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April 2018 Collab Salon: Yoga and Narrative Practices

What are some ways we can integrate Narrative and Yoga practices? What might this look like? What are some of the questions, dilemmas that need to be considered when exploring such a combination? What are the ways in which these practices could work together to strengthen and deepen one another? Can we do this in ways that fit with an anti-oppressive approach to working with people and practices? In this Collab Salon, Narrative practitioners and Yoga teachers Sarah Hughes and Kayla Robbins reflected on these questions and shared some of their experiences, ideas and struggles. Participants were invited to share their own experiences and reflections, and to imagine new areas of possibility between these two practices.

Peggy Sax2020-01-01T08:58:04-05:00January 15th, 2018|1 Comment

June 2018 Collab Salon: Narrative Group Therapy

Stephen Burton and Kevin O’Bryan presented their narrative approach to group therapy, which acts as an ongoing laboratory to test out new and preferred identities in the social situation of the group, while discouraging group level stories. Together we tried out a group interview with inquiry and outsider witnessing within the group.

Peggy Sax2020-01-01T08:59:14-05:00January 8th, 2018|Comments Off

August 2018 Collab Salon: Taking Narrative Practices Outside

Chris Darmody ( Perth, Australia) described Camp Retreat - a de-patholgising 3 day program for 20 young people aged 14-17 who are engaged in a mental health service. It is run 4 times a year and it is narratively informed. Many of the participants coming into camp will come with a mental health diagnosis and the stigma associated with engaging with a mental health service and the associated feelings of identity failure. The intention of the program is to separate a person from the problem and engage in different activities without the problem being present. By having this experience it is hoped that participants can return to their lives with an understanding of how much influence the problem has over their lives, decisions about how much they want a problem to be there, and skills to reduce its influence on their lives.

Peggy Sax2020-01-01T09:00:11-05:00January 2nd, 2018|Comments Off

July 2018: Re-authoring Teaching New developments

What’s happening with Re-authoring Teaching? What’s going on behind the scenes? A great group got together for our annual tradition reviewing new developments with our Faculty Offerings, Workshops/Narrative Camp, Community Higher Education/Educators Portal, Community and our Reauthoring Teaching Youtube Channel. After giving a brief update, we used break-out rooms to talking among ourselves about what's working and suggestions for the future.

Peggy Sax2019-12-29T07:12:25-05:00December 29th, 2017|Comments Off

February 2018 Collab Salon: Deconstructing ‘No’ in relational, intimate and sexual contexts

Mike Giancola and Diana Lozoya strove to highlight some of the ways that 'No' as a spoken form of not wanting socially, physically or sexually intimate contact may be used to bring partners and partner groups closer together. This may contrast with discursive notions of 'No' as a sign of flat rejection, failure or distancing. How can 'No' be reclaimed, valued, heard and respected by both the people who give the 'No' as well as those who receive it?

Peggy Sax2020-01-01T09:02:20-05:00December 29th, 2017|Comments Off

October 21, 2018 Collab Salon: Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: Narrative Explorations

As someone who is interested in the intersection between psychedelics and psychotherapy, Gabriel Garcia has many questions about the changing landscape of these substances, their legality, and viability as agents of psychological change. Gabriel presented some of the emerging models for working with stories of psychedelic experiences and fold these models into postmodern and narrative ideas. This was a springboard for the creating a generative discussion for those who attend.

Peggy Sax2020-01-01T09:04:08-05:00December 20th, 2017|Comments Off

May 2018 Collab Salon: Race & Privilege in the Therapy Room

As a Woman of Color and as a new private practice intern, I have had the experience of seeing many People of Color (POC) clients. Recently, I have noticed, an increase in Potential POC clients specifically seeking out a POC therapist. At first glance, this increase seemed to be coincidental; I just thought that I was lucky to be receiving so much traffic from Psychology Today as well as many personal referrals. After speaking to many of my clients in detail about their experiences, I inquired about why it was important to them to seek out a POC therapist. Through that questioning, I began to recognize that many of my client's reasons were similar: they felt like a non-POC therapist would not understand them, or that they had a White therapist in the past with whom they felt they couldn’t be vulnerable or honest. Many of them acknowledged that these thoughts and feelings around race and privilege have increased exponentially in the present political climate.

