NARRATIVE KNOWING AND THE PRACTICING PSYCHOLOGIST Psychology has undergone a transformation in the last forty

Practicing psychologists use multiple knowledge structures in working with clients. Knowledge derived from relationships within a temporal schematic structure (narrative) is compared to knowledge derived from relationships between and among categorical structures (science). Using literature from the philosophy of history, the special characteristics of narrative knowing such as plot and narrative explanation are distinguished. Because knowledge of self and others is structured through narrative patterns in formats such as biography and casehistory, the development of narrative knowing skills as well as scientific knowing skills is advocated in training programs for practicing psychologists.