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August 20, 2023 Collab Salon: Hauntings from the Future (by benevolent ghosts)
This collab will discuss the origination of a genre of inquiry that David Epston has come to refer to as 'Hauntings from the future' (by benevolent ghosts) in intractable disputes between parent(s) and their adolescent children.
Contemporary Narrative Therapy
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May 15, 2022 Collab Salon: Fiction as witnessing practice
Irene (trauma survivor) and Christoffer Haugaard (psychologist) developed a practice of witnessing in relation to Irene’s alter ego in fictionalized life stories. This developed out of necessity in order to address an intensely traumatic life history and powerful identity conclusions that were out of reach for regular conversation. The approach that we developed used two essential survival strategies from Irene’s childhood: Her invention of an alter ego and her imagination of having an audience to the injustices in her life. Over time, these practices became the central structure of our collaboration. In this collab salon, Christoffer will describe this practice with examples and present Irene’s account of the effects.
September 18, 2022 Collab Salon: Getting Kicked Out of School & Redeeming Your Reputation
David Epston has invented many imaginative, and startlingly successful ways of disappearing problems for children and young people, which he has documented in stories from his practice in many publications. While the August 2022 Collab focuses on reviving David's longstanding work with the problem of stealing, this complementary Collab will introduce an approach for those young people who have been stood down or have been threatened with expulsion from their high school.
August 21, 2022 Collab Salon: Childhood Stealing & Learning How to Apply David Epston’s Inventions
David Epston has invented many imaginative, and startlingly successful ways of disappearing problems for children and young people, which he has documented in stories from his practice in many publications. This Collab revives David Epston's longstanding work with the problem of stealing, primarily with young people, which he developed in the last 70s/early 80s.
August 15, 2021 Collab Salon: Temper Tantrum Parties & Learning How to Apply David Epston’s Inventions
David Epston has invented many imaginative, and startlingly successful ways of disappearing problems for children & young people which he has documented in stories from his practice in many publications. I have found that using his ideas successfully within my own practice has required more of me than simply following the guidance in the stories, and I have had failures along the way. In this Collab Salon, I will illustrate David’s approach to Temper Tantrums with using recent examples from my own practice to children & young people which have been successful in just two sessions. I will also touch on what I am a learning so far about applying David’s remarkable inventions. Kay Ingamells
June, 2017 Collab Salon: Teaching and Learning Narrative Therapy – David Epston, Gerald Monk, Peggy Sax, Larry Zucker and others
Our June Collab Salon took place during "Narrative Educators Camp" - a very special gathering of Narrative Therapy teachers and trainers who spent three days together, sharing innovative pedagogies in the classroom and online for training narrative therapy practitioners. Did you study narrative therapy in graduate school? Which experiences stand out to you as memorable? Collab members and special guests came together for a conversation about teaching and learning narrative therapy.