Soundtrack of Your Life: A narrative therapy practice intervention by Ian Maund
In this Friday Afternoon Video, Ian Maund traces the development of the Soundtrack of Your Life (SOYL) narrative therapy methodology. In doing so, a practice story that trials its application emerges. SOYL uses folk psychology to engage young people in narrative interactions. It was created to incorporate many narrative therapy techniques, including externalising, experience-near description questions, identifying survival skills and responses to a problem, re-authoring, re-membering, social histories and outsider witnessing. SOYL was trialled as an engagement tool with a young Aboriginal boy who was entrenched in the youth justice system. The methodology facilitated meaningful engagement, unique outcomes, the development of a preferred story line and reconnection, for the boy and his family, to a lost loved one.
Biography
Ian Maund (wakunwakun) is a Waribarra man from Far North Queensland, Australia. Ian is a youth worker for a program supporting young people involved with or at risk of entering into the youth justice system. He works at an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nongovernment organisation based in the northern suburbs of Brisbane. Ian can be contacted by email at wakunwakun@hotmail.com
Kathy
January 10, 2023Very inspiring Ian, and amazing work in the youth space. ‘Soundtrack of your life’ has given me more ideas on how I can implement your ideas into