February 15, 2015 A big extra thank you to everyone who helped us officially launch The Collab Salon, and especially to Larry for your generosity and skill in bringing your ideas to us in this new format. It was a thrill- a dream come true- to bring together people from around the world to exchange with Larry Zucker- and each other- about Larry's work with couples - Escaping blaming frames of reference and engaging a [...]
Re-authoring Teaching is now a non-profit organization! This collaborative venture seeks to promote training, professional development and continuing education in a narrative approach to therapy and community work.
What a privilege to teach in the "Mental Health Training Programme" in Mumbai India! This year long course provides a thorough grounding in key ideas and practices of narrative approaches in working with individuals, families, groups and communities. We've named this year's participants "The Wow group" - continually inspiring us with their narrative practice skills including applications in mental health, social work, special education, occupational therapy. What is the Ummeed Child Development Center? "Ummeed" means "hope" in Hindi. The [...]
Pour la première fois en Suisse, Peggy Sax nous invite à découvrir les « pratiques thérapeutiques collectives » lors d'une journée de formation le samedi 12 juillet 2014 à Sion Atelier: En anglais, traduction simultanée en français, Trame Narrative en collaboration avec Relance Relationnelle (GE). Lunchtime at Workshop Thank you to Charlotte and Gilles Crettenand for hosting a very memorable experience. Together they translated the entire workshop (with in-site help from Kate [...]
BeKinbera is a German research project committed to the involvement and empowerment of children and young people in the consultation process. In July, 2014, the Project director, Dr. Heidrun Schulze, organized a German conference to showcase the research methodology and findings. [divider_flat] German Translation Peggy Sax had the honor of offering a presentation on Narrative Practice & Trauma. Heidrun Schulze and Madeleine Kamper beautifully translated everything into German. [divider_flat] German Narrative Network [...]
Android Reauthoring Teaching is now responsive to portable devices such as Iphones, Ipads and Androids. Now it will be easier to keep in touch with posts on The Conversation Forum on The Collab. Remember we are always looking for new members to register here. Can you help us test various links? What do these links look like on your smartphone or tablet? What is narrative therapy? The Collab Narrative Therapy: Foundations & Key Concepts [...]
A new documentary film made by Christopher Kinman and Lars Meyer (see video clips here) On Sunday, January 13, 2012, at the Artspace Community Arts Center in Greenfield, Massachusetts, a group gathered for a very special New England screening of this new documentary film dedicated to the life and work of family therapy visionary and pioneer, Lynn Hoffman. The film was made by Chris Kinman. If you would like more information about this film, please visit The “All Manner [...]
We at Re-authoring Teach hope to contribute to a richer conversation about how, as a community, we make space for useful dialogue about all the variations and emerging approaches.