Minimum Useful Entry
A minimal entry needs a specific moment or example and an explicit connection to the externalized problem. Values or skills can be added later.
Map the client's responses to the problem
Mapping the Person's Influence on the Problem is a narrative therapy agency-mapping tool for practitioners and clients. It helps them record specific moments when the client resisted, reduced, or altered an externalized problem's influence and connect those moments to actions, choices, skills, values, or intentions.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
How Grouping Works
Grouping is descriptive. It helps review entered examples through different lenses but does not infer traits or score agency.
Can an example be saved without a named value?
Yes. A moment and response can be saved when connected to the problem, even if values or skills are not yet clear.
What if a positive example is not connected to the problem?
It can be captured as unresolved, but it is not complete agency evidence until the connection is clarified.
Does the tool infer the client's strengths?
No. Skills, values, and intentions are entered from client or practitioner discussion; the system does not infer them.