"I really appreciate being able to go to this forum and open my mind to narrative ways. It's like breathing in fresh air. I read an article, someone's post and I can feel it move through me as I do my work here. I too get excited and at times feel like I need to tap down this enthusiasm. It’s a wonderful feeling to be around (at least in cyberspace) people who feel a similar joy with ideas, theory and a bigger picture . . . I notice more of the questions I ask. Also, this group encourages me to use my imagination and to help the people I see use theirs." - Kevin Nielsen, study group member from Vermont, USA

“I believe our common stories bring us together in ways that make us stronger people and more effective therapists. The rock may be small, but when it’s tossed in the water it creates ripples just as a seemingly small idea or story can have dramatic effects. The small ripple created when the rock hits the water can be a wave by the time it reaches the shore. Our personal stories can be traced back to a few small ripples as well.” Martha Lopez, study group member from Barranquilla, Colombia, now living in Tulare, California

"I have a feel for what Peggy says about her roots in Vermont and her appreciation for the way of life there, about not wanting for the circle to become too large for all of us to notice one another and be noticed." - Mohammad Arefnia, study group member formerly from Tehran, Iran, now living in Baltimore, Maryland.

" I find that the comments and ideas linger, and show up in my work from time to time.... It is the sense of community that is most important to me... I have begun to see this study group as a kind of reflecting team, a sense of a benevolent audience that I am sometimes aware of in my work, and that I am 'reporting' to, afterwards." - Bonnie Miller, study group member from Toronto, Canada

"May all the folk that need this forum hear about it soon and join as members. This is a very powerful medium and it sets the tone for narrative for the future. " - Jo Viljoen, study group member from Pretoria, South Africa

"My reason for joining the study group is to keep me thinking about and reading about narrative practices. It helps me to pause and to think about my work. One of the things that I especially enjoy is the various ages and stages in life because it helps us to see things from different perspectives. I also feel quite fortunate to have people from various cultures in this study group." - Mary Brevda, study group member from Vermont, USA

In some 40 years working as a psychoanalyst, my experience has been that interpretations aroused associations, memories, etc that led to the “unconscious” that is to say, how deeply rooted my patients neuroses were. As I’ve started to incorporate some narrative instruments, my surprise is that on their own, my clients are bringing memories, associations, etc about how competent and resilient they have been in the past. Isn’t this surprising? At least this wasn’t what I had expected." Jordi Freixas, study group member from Barcelona, Spain