Virtual Narrative Therapy in Boston
and Throughout Massachusetts
Reauthor your story through culturally responsive, trauma-informed care that honors queer and neurodivergent ways of being.
Rewriting the Stories That Shaped You
Many of us inherit stories about worth, love, and identity that were never ours to begin with. These stories often come from colonial, religious, or family systems that decide what is normal and what should be hidden. Over time, they teach us who is allowed to speak, to rest, to feel, or to belong.
Narrative therapy begins by asking whose voice is being centered and whose has been silenced. It invites you to look at how power, history, and culture have shaped the meanings you carry about yourself. The goal is not to fix who you are, but to understand how your experiences have been named, and what other truths have always lived beneath those names.
In this space, you are more than a diagnosis or a single story. We trace the language of survival and create space for stories of care, contradiction, and becoming. Healing grows from remembering that you were never the problem.
You Do Not Have to Inherit Stories That Harm You
There is nothing wrong with the way you make meaning.
Narrative therapy holds two truths at once: you exist within systems, and you still have authorship over your story. We look at how history, culture, and power shape personal pain without reducing you to a product of them. You are not separate from the world, yet the world does not get the final say about who you are.
Our work begins with naming the forces that have written parts of your story for you, colonial histories, family expectations, institutions that confuse compliance for care. But it does not end there. Together, we slow down and listen for the moments where you have already resisted, reimagined, or tended to yourself differently.
We do not pathologize survival. We see it as intelligence, as care, as creativity. Our role is not to tell you what healing should look like, but to walk beside you as you create meaning on your own terms. We hold the systems accountable while protecting the space where your story grows wild again.
You remain the narrator. The story changes when you are the one writing it.
Who We Have Experience Working With
Our therapists have supported people exploring stories shaped by:
Family, faith, or cultural narratives that shaped identity, belonging, or worth
Shame or silence around queerness, gender, or desire
Experiences of migration, dislocation, or cultural grief
Internalized oppression, perfectionism, or fear of taking up space
Loss, rupture, or intergenerational trauma carried through stories or silence
Shifts in relationships, community, or spiritual meaning
The tension between who you were told to be and who you are becoming
We approach these experiences not as problems to be fixed but as stories that hold wisdom, protection, and possibility. Our work honors both the histories that shaped you and the truths that are still unfolding.
Some of Our Therapists Specializing in Narrative Therapy
We’ve highlighted a few of our clinicians with lived or professional experience in narrative and post-structural approaches to care. Our team includes therapists who work collaboratively, helping clients explore how culture, identity, and power shape the stories they carry.
If you’re seeking a space to reauthor your story, reconnect with your own meanings, or examine how systems have influenced your sense of self, we’ll help you find someone who practices with depth, curiosity, and care.
Johnny Xu (He/Him) brings a calm, relational, and deeply reflective approach to therapy, shaped by his experience as a second-generation Asian American grounded in immigrant and working-class communities. He supports clients navigating relationship patterns, life transitions, family estrangement, grief, and cultural dislocation with compassion and curiosity. His work is guided by the belief that every story is both personal and collective, carried through generations and shaped by systems of belonging and survival.
Drawing from Narrative Therapy, Attachment Theory, and somatic practices, Johnny helps clients explore how cultural histories and inherited expectations have influenced their ways of relating to others and themselves. He invites clients to slow down, reconnect with their own voice, and notice what stories have been passed down, resisted, or reimagined.
Pragati Jaiswal (She/Hers) offers a collaborative, story-centered approach rooted in Narrative Therapy and Expressive Arts. Her work honors how culture, migration, family, and power shape the stories we tell about who we are, and what becomes possible when those stories begin to change.
As a first-generation immigrant from India, Pragati understands what it means to navigate multiple worlds at once. She brings this awareness into her sessions, creating a grounded space where clients can explore identity, belonging, and transformation without fear of being misunderstood.
With warmth and curiosity, Pragati helps clients uncover the wisdom in their survival stories while making room for new language, choice, and self-compassion. She believes healing happens in relationship, through dialogue, imagination, and the slow work of reclaiming authorship of one’s life.
Shannon Kang (She/Her) brings a curious, grounded, and justice-oriented lens to narrative therapy, shaped by lived experiences as a queer, neurodivergent, third culture kid, immigrant, and veteran. She supports clients exploring trauma, cultural dislocation, identity transitions, and systems that have shaped how they see themselves. Her work is collaborative and relational, rooted in the belief that our stories are formed within culture, power, and community.
Drawing from Narrative Therapy and Queer Theory, Shannon invites clients to see their stories as living, evolving, and interconnected with others. She believes healing unfolds through language, connection, and collective remembering. Her approach honors the wisdom within each person’s survival and makes space for the stories that have yet to be told.
Meet More Of Our Therapists
Many of our clinicians have lived experience and deep training in working with queer, BIPOC, and neurodivergent communities.
While we don’t publicly list individual identities for privacy and safety, we are committed to matching you with someone who aligns with your needs.
During your free consultation call, let us know what you’re looking for, whether that’s a queer-affirming therapist or someone with specific cultural understanding, and we’ll do our best to connect you with the right fit. You deserve care that sees the full picture.