Integrating Narrative Practice, EMDR and Somatic-oriented Practices
Lynne Rosen talks with Maggie Carey & SuEllen Hamkins about her work Integrating Narrative Practice, EMDR and somatic-oriented practices.
Integrating Narrative Practice & Psychiatry
SuEllen Hamkins, MD speaks about her work in integrating Narrative practice and psychiatry.
Creating a Teaching Collaboratory
Reauthoring Teaching is committed to bringing together a supportive network and narrative practice resource library available to higher education teachers and institutions. Narrative Educators Camp was the first step in making this dream into a reality. Together we are creating a Teaching Collaboratory that draws from the fruits of our labors as trainers, educators and researchers. Read below to get glimpse at what's happening. Co-Sparking into the Future “Narrative Educators [...]
Case Studies as Pedagogy
Case stories or teaching tales are widespread in every professional jurisdiction. They provide for something other than maps or manuals. They are primarily an oral literature that circulate in any profession from senior to junior, from peer to peer. They embody far more than the formalized and canonical 'rules and regulations' of manuals and the far more informal 'map' which proposes how you get from one place to another and what considerations you might [...]
Re-creating NT Elsewhere
What do we mean by "Narrative Therapy in Translation? How can different cultures make NT into their own cultural context(s) and local languages? In David Epston's words, This isn't Adelaide or Auckland! Re-Imagining Narrative Therapy Elsewhere. We welcome more contributions to this page. David Epston Keynote at Room Full of Stories- Mumbai, October 2016. Keynote by David Epston at A Room Full of Stories, International Narrative Therapy Conference, [...]
Preparing the next generation – Innovations
Developing narrative training centers was one of Michael's key intentions; we are inspired by the growing list of narrative training centers here. In addition, we wish to highlight innovations in preparing the next generation. Dulwich Centre Friday Afternoon Videos Friday Afternoon Videos continues a Dulwich Centre tradition: From 1983 onwards, Dulwich Centre was known for holding free events on Friday afternoons. These ‘Friday Afternoons at Dulwich’ would begin at 4.30pm [...]
Featured Voices – Next Generation
A new generation of Narrative Practitioners is emerging! Here we'd like to share a few of the fresh voices that are inspiring us. Please send us more! We'd love for you to nominate folks you'd like for us to add. Who inspires you - in the spirit, practices and ethics of Michael White? This can be a person or a team of people. Do you have something - such as a recording or unpublished writing- to send us to give a glimpse as to why? Remember we need to be careful about copyright and permission. If you don't already have something, maybe you can record an interview?
Reflecting on Michael’s Intentions – NPA
“Narrative Practices Adelaide" (NPA) has a strong desire to continue with Michael’s aims and intentions in a way that would fit with the sentiment of what he had proposed. "We see ourselves as a small, vibrant centre that collaborates with other centres and that acknowledges the rich and varied history of Michael’s work." Since then, Narrative Practices Adelaide has grown in offering counseling, training, supervision and connections. Maggie Carey, Rob Hall and Shona Russell reflected in 2011 on Michael's intentions for their centre, and for the future of narrative therapy.
Developing Training Opportunities
We begin with a brief audio recording - and transcript- in which Narrative Practices Adelaide describes Michael's intention to grow narrative therapy trainings. Then we add several initiatives in training and in Higher Education. Please send us some of your own!
Establishing a Network of Providers
One of Michael’s clear intentions was to further the links and connections with the many existing centers of Narrative practice. He had envisioned such a network being a support between centres for the work that was already being done, as well as being inspiration for the further development of narrative practice. In the past decade, a range of centers have become linked with each other and with other teachers of narrative practice. Please join us by contributing news of your center, consultation group and/or other narrative training program. Together we wish to support each other's ongoing work to put narrative ideas into practice.
Continuing The Spirit of Human and Social Inquiry
Michael was keenly interested in exploring the development of ideas and developments in the field of social and human inquiry. While alive, he initiated many opportunities for people around the world to get together and talk about ideas and to pay attention to what they triggered and sparked. We include here a brief conversation between his close colleagues Maggie, Shona and Rob who describe some of the ways they have been able to continue these explorations. We also include some Dulwich Centre Friday Afternoon videos. What are some of the ways you are continuing the exploration- and cross-pollination?
Aboriginal, Indigenous & Community Workers
Michel was committed to developing respectful narrative approaches to working with Aboriginal workers in Australia. In addition, we'd like to show here other narrative initiatives working with Aboriginal and Indigenous people, as well as Community Workers (India).