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Meet my real American family: Andrew Solomon

Is anyone else out there an Andrew Solomon fan? Ever since reading "Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression," I have read and watched everything I can by him on depression. Some of us on The Collab have already talked about his two talks on "The Moth" (radio). In a separate topic, I'll share/review links to some of his contributions on depression. Now there is another reason to admire Andrew Solomon. Someone just gave me a [...]

2017-08-01T14:51:37-04:00July 20th, 2015|0 Comments

Peggy Sax: Finding common ground: parents speak out about family centered practices

After 7 years, I wrote up the findings from my dissertation project about experiences of “finding common ground” between human service seekers,  providers, and planners. I interviewed about 100 people (group and individual) from different designated roles (parents of young children with mental health concerns; therapists, early childhood care and education and other providers; and federal & state planners). The article Finding Common Ground : Parents Speak Out About Family-Centered Practices was published in The Journal of [...]

2017-08-01T14:51:48-04:00November 26th, 2013|0 Comments

Working with families with infants and toddlers

“Narrative therapy and family support: Strengthening the mother’s voice in working with families with infants and toddlers” (1997) was published in Narrative Therapies with Children and Adolescents by Craig Smith and David Nyland. This chapter is the first time I wrote something for publication about narrative therapy.  I remember the effort it took to rise to the occasion. I was grateful to Bill Lax for inviting me to write the chapter instead of the one he had [...]

2015-07-07T15:20:23-04:00November 26th, 2013|Comments Off on Working with families with infants and toddlers

Playful approaches to serious problems

David Epston's playful approach invites mutual creativity in the resolution of family problems. His writings illustrate the hospitality, playfulness and “respectworthiness” with which David engages people facing difficult problems.Together with Jennifer Freeman and Dean Lobovits, David co-authored of the book, Playful Approaches to Serious Problems: Narrative Therapy with Children and Their Families,  now available in English, Spanish, Chinese and German. Clickhere to read a brief description of narrative therapy with children. In 1997,  following the publication of Playful Approaches [...]

2015-07-07T15:23:40-04:00November 26th, 2013|0 Comments