In June 2017, a group of Narrative Educators came together on the shores of Lake Champlain to explore innovative topics in teaching narrative therapy. We’re growing our network, and this directory shows the community of educators working together to co-create the teaching collaboratory behind the Educators Portal. This portal will build off of the spirit and ideas of the Vermont gathering of educators by providing a generative and supportive space for inspiration, conversation and resources specifically for those involved in narrative therapy teaching and education.
Ellen Abell, EdD
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.
Carlos A. Chimpén López, PhD
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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Gene Combs, MD
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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Lucy Cotter, MFT, MFA
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.
Danielle Drake, MA, Ph.D. candidate
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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David Epston, MA
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.
Jill Freedman, MSW, ACSW
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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SuEllen Hamkins, MD
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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Travis Heath, Ph.D.
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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Kay Ingamells, MSW, CPT, MNZAC, MANZASW
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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Jung Eun Ko, MSW, Ph.D.
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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Charley Lang, MFT
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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Laurie Markham, MA, LMFT
Los Angeles, California
Co-director of Miracle Mile Community Practice (