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Welcome from your host, Tileah Drahm-Butler
Welcome from other First Nations narrative practitioners
Jonathan Morris
Alberto Burgos
Leonard Manuel
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We would like to acknowledge the Kaurna people who are the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which Dulwich Centre stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders of the Kaurna Nation, both past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders.
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Nicol Rohl
December 1, 2020Such great introductions from everyone, loved listening to you all. Cannot wait to learn more on narrative therapy.
Kirsten
November 30, 2020What a fantastic introduction looking forward for all the learning to come.
Paul Hobson
November 27, 2020Really excited as to what this course has to offer as I completed the certification course in What is Narrative Practice previously. Working in Northern Ontario in Canada and also working for an Indigenous Family and Community Service agency I feel this additional knowledge from an Aboriginal aspect will only be of benefit to myself and the families I work with.
toni.kernick@gmail.com
November 21, 2020Thank you for the genuine introductions.
Moira
October 30, 2020Thanks for the introductions. I’m looking forward to exploring some more especially the idea of having a choice to accept or not the narrative that has been given to us or that has been thrust upon us. Happy days and stories to all.
Elizabeth Tomlins
October 11, 2020Great introductions from everyone – especially like the quote ” Telling our stories in a way that makes us stronger”
Justine
September 30, 2020Wow, what a great introduction.
I feel very welcomed into the module and powerful in my Narrative journey.
Ruth
September 26, 2020I’m so pleased to have discovered the Tree of Life (and this website) it fits so well with the Life Story Work I do with adopted and fostered children! Great intros, I can’t wait to get started…
Sonia Tascon
September 22, 2020Thank you all for this great introduction. I, too, am drawn to Narrative Therapy for the story part of it, and what hope that has for decolonising wider cultural narratives. Look forward to hearing more
Nicola
September 11, 2020thank you for the wonderful introductions
Joanne Barlow
September 1, 2020What a warm and inspirational way to introduce what I anticipate will be a fabulous training opportunity. Narrative practice and the Dulwich Centre had a huge impact on my work way back in the 1980s and continues to inform so much of what I do. Looking forward to this latest journey. Thanks to everyone. Joanne Barlow
Miranda Leon-Madgwick
August 27, 2020I enjoyed the Welcomes, Jonathan Morris comment “It’s a lot of story telling” sums up narrative therapy for our mob.
Erica Lambert Welcome was great for our across the ditch brothers and sisters and great for our community here as Erica has worked with our mob for a long time and is well respected and loved.
Kay
August 19, 2020Well done to all the brave individuals for stepping up and sharing their understandings of narrative therapy
Chris McFarlane
August 10, 2020Love the introductions from others, and their interpretations of narrative therapy
deborahdowsett@internode.on.net
August 7, 2020I really enjoyed the welcome from everyone, now I’m looking forward to beginning my narrative journey.
John Rayner
July 17, 2020Fabulous heartfelt introductions from everyone, thank you.
Tj
July 14, 2020Thank you everyone for your introductions
I am Tj I am a Kuku Yalanji bama living here in FNQ on Gimuy Walubarra Yidinji country in cairns, I work within the justice system as a youthworker, keen to learn more about narrative practice and use this when engaging with young people
Soraya Sek
July 8, 2020Thank you all for the introductions.
I’m working in Far North Queensland, including in remote Aboriginal communities, with predominantly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth at risk of becoming entrenched in the justice system.
I really appreciate the diverse cultural voices offered here, and have made special note of Leonard’s perspective around the approach of “separating the problem from the person”. Thanks again, and I look forward to learning and improving my practice!
Kathryn Polidano
June 30, 2020Thank you so much for this opportunity to learn more about narrative therapies and the healing role they can play.
Andrew Mayes
June 29, 2020G’day. Thank you for allowing public access to this module. I was exposed to Narrative therapy in my Masters of Counselling Degree and am interested in learning more about Narrative Therapy and how to enhance my practice with first nation people.
BillieJean
June 23, 2020Hi everyone, thank you for your introductions. I am really looking forward to learning more about narrative therapy.
BarbBei
May 23, 2020What a fantastic opportunity to connect. My background is Brazilian with Indigenous roots. I believe Narrative Therapy is to tell your story, find your connections along the way, using your own words, and making sense of it all.
Julene Pommert
May 22, 2020Oki! Thank you, Everyone. I am honored to be here with you all virtually, and humbled at your generosity. I am Blackfoot and white, and in WA state, serving as a counselor with POC and white people, as well as teaching at a Native American institute and at a local high school.
Anna Quon
May 17, 2020Hi there! I am a friend of Nanci Lee’s in Nova Scotia- a mixed-race, middle-aged Mad woman, writer and workshop facilitator. I am looking forward to learning how to decolonize my own story! and perhaps for a window on other people’s stories that I haven’t looked through yet, one that I may be able to help open for them too!
