Study aim: A comparative study of the impact of in-person and digital storytelling therapy on the cognitive performance of elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment. Design: This is a randomized clinical trial with a parallel design and control group. This randomized study will be conducted on 138 eligible elderly people with mild cognitive impairment. Randomized permutation blocks will be used for randomization and participants will be assigned to three groups (two intervention groups and one control group). Settings and conduct: This study, which will be conducted at Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah, is not blinded. Registration and assessment of study inclusion criteria will be done by the student. Before the study begins, a questionnaire will be provided to the patients, and demographic information will be recorded in a checklist. Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Informed consent; Full consciousness; Age at least 65 years; Mild cognitive impairment according to Peterson criteria; Diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment by a neuropsychiatrist; Minimum literacy. Exclusion criteria: Severe emergency conditions; Hearing and vision limitations; Participation in similar interventions Intervention groups: In the first intervention group, story therapy sessions based on Milton Erickson's story therapy model will be held for 12 sessions (two one-hour in-person sessions per week). In the second intervention group, story therapy sessions based on Milton Erickson's story therapy model will be held for 12 sessions (two one-hour non-face-to-face sessions per week). For the control group, no intervention will be conducted. Main outcome variables: Cognitive performance