Welcome to
TransformativeStory
Transformative storywork is a principle-based approach that includes a range of techniques, methods and structures to help people tell their own stories. Over the longer term, this can build relationships between researchers and storytellers to make meaningful changes.
About us
We provide tools to help you craft personal, multi-layered stories through reflection and collaboration. Our approach fosters trust and helps you discover the story you want to tell and the best way to share it.
Along the way, you’ll gain the skills to support others in uncovering and sharing their own stories, creating a ripple effect of connection and understanding.
Online Guide
Stories are as different as the people telling them. They can be told in different formats, forms, and mediums.
Stories should reflect what the storyteller wants to express. Here are some examples that show a variety of stories, across contexts.
It is important to understand that the process for telling these stories has been tailored to the specific context, focus issue and group of storytellers. For each example, the approach used was based on the principles and elements of practice in this guide, but the process has varied significantly.
“I feel transformed too – like something inside me has really shifted in terms of this story. And part of that is seeing my story in relation to everyone else’s. What I’m really interested in is how you capture that transformation – the transformation of your participants – in a research way. How do you report that?
How do you frame that as an outcome of the research?”
Storytelling workshop participant, UK.
