Peer-reviewed papers (2026:1)

Read more about the article “Dear Violence”: Using process drama, narrative therapy and collective letters to explore and acknowledge students’ experiences of domestic violence in PNG — Dorothy Wanega and Jane Awi
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Peer-reviewed papers (2026:1)

“Dear Violence”: Using process drama, narrative therapy and collective letters to explore and acknowledge students’ experiences of domestic violence in PNG — Dorothy Wanega and Jane Awi

This article presents preliminary findings of a locally developed research project that combined arts-based research tools and narrative therapy as a response to the effects of domestic violence on the academic performance of school students between the ages of 16 and 19. Students in selected schools from two regions of Papua New Guinea (PNG) participated in the study.

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March 13, 2026
Read more about the article Towards a decentred, politically influential, accountable and yet uncertain practice — Kelsi Semeschuk 
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Peer-reviewed papers (2026:1)

Towards a decentred, politically influential, accountable and yet uncertain practice — Kelsi Semeschuk 

A “decentred” therapeutic stance is often seen as one of the hallmarks of narrative practice. But it isn’t always well understood and is interpreted differently by different practitioners. While I was working on my doctoral research with the archive of video recordings of Michael White’s teaching and therapy sessions, I conducted a side project to better understand his approach to decentred practice.

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March 12, 2026
Read more about the article Fireworks, a funeral and friendship: Re-membering community at the end of life — Tanya Newman 
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Peer-reviewed papers (2026:1)

Fireworks, a funeral and friendship: Re-membering community at the end of life — Tanya Newman 

This paper shares a joyful practice story about re-membering community at the end of life. A “socially isolated” man was referred for social work support to arrange a will. This task became a rich experience of re-membering community and supporting Colin to craft his own after-death care.

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March 11, 2026
Read more about the article Desired Dreams: Narrative therapy conversations with trauma survivors about the dreams they would like to experience — Muhammed Nurullah Demir and Mehmet Dinç 
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Peer-reviewed papers (2026:1)

Desired Dreams: Narrative therapy conversations with trauma survivors about the dreams they would like to experience — Muhammed Nurullah Demir and Mehmet Dinç 

This paper introduces the “Desired Dream” practice, an innovative psychotherapy approach based on narrative therapy. It involves conversations about dream content that individuals want to see and imagine, as distinct from dreams that occur spontaneously during sleep.

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March 10, 2026
Read more about the article Exposing the feeling of “not good enough”: Working with the failure conversations map — Jonaki Arora 
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Peer-reviewed papers (2026:1)

Exposing the feeling of “not good enough”: Working with the failure conversations map — Jonaki Arora 

This paper addresses the phenomenon of personal failure and its relationship with modern power. It describes Michael White’s failure conversations map and the underlying narrative practices that support it. It demonstrates the usefulness of the failure conversations map in subverting modern power and generating preferred identity conclusions with a young woman in India.

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March 9, 2026
Read more about the article Che rete che mba´e (“Mi cuerpo es mío” en idioma Guaraní): Ampliando las identidades preferidas de mujeres trabajadoras sexuales, a partir de la organización como lugar de resistencia política y vital — Paola Kolher Salinas 
2026 / 2026: Issue 1 / International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work / Peer-reviewed papers (2026:1)

Che rete che mba´e (“Mi cuerpo es mío” en idioma Guaraní): Ampliando las identidades preferidas de mujeres trabajadoras sexuales, a partir de la organización como lugar de resistencia política y vital — Paola Kolher Salinas 

This paper is in Spanish, with an English abstract. In a context of social and gender inequality, such as that of Paraguay, women's collective organising becomes a space where their identities acquire new meanings. This is especially true for women sex workers, whose identities are constructed within a context of prejudice, discrimination, and stigmatisation.

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March 8, 2026

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