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The dialogue below illustrates a remarkable moment from this meeting, where
many disputes took place, with Daniel asking for his mother's interference to calm
down and hold his brother who “only gets in the way” and does not let him play.
Aurora tries for some control. Leo screams and cries; Daniel complains and gets
angry.
T: Hey! This is yet another trick by these evil Ghosts of Fury. He walked away and
left his cousin in place.
D: Who?
T: The Ghost of Cry. He doesn’t let anyone play. He belongs to the Ghost of Fury’s
family.
D: I know! I'm going to paint it at home! And it will be orange!
We discovered one more trick of the Ghost of Fury.
T: These ghosts are very smart. They don't go away that easy. Sometimes they
leave someone in their place.
A new conversation took the place of the turmoil created by the children. Leo
asked his brother if he could help him paint the new ghost at home. A condition
was placed by Daniel: “You can. But only if you don't cry!"
These two pictures were sent by Aurora, registering the moment of collaboration
between the children “taking a picture of the Ghost of Cry’s face”. She also used
WhatsApp to send an audio of her externalizing conversation with her youngest
son, about the Ghost of Cry. In the conversation established with the participation
of the family, including the father, Leo said that he is very angry, screams like a
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.