Peggy Sax

Bridging Narrative Therapy, EMDR and Somatic Therapies

We are delighted to announce Lynne V. Rosen, LCSW as our newest member of our Re-authoring Teaching Faculty. Currently practicing in Los Angeles, California, Lynne has been engaged in therapeutic work for over 25 years in medical, residential, inpatient, community and private practice settings. She found her therapeutic and philosophical home in the early 90’s when she traveled to New York to hear Michael White and David Epston. Most recently, Lynne has focused her attention on integrating Narrative Therapy [...]

Peggy Sax2017-08-01T14:51:23-04:00May 22nd, 2016|0 Comments

Narrative Therapy in Wonderland: April Collab Salon!

David Marsten David Epston Laurie Markham David Marsten, David Epston & Laurie Markham launch their new book. Narrative Therapy in Wonderland: Connecting with Children's Imaginative know-how will soon be published by WW Norton! This innovative book makes a significant contribution to recognizing and utilizing the power of children’s voices and imagination in narrative therapy. Join us for our first Collab Salon book launch - Sunday, April 17 @ [...]

Peggy Sax2017-08-01T14:51:23-04:00March 26th, 2016|0 Comments

March 20, 2016 Collab Salon: Bridging Narrative Therapy and Psychiatry

What do narrative therapy and narrative psychiatry have in common? Our three co-presenters took turns sharing different experiences with bridging narratively-informed psychotherapy, psychiatric care and mental health treatment. The conversation focused on about common core principles and practices for therapeutic conversations that foster resilience, employ externalizing practices to develop culturally-contextualized understandings of problems that are separate from the person’s identity, and build on the family’s or individual’s values, cultural context and vision of well-being.

Peggy Sax2019-11-09T17:30:37-05:00March 21st, 2016|1 Comment

Maggie Carey’s Return to Vermont – Update!

Please note: Originally planned for Treleven Farm, Maggie Carey's Live Interviews workshop quickly sold out. We have moved the location to All Souls in Shelburne, Vermont to make more room. If you were on the waiting list - or hadn't yet gotten around to signing up - please register as soon as you can to ensure a spot! Registration is open for Maggie Carey workshops in Vermont - and filling up fast! Both workshops put ideas into practice through discussion, [...]

Peggy Sax2017-08-01T14:51:23-04:00March 5th, 2016|0 Comments

Narrative Therapy India

The Ummeed Child Development Center – one of the premier non-profit organizations in India working with children with disabilities- is taking a number of initiatives to offer trainings in narrative therapy. Along with Narrative Practices Adelaide, it is an honor for Re-authoring Teaching to partner with this group, to witness their commitment to high quality training, and to support their growing number of training initiatives. The Ummeed Mental Health Teaching Team Jehanzeb Baldiwala [...]

Peggy Sax2022-03-02T05:24:58-05:00February 22nd, 2016|0 Comments

February 2016 Collab Salon: Exemplary Tales: Part 2 with David Epston & Tom Carlson

Narrative therapy has depended heavily on the exemplary tale (otherwise known as the 'case story') as one of its most characteristic means by which its practice is told. Michael White had a mastery of such a form, and now David Epston continues in this tradition. In November 2015, we were delighted to welcome David, Sasha Pilkington & Kay Ingamells (Auckland), and Travis Heath (Denver) for a special two hour session of the Collab Salon about using case studies as pedagogy (Collab members can review this Past Salon here). This time, David was accompanied by his colleague Tom Carlson (North Dakota, USA) to share what they are learning from using exemplary tales as a pedagogy with Tom's students (Sarah and Anna) at North Dakota State University. Sasha Pilkington & Kay Ingamells also joined us. This was such a lively and thought provoking Collab Salon!

Peggy Sax2022-04-19T20:25:44-04:00February 22nd, 2016|0 Comments

Working with Couples: Larry Zucker Course Preview!

The online course, Escaping Blame: Helping Couples Develop Account-ability with Larry Zucker, LCSW is now in active development, and scheduled to begin in September 2016! This course is organized into six lessons exploring therapeutic conversations that are possible when Accountability emerges as practice distinct from Blame, and what we can do as therapists to nurture that distinction. The course builds on a number of materials including video clips from Larry's June, 2015 Vermont Workshop, Escaping Blame: Helping couples develop account-ability; simulated interviews, exercises, [...]

Peggy Sax2017-08-01T14:51:23-04:00February 13th, 2016|1 Comment

James Doty- The Magic Shop of the Brain

Brain surgeon James Doty is on the cutting edge of our knowledge of the brain and the heart: how they talk to each other; what compassion means in the body and in action; and how we can reshape our lives and perhaps our species through the scientific and human understanding we are now gaining. The backstory of James Doty’s passions is told in his memoir, Into the Magic Shop. In the summer of 1968, in [...]

Peggy Sax2017-08-01T14:51:23-04:00February 11th, 2016|0 Comments

Collab Salon Schedule 2016

Collab Salon Schedule for 2016 January 17, 2016 - Re-imagining Narrative Practice: Where might narrative therapy go now? Sarah Hughes & Linda Moxley Michael White and David Epston wrote in 1992 that they vowed to preserve a spirit of adventure in narrative therapy and they knew that if they accomplished this the work would continue to evolve and to enrich our lives and those who consult us.’ What can we do to help this continuation? Do you [...]

Peggy Sax2017-08-01T14:51:24-04:00January 8th, 2016|0 Comments

Narrative Therapy and Trauma-Informed Care

Presented by SuEllen Hamkins, MD & Beth Prullage, LICSW Sponsored by Cutchins Programs for Children & Families January 14 and 15, 2016, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Northampton, Massachusetts, USA Smith College Conference Center Download the complete training brochure here Workshop Description The goal of this experiential two-day training is to enhance participants’ abilities to apply the principles and practices of narrative psychiatry and trauma-informed care in their clinical work. The focus will be on cultivating resilience through [...]

Peggy Sax2017-08-01T14:51:24-04:00November 29th, 2015|0 Comments

The First International Narrative Therapy Conference in India!

SAVE THE DATE! We have exciting news! A Room Full of Stories - the first International Narrative Therapy Conference in India- will take place in Mumbai, October 13-16, 2016. This gathering is co-hosted by Ummeed Child Development Center, Narrative Practices Adelaide and Re-authoring Teaching. Presenters include America Bracho, David Epston, Maggie Carey, Shona Russell, Peggy Sax, Jehanzeb Baldiwala, SuEllen Hamkins, Lisa Johnson, Scot Cooper, David Marsten, and Laurie Markham. If you've always wanted to visit [...]

Peggy Sax2015-10-31T03:28:04-04:00October 31st, 2015|0 Comments

October, 2015 Collab Salon: Exploring new possibilities for outsider witnessing

Over the years, The Collab developed a process for witnessing each other's discoveries and dilemmas. We called this discussion forum, 'I need a witness!" Now that Zoom makes it possible to meet in real-time, we'd like to think carefully together about how we might adapt intentional witnessing practices to bear witness to developments in Collab Salon members' work. Our intent is to co-create our own process for respectfully witnessing each other through this digital media. Prior to this Collab [...]

Peggy Sax2019-11-09T17:33:39-05:00September 21st, 2015|0 Comments

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