Table 2.

Components of narrative therapy worldview

Author/s (Year)	Social constructionism	Therapist stance	The person is the expert	the problem is the problem	Identity is multi-storied	Perform the meaning	Language	Readiness for change
Borden (2007) [73]	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$		$✓$	$✓$	$✓$
Brown (2018) [74]	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$			$✓$
Brown, Weber & Ali (2008) [75]	$✓$			$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$
Courtney & Williams (2000) [76]	$✓$		$✓$				$✓$
Craggs & Reed (2007) [77]		$✓$			$✓$		$✓$
Dallos (2004) [79]		$✓$		$✓$			$✓$
Davidson & Birmingham (2001) [78]							$✓$	$✓$
Dennstedt (2010) [80]		$✓$	$✓$				$✓$
Golan (2013) [71]		$✓$	$✓$			$✓$*	$✓$	$✓$
Ibrahim & Tchanturia (2018) [83]		$✓$	$✓$		$✓$		$✓$	$✓$
Ingamells (2016) [84]		$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$
Kantor & Levine (2000) [85]	$✓$						$✓$
Kraner & Ingram (1997) [86]	$✓$		$✓$		$✓$		$✓$
Lainson (2016) [87]	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$			$✓$	$✓$
Lainson (2019) [88]	$✓$		$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$
Lock, Epston, Maisel & de Faria (2005) [90]	$✓$		$✓$	$✓$			$✓$
Lock, Epston & Maisel (2004) [89]	$✓$	$✓$		$✓$			$✓$
Lundby (2014) [70]	$✓$		$✓$	$✓$	$✓$		$✓$
Maisel, Epston & Borden (2004) [52]	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$
Nylund (2002) [91]		$✓$	$✓$				$✓$	$✓$
Pedersen (2016) [92]	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$		$✓$	$✓$*	$✓$
Robbins & Pehrsson (2009) [93]		$✓$	$✓$		$✓$		$✓$
Russell (2007) [94]	$✓$			$✓$		$✓$	$✓$
Weber (2007) [97]		$✓$		$✓$			$✓$
Weber, Davis & McPhie (2006) [98]	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$	$✓$			$✓$
White (1986) [61]	$✓$			$✓$			$✓$
White (1991) [62]	$✓$	$✓$				$✓$	$✓$
Zimmerman & Dickerson (1994) [99]	$✓$		$✓$	$✓$			$✓$

*Brief reference to this component