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attacks are less intense; frustrations are expressed with lamentations. Aurora
says:
A: Daniel is more loving, more understanding, helping me to calm down faster. It
was a lot of just complaining, now it's like this, more smiling. Sometimes he
is more patient with his brother.
D: I didn't get angry with Leo crying. I say: ‘Caaaalm down, Leo’.
A: We put the Hands in the room. In a place where everyone can see.
T: If the house is calmer, how is the family?
A: I bought paints, they are painting.
T: It's a family of artists!
At this time, they review the contributions of their maternal grandmother, skilled
in manual arts. Daniel speaks proudly of his grandmother who draws house plans
for engineers. Aurora has the opportunity to reframe her relationship with her
parents, with whom she feels hurt by for not receiving the expected support: “My
parents are very active, they have a life of their own...”
Daniel is attentive and praises his grandmother's kindness, but claims that his
grandfather is very nervous: "The ghost must be living there now." and
continues... "Hey tía, I think next time the Giant of Fury will be all blue!"
From these conversations, another poetic document was presented to them at
the next meeting.
It was a giant
Giant?
Not anymore
It wasn't even a giant. It shrunk
And in its shrinking, OH! Would it also be changing color?
And the giant asked for help
The Bad and the Good Ghosts: A Story of Reauthoring in Narrative Therapy with Children
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, February 2024 Release, www.journalnft.com, p. 2446.