Lessons

Topic 3 resources: ‘Re-Authoring: Some answers to commonly asked questions’ compiled by Maggie Carey & Shona Russell, Narrative Therapy: Responding to your questionsVIDEO: ‘The danger of the single story’ by Chimimanda Adichie 'Collective narrative timelines and maps of history' by David…

Narrative practices have a rich history of creating and sharing documents and engaging audiences. Here we look at a number of different ways of doing this! Image from Shaun Tan's book - The Red Tree One of the early defining…

Topic 3 resources: ‘Re-Authoring: Some answers to commonly asked questions’ compiled by Maggie Carey & Shona Russell, Narrative Therapy: Responding to your questionsVIDEO: ‘The danger of the single story’ by Chimimanda Adichie 'Collective narrative timelines and maps of history' by David…

Welcome to Topic 3: Re-authoring conversations - tracing values, skills and knowledge across time. Your reflection for this topic is due 27 April, 2025. Commonly asked questions about re-authoring conversations compiled by Shona Russell and Maggie Carey, Narrative Therapy:…

In this third chapter we will learn from gender transgressors on the front lines of resistance. Oftentimes tragic or harmful single stories of trans lives dominate public consciousness. As narrative therapists we understand the danger of a single story…

Resources Using therapeutic documents - a review by Hugh Fox Collective documents as a response to collective trauma by David Denborough Example of a collective narrative document: Living in the shadow of genocide: How we respond to hard times:…

Part two: Re-membering conversations This second section of the course involves: Reading an introductory chapter about re-membering conversations Watching two video clips. The first by Chris and Jussey sets the context for the consultation they had with Michael White.…

Topic 3 resources: ‘Re-Authoring: Some answers to commonly asked questions’ compiled by Maggie Carey & Shona Russell, Narrative Therapy: Responding to your questionsVIDEO: ‘The danger of the single story’ by Chimimanda Adichie 'Collective narrative timelines and maps of history' by David…

Topic 3 resources: ‘Re-Authoring: Some answers to commonly asked questions’ compiled by Maggie Carey & Shona Russell, Narrative Therapy: Responding to your questionsVIDEO: ‘The danger of the single story’ by Chimimanda Adichie 'Collective narrative timelines and maps of history' by David…

Please upload any initial ideas you have for your final project here. These are not assessed in any way, it's just an opportunity to receive feedback on your early ideas and to be build momentum for your project.

Welcome to Topic 4: Documenting alternative stories / knowledges. You will need to read or watch five of the included resources for this topic. Your reflection is due 25 May, 2025. Collaborative representation by Sue Mann Therapeutic documents revisited…

Having watched these videos about re-membering conversations, please now join this forum discussion below by writing a reflection in response to these questions: What was most interesting/significant to you in these videos? Why was this most interesting to you? What questions…

The innovative projects which we discuss in this chapter draw on collective narrative practices that are concerned with responding to groups and communities who have experienced significant social suffering and oppression in contexts in which ‘therapy’ may not be culturally…

Please upload any initial ideas you have for your final project here. These are not assessed in any way, it's just an opportunity to receive feedback on your early ideas and to be build momentum for your project.

Welcome to Topic 4: Documentation. This reflection is due 2nd September, 2022 'Collaborative representation' by Sue Mann'Therapeutic documents revisited' by Michael White from the book Re-authoring Lives, Chapter 8'Collective documents as a response to collective trauma' by David Denborough,…

Resources ‘Teamwork: Remembering who is important to us’ by David Denborough  Video: The Team of Life with three siblings who lost their parents by Ahmed Muhumed Daud Saying hello again when we have lost someone we love by David…

Welcome to Topic 4: Documenting alternative stories / knowledges. This reflection is due 19 May, 2023. 'Collaborative representation', Sue Mann 'Therapeutic documents revisited' by Michael White Chapter 8, Re-authoring Lives 'Debriefing after traumatic situations - using narrative ideas in…

Perhaps, whilst you’re inquiring into actions and meaning from the past, the interviewee identifies a significant relationship that has been lost. This is likely to be with a relative or friend but could equally be a pet or even…

Reflection 4 resources: ‘Collaborative representation’ by Sue MannConsulting your consultants: The documentation of alternative knowledges by David Epston & Michael White'Therapeutic documents revisited' by Michael White Chap 8, Re-authoring Lives‘Debriefing after traumatic situations – using narrative ideas in the…

In this chapter we will traverse various landscapes of sex, sexuality and relationships. We will be reminded of the importance of making possible therapeutic conversations about sex, sexuality and pleasure as much as conversations of sexual trauma. We learn…

Please upload any initial ideas you have for your final project here. These are not assessed in any way, it's just an opportunity to receive feedback on your early ideas and to be build momentum for your project.

In this second part of the course you will: Watch four video clips were filmed during a workshop Michael White conducted in Hong Kong, in 2001. The workshop was hosted by Baptist University and organised by Angela Tsun on-Kee.…

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In this chapter we provide materials that briefly outline some of the important histories that continue to inform and shape narrative practices today. You will be introduced to co-founders Michael White and David Epston as well as other influential people who contributed to…

In the fifth chapter of this course we’re going to focus on particular intersections of gender, race, class, culture and violence with sexual and gender expansiveness. This chapter is an invitation to always consider the multidimensionality of the lives…