Maggie Carey: The narrative metaphor in current times
Keynote at the second European conference for Narrative Therapy, held in Copenhagen August 2012.
The danger of the single story
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
‘Intimacy and alienation’ by Russell Meares
Recommended reading by Martha Lopez.
The dot exercise
Jill Freedman & Gene Combs (Evanston Family Therapy Center) show through a simple dot picture how the process of questioning can lead to the development of multiple storylines that open possibilities for people’s lives. Click here to download a pdf of the dot exercise.
The neurons that shaped civilization (TED talk)
Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran looks deep into the brain’s most basic mechanisms. By working with those who have very specific mental disabilities caused by brain injury or stroke, he can map functions of the mind to physical structures of the brain.