Neuroscientific narrative consulting: how to engage our patients

Chum focuses on engaging patients in neuroscientific narrative consulting approach. Narrative approaches to the consultation offer an elegant and compelling way to harness the power of storytelling. It allows and encourage patients to tell that their story that can offer unheralded insight and lead to particularly satisfying consultations for both patient and clinician. New neuroscientific research not only helps explain why, but also suggests ways in which general practitioners (GPs) might communicate even better. Functional MRI scans demonstrate that, when hearing a story, more areas of the brain are active than when hearing facts or simple instructions.