After 20 years of publication, there are exciting changes afoot for the International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work. From September 2023, each issue will include not only the rigorous and practical peer-reviewed papers that we have always…
Tarntanya, AdelaideKaurna CountryApril 6th - 9th 2025An in-person event!With the Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work being an online adventure that makes it now more widely accessible than ever, we have missed meeting in person … and seeing…
Video 1 Giriş (Introduction) Bu videoda Narrative Terapi ile nasıl tanıştığımı, sonrasında Türkiye Narrative Terapi Topluluğu olarak neler yaşadığımızı ve nihayet bu videoların ne amaçla hazırlandığını bulacaksınız. In this video, you will find how I met first with…
In this presentation, Vikki discusses strategies from activist movements to resist calling-out culture - where we cut off, exile and attack fellow workers - and instead find ways to offer critique which is different from attack. Structuring safety and creating cultures of critique requires that we create relationships of respect and dignity as a frame for our solidarity.
We want to stand with you: A bystander action project When we witness discrimination or harassment how can we respond? To the young women of the Muslim Women’s Association, Hi. We’re a group of young women - friends…
We would like to invite narrative practitioners into a project of sharing stories of how we are trying to avoid misgendering others. Misgendering — referring to someone by the pronouns or honorifics of a gender that is not theirs…
Hi everyone! Poh has kindly put together these two videos about some of her learnings from being a tutor in the Masters. We hope this will be helpful to other tutors. Could you please also add any of your…
Spirit of pride Here is a song, 'Spirit of Pride’ that represents the journey of making a new life in a new land: Spirit of the sea Part 9: Primary school knowledge— how we tackle problems
In this Friday Afternoon video, Narrative Therapist Eunjoo Lee shows how social discourses surrounding conformity pressures are deconstructed in a Korean context.
Click the thumbnails to see a large version of the images and a description: About the exhibition: A while ago, we heard a document created by young women at the Muslim Women’s Association of South Australia. It was called,…
In this video, Stay Strong Football Club offers some ideas about ways to come together after a fight, try not to fight with friends, and how to work towards good behaviour at any place. We hope these ideas are…
Denborough, D. (Ed.). (2006). Trauma: Narrative responses to traumatic experience. Adelaide, Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications. Denborough, D. (2008). Collective narrative practice: Responding to individuals, groups, and communities who have experienced trauma. Adelaide, Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications. Denborough, D. (2014).…
This project is based on narrative approaches to therapy, group work and community work. These approaches were initially developed by Australian, Michael White, and New Zealander, David Epston. Narrative therapy centres people as the experts in their own lives…
The following people and organisations made this project possible! All the young people whose ideas, skills, knowledge and stories are contained in these pages … and especially their determination to share what they know in order to assist others.…
The knowledge, ideas and stories of young people included in this encyclopedia were generated from small group discussions, often sparked by first sharing the ‘survival skills’ of another group of young people and asking for a response. In this…
This collection of stories and knowledge is still growing. We’ve only included a small sample here. There is an online site where you can read further stories from young people, see a virtual exhibit of artwork, watch video clips…
It seems appropriate to end this collection of stories and knowledge by looking to the future Not giving up on our goals by Chrakhan Fardi I was born in the cold of the snowy winter in Kurdistan, where there…
We are a group of young people living with disability who are passionate about making changes. Like anyone, sometimes we go through some pretty rough times. We’ve all had experiences of when people have said thoughtless or discriminatory things, or…
When a group of Syrian mothers heard these young people’s welcoming tips, they sent the following message: Hello, We are a group of Syrian mothers meeting at the Muslim Women’s Association here in Adelaide. Today we heard the letter…
We are a group of young Syrians who arrived in Adelaide 4-6 months ago. Some of us have already made many new friends here. Some of us are still looking for friends. And some of us are really missing…
We are young people from the Feast Queer Youth Drop In Space. We know quite a bit about journeys and migrations. There are some journeys we’ve already completed. Others that we are still on. Some we are just beginning…
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Stories from young members of the Muslim Women’s Association of South Australia Sometimes other people make a difference. When they do, we remember. Friends as backup At school, my friends back me up. They say to me, ‘If anyone…
G’day, Tonight at the Feast Queer Youth Drop-in Space we heard some of the ways you try not to take people’s hate into your hearts. Thanks for sharing your stories with us. One of us smiled when we heard…
Hi. We’re a group of young Muslim women who live here in Adelaide. We’re interested in exchanging ideas and stories about ways of dealing with weird experiences like being stared at, being yelled at by random strangers driving…
There are 15 students at our small community school in Adelaide. Many of us have attended quite a few other schools before coming here. Some of us have moved homes a lot which means we change schools too, but…
Hi. We are young people living here in Adelaide, who came to Australia as refugees. Many of us have known times of great sorrow, or worry. Times when we have lost hope. Some of us have nearly drowned in…
In this section, young people share stories about the ways they got through some of the hardest times in their lives.We begin this section with tips on how young people have been able to overcome bullying, then we move…
Dear LeRoy, Tamzyn, Lakiesha, Isaac, Shakira, Kent, Allira, Jaliyah, Sophie and Tyrick, We are the Aboriginal AFL Academy at Port Adelaide Football Club. Thank you for writing to us! It was kind. Some of us read it three times.…
We begin with the youngest voices – primary school students who have some fantastic ideas about ways of tackling problems and how not to fight with friends. First let's hear from Aboriginal primary school students, followed by a message…
How we overcome bullying, survive the ocean of depression, try not to take people’s hate into our hearts, and much more!This ‘book of knowledge’ brings together important tips from young people about ways of tackling problems, overcoming bullying, surviving…
Transforming our national anthem There are many current initiatives to transform our national anthem. Hopefully, one day the peoples of this land will get to choose a new version (or versions!). We don't think it's up to us…
This Friday Afternoon video by Meizi Tan explores the double story development of women’s responses to gender violence through the use of collective narrative methodology. This project describes the use of Recipes for Life in a two-days-one-night group work retreat organized for women who have experienced gender violence in their intimate relationships.
G’day Since 1994, ‘Australia Day’ has been a public holiday across the country, but this year Dulwich Centre will remain open. As we'll be working on the day, if you get stuck for something to do you can send…
