Connecting Through Story
Narrative Medicine | Arts & Health | Program Design | Legacy & Life Stories
We work with organizations, educators, patients and families, community partners, and individuals to design and deliver programs and services that foster reflection, connection, and stronger relationships of care.
What We Do
Evidence-informed, human-centered, and collaborative programs and services — designed and delivered in partnership with a trusted network of facilitators, educators, and colleagues
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Workshops, facilitation, curriculum design, and consultation grounded in narrative medicine
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Creative approaches to reflection, connection, and wellbeing
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From early concept through partnership, implementation, and learning
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Collaborative life-story and legacy work for individuals and families
Experience & Projects
Narrative in Practice is led by Stephanie Adler Yuan, MS. The work featured here draws on more than a decade of experience designing, leading, and facilitating programs across healthcare, higher education, nonprofit, and community settings in the U.S. and internationally.
Select Experience
Narrative Medicine in Healthcare
Narrative medicine workshops and curricula for clinicians, patients and families, students, and healthcare leaders at organizations including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NYU Langone–Brooklyn, Maimonides Medical Center, Mount Auburn Hospital, and Children’s Wisconsin
Applied Narrative Medicine & Community Partnerships
Teaching and partnership development through Columbia University’s MS in Narrative Medicine program, connecting graduate students with healthcare, academic, and community organizations
Family Experience Through Art & Literature
Narrative- and arts-based programming with the Bluebird Way Foundation for families of children and young adults with illness and disability
Programs at Scale
Leadership of education, engagement, and partnership initiatives at the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare and Planetree International
Additional experience includes senior leadership roles at Planetree International and the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, and teaching and advising in Columbia University’s MS Program in Narrative Medicine.
Speaking & Publications
Stephanie has presented widely on narrative medicine, person-centered care, patient and family engagement, reflective practice, and organizational culture for healthcare, academic, nonprofit, and international audiences. Her writing and scholarship have appeared in Pediatrics, KevinMD, and Esopus.
Meet Our Founder
Stephanie Adler Yuan, MS
Founder & Principal
I’m a narrative medicine educator, facilitator, and program strategist working at the intersection of healthcare, education, arts, and community engagement. My work is grounded in the premise that we all carry so many beautiful, rich, complex stories; when we take time to reflect on, share, and connect through them, incredible things can happen.
Since 2017, I’ve taught in Columbia University’s MS Program in Narrative Medicine, where I work with students and colleagues to explore ways to take the rigorous theory and methods of narrative medicine out of the academy and into the world. My broader career has included senior leadership roles at Planetree International and the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare. I’m also proud to serve as an advisor to the Bluebird Way Foundation.
I created Narrative in Practice to bring narrative medicine and other evidence-informed creative practices into conversation with arts and health, education, and organizational change, and to turn good ideas into thoughtful programs, partnerships, and practices that can reach broader communities.
Get in Touch
Have a project, idea, or potential collaboration in mind?
I’d love to hear from you.
Stephanie Adler Yuan, MS
Founder & Principal
stephanie@narrativeinpractice.com
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