problems,it should be widely concerned by the society.At present,there are more and more researches on the elderly Shidu.Taking the case of the elderly Shidu as an example,the paper evaluates the life meaning of the subject by using the life meaning scale,and carries out the case work through qualitative research methods of participant observation and semi-structural interview,it is found that there are three main manifestations of the loss of the subject’s life meaning: negative attitude towards life,lack of social contact and impaired mental health.Applying the narrative therapy model,following the basic ideas of "people are not the problem" and "oneself is one’s own expert",case services are provided through the steps of building trust,storytelling,problem externalization,story rewriting,and consolidating positive results.In the course of service,we use the principles of acceptance,respect,non-criticism,confidentiality and individualization,and use case work skills such as listening,encouraging,expressing attentiveness,self-disclosure and clarification,and the techniques of narrative therapy,such as externalization,deconstruction and rewriting,help the subject to reshape the meaning of life.Narrative therapy is involved in the whole process of case service,which causes the case owner to make changes constantly.The author evaluates the effectiveness of case service through the combination of scale assessment,case owner self-assessment and observation by social workers,found that the main changes in the case,including the resumption of their own interests and hobbies,to participate in activities to increase the enthusiasm,such as the alleviation of grief.The implementation of case service gradually helps the case owner to rebuild the positive meaning of life,strengthen the motive force of life,and make him confident to face the present life again,which proves the feasibility of applying narrative therapy in the group of old people who have lost their independence.At last,the author rethinks some problemsand difficulties in case service,in order to provide reference for the research of remolding the meaning of life of the elderly Shidu.