Narrative Educators Network

Prescott, AZ

Prescott College: Professor of Critical Psychology, Human Development & Counselor Education/Gender & Sexuality Studies

Ellen’s areas of interest include gender studies, counselor education, narrative therapy and critical psychology.

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Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Professor and Director of the Master’s Degree in Narrative Therapy and Community Work of the University of Extremadura. Private Practice as a Narrative Practitioner. Psychologist of Foster Homes for children and adolescents.

Interested in creating intervention and research programs for adolescents who use violence against their parents
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Evanston, IL
Co-director, Evanston Family Therapy Center; Associate Clinical Professor, University of Chicago/NorthShore University HealthSystem;  Author; International Teacher of Narrative Therapy 

Special interests in couple therapy and the negative influence of neoliberalism and corporate capitalism on the health and happiness of communities, families, and individual persons
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Los Angeles, California

Narrative Counseling Center

Special interests in Introducing Narrative Therapy; Critical Psychology; Couples Counseling, Postmodern approaches to ‘Aging’; Exploration of alternative narrative assumptions & practices.

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El Cerrito, California (SF Bay Area)
Assistant Professor: California Institute of Integral Studies, MA – Counseling Psychology Program, Expressive Arts Therapy concentration

Areas of interest: narrative expressive arts therapy incorporating womanist (black feminist), indigenous, Black/African-centered, and liberation psychologies with Emotion Focused Therapy and contemplative practices
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Auckland, New Zealand

Co-director of the Family Therapy Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, Visiting Professor at the John F. Kennedy University, an honorary clinical lecturer in the Department of Social Work, University of Melbourne, and an affiliate faculty member in the Ph.D program in Couple and Family Therapy at North Dakota State University.

Areas of interest: Insider Witness Practices, Apprenticeship training, Practice stories as pedagogy, Recreating narrative therapy elsewhere, Narrative therapy & indigenous practices.

Chicago, Illinois
Co-director of the Evanston Family Therapy Center, faculty of the Chicago Center for Family Health, international faculty of the Dulwich Centre, independent therapy and supervision practice, consultant and international teacher of narrative ideas

Special interest in making narrative ideas and practices teachable
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Northampton, Massachusetts
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Assistant Director, Psychiatric Services, Center for Counseling and Psychological Health UMass-Amherst

Special interests in narrative psychiatry, college mental health, resilience, mother-daughter relationships
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Denver, Colorado
Associate Professor of Psychology at Metropolitan State University of Denver, private practice in the Capital Hill area of Denver

Areas of interest: Practice stories as a form of narrative therapy pedagogy, innovative approaches to narrative work including exploring the relationship between hip-hop culture and rap music and the narrative practices
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Auckland, New Zealand
Narrative Counsellor, Family Therapist and Journey Therapist in private practice, supervision and post-graduate training, and international workshop leader

Areas of interest: Writing about her fourteen year (and counting) apprenticeship with David Epston, community approaches to suicidality with teens, narrative therapy with children, young people and families, storying of strength-based practice
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Seoul, South Korea
Assistant Professor and Chair of Department of Counseling, Kyung Hee Cyber University

Areas of interest: gerontology, family therapy, depression, hospice
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Los Angeles, California
Director: Psychology & Addiction Studies Concentrations, Antioch University; Private practice: Narrative Counseling Center (narrativecounselingcenter.com)

Special Interests (current courses): Narrative Therapy in Practice, Madness in American History & Film, Shakespeare Deconstructed: Gender & Power Play, Global Approaches to Normal & Abnormal Psychology, Documentary Film & The American Psyche, Sex-Positivity & Social Justice
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Los Angeles, California
Co-director of Miracle Mile Community Practice (www.mmcpla.org), private practice therapist

Areas of interest: Children and families, couples, power relations, clinical training
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Los Angeles, California
Co-director of Miracle Mile Community Practice (a non-profit affordable counseling program and training center in narrative therapy):www.mmcpla.org;  private practice therapist 

Areas of interest: Narrative Therapy, Internalized Patriarchy, Individual and couples therapy, Family Therapy with Children                           [email protected]

San Diego, California
Professor, Director of Marriage & Family Therapy Program, 
Department of Counseling & School Psychology 
San Diego State University

Special interests: The affective turn in narrative therapy, and its application in couples work, applications of narrative mediation in divorce, healthcare and organizational change
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Ottawa, Ontario
Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Education; Director, The Glebe Institute, A Centre for Constructive and Collaborative Practice

Special interests in narrative practices, reflecting practices in supervision, mindfulness applications in therapy
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