Peggy Sax2023-04-22T09:30:33-04:00December 13th, 2017|Comments Off

January, 2018 Collab Salon: A Place in Your Heart – Will Sherwin

Will Sherwin hosted a "show and tell" discussion of books and articles that have contributed to the lives of multiple volunteer speakers. After our usual introduction, Will will speak about the idea then each speaker will have five minutes to share a piece of writing that holds a special place in their heart and has influenced their work and how they treat others. Writings do not have to be strictly from the narrative/postmodern world. Will is hoping to get around eight people to sign up in advance to share in this experimental salon. After the presentations there will five or ten minutes to discuss what was interesting about the format, what we might try differently next time.

Peggy Sax2018-05-07T18:57:15-04:00November 14th, 2017|Comments Off

December, 2017 Collab Salon: Narrative community work in Burundi, Africa – Linda Moxley

The work of narrative practitioners in developing countries has challenges not usually encountered in the developed world where many of us work. The needs of developing countries, such as Burundi, are enormous, and the challenges in providing support are sometimes unexpected. In this presentation on our narrative project in Burundi we hope; first, to inspire others who might want to do this kind of work in developing countries with special needs; second, to inform narrative practitioners interested in doing this work; and third, to describe some of the challenges faced and the special knowledges gained of how to create awareness when doing this kind of work. Our experiences of trying to provide support for these children, and the teaching and training of caregivers who were learning narrative practices will also be described in this Collab Salon.

Peggy Sax2019-12-29T07:20:53-05:00November 3rd, 2017|Comments Off

March 2018 Collab Salon: Building on Michael White’s Legacy Community-Project with Peggy Sax

Peggy Sax created The Michael White Legacy project as a companion to the narrative gathering on Coronado Island, San Diego. Building on the Legacy of Michael White: A Decade of Narrative Developments (March 28-30, 2018). Our hope is that others will now send us their contributions. Whether you can come to this event or not, this community project gives us many opportunities to reflect together: Looking Back, Exploring Initiatives Honoring Michael's Intentions, and Re-imagining the Future of Narrative Therapy. Join us for this Collab Salon when we will share our collective efforts to create a collaboratory in honor of our mentor, Michael White.

Peggy Sax2019-12-29T07:21:57-05:00September 15th, 2017|Comments Off

November, 2017 Collab Salon: Building on the Legacy of Michael – Jan Ewing, Ron Estes, Sarah Kahn, Mona Klausing & Peggy Sax

Narrative Initiatives San Diego (NISD) and Re-Authoring Teaching are co-sponsoring A Narrative Gathering next March 2018 in beautiful Coronado, CA. Together we will honor the work and influence of Michael White and share new developments in Narrative Therapy.Therapists, students and others interested in Narrative practices are welcome. Jan Ewing and her colleagues will join this Collab Salon to share more about the history of the idea, the agenda, invited speakers and registration information. In addition, we would love to hear your ideas!

Peggy Sax2019-12-29T07:23:18-05:00September 13th, 2017|Comments Off

October, 2017 Collab Salon: Harvesting the fruits of lived lives – Bobbi Rood & Mark Schmoll

Work with older adults often invokes re-membering conversations and sparks new pathways through connections with the past. By listening deeply we work with our clients to find strength, courage and agency to continue life’s journeys. Often illness or loss forces us to accept unimagined challenges and changes that stretch our resources. By developing an understanding of these changes and mapping a new course, clients in the eldercare program call upon inner and outer resources to navigate the course, enrich their relationships and challenge expectations. Nearly 20 years ago Vermont addressed the problems of rural living and social isolation among elders who qualify as homebound and for whom psychotherapy is not accessible by creating traveling clinicians who visit elders in their homes to address family and individual issues. This program partners with community partners serving elders. This salon offered a glimpse into the work of the Eldercare Clinician and a sampling of some rescued word poetry.

Peggy Sax2019-12-29T07:25:10-05:00July 28th, 2017|Comments Off

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