Sally Wisden
May 14, 2020im an art therapist in courtenay, bc, canada. looking forward to finding out about narrative therapy with aboriginal people and how to improve and augment my current practice
Andrea Desjardins
May 5, 2020Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate in this course from N’Swakamok (Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) in the territory of the Anishinaabe people. I am mental health peer support worker who is preparing to start my Masters of Social Work studies and am excited to learn from you.
Cheryl Porter-Pedras
June 16, 2020Hi Andrea
I am a Wiridjuri woman from Australia and just wanted to say I lived in Sudbury for 10 yrs and I so appreciated the culture of the first nations people. I am back in Australia now but miss Northern Ontario -Sudbury so much, such a big but little world and our connections to country good luck with your studies….
Daryll Bellingham
April 23, 2020Great to see a Narrative Therapy online course with a focus on Aboriginal Narrative practice. I grew up in Turrabul country in Brisbane and have worked as a storyteller and narrative consultant and community cultural development artist for many years. I’ve recently been helping out with the Wamba Wamba language project in Deniliquin. I’m also working on my extended family’s stories and our collective role in colonisation and de-colonisation.
Maejoy Obach
April 21, 2020I’m a provisional psychologist who works with young people aged 12-25 of diverse backgrounds and cultures in NSW Australia. I look forward to learning about how I can integrate storytelling into healing, particularly for the First Nations people of Australia. Thank you for sharing this valuable resource!
Gina Bundle
April 14, 2020Hello Everyone. I am looking forward to doing this
Jo Kelly
April 2, 2020Thanks for the welcome Tileah. I am a proud Dunghutti woman, living and working on Dunghutti country in Kempsey NSW and excited about learning more about Narrative Therapy as a tool to help heal our communities.
Evie McRae
March 25, 2020Very excited to have the opportunity to learn more and participate in this course. I am a dual national – Scottish/Australian and I am a spiritual storyteller/ghostwriter/writer/Author and Akashic practitioner/healer and I want to learn more about the First Nations – from all over the world. Thank you.
Lennie Hsiao
March 25, 2020Thank you to the Narrative Therapy community. My name is Lennie Hsiao. I am currently a filmmaker/storyteller and I also have a Neuroscience background. I am a Taiwanese American who was born and raised in the States. Recently, I’ve discovered my Polynesian ancestors that originate from Taiwan. I know that I am also Manchurian that has origins in the Siberian/Mongolian regions and I have ancestors that practiced shamanism. I particularly interested in decolonizing the story.
Lennie Hsiao
March 25, 2020Hello to Narrative Therapy Community. I am a Taiwanese American who recently discovered my Polynesian roots from the Island of Taiwan and also Monogolian roots from the Siberian Manchuria region. I have studied being a Neuroscientist but I’m particularly interested in learning more about therapy and counseling through storytelling. Thank you for having me!
Yolanda Chavez Leyva
March 18, 2020I am thrilled to have found this course and to begin this journey. I am Indigenous from northern Mexico on my mother’s side and European/ Indigenous from the southern U.S. on my paternal side. I am an oral historian as well, interviewing refugees from Central America. I think this will enrich my ability to create relationships with the people I speak with. Thank you for creating this!
Tracey Kotz
February 2, 2020Thank you for providing this course I am looking forward to putting into practice what I learn from this course and how it relates to my work. I believe this is the foundation for further study in narrative therapy
catherine.d.egan@det.nsw.edu.au
January 6, 2020Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the course.
I am a Kamilaroi Woman from NSW and work for the NSW Department of Education.
My reason for participating in the course is for my own healing and to support the healing of the students, parents and community in which I work.
Nanci Lee
January 3, 2020Thank you Tileah, Johnathan, Alberto, Leonard, Erica and hello all,
I’m Nanci Lee, Chinese-Syrican adult educator from K’jipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the M’ikmaq people. Grateful for these teachings and that it is so widely accessible.
Interested to learn more about narrative practice including how narratives support and perhaps frustrate community healing.
Theresa Beetham
November 8, 2019Thank you for this opportunity to participate in this course. I working in Derby WA and very keen to learn more about how narrative therapy is used with healing by and with First Nations peoples.
Michael Chanas
November 5, 2019I believe narrative therapy is a good fit for me because it is a good fit for Aboriginal people. Building relationships is the most important skill for helping someone.
Kimberly Younger-Laboucan
October 10, 2019Tansi/Hello from the beautiful Treaty 6 territory on the east slopes of the snowy rocky mountains today! My lineage comes from Treaty 8 territory with Cree and Metis roots on my paternal side and French and Sicilian on my materal side. I am very much looking forward to being on this learning journey in this course. I did my BSW with an Indigenous specialization and I am excited about learning through an Indigenous centered decolonized lens in this course.
Hiy-Hiy,
Kim