I believe the basic premise of narrative therapy is to get us to give more full details to our telling of life events. "I was bullied at school." The therapist may ask us to give more details about the events. "When I was in the fifth grade I remember a particular event where I was bullied. The school bell had rang and I usually liked to get out of school before everyone else but I had to talk to the teacher about a late paper. I was anxious because I got picked on a lot so when I ran into the bullies at the door I knew it was going to be bad for me. Not only did I get punched in the mouth but I had to deal with being fearful that I was going to deal with this because I wasn't allowed to rush out of class that day."

It forces us to give more details and through our in depth narrative we are forced to remember and think about the events more deeply and in that gain more insight.

If I understand the process that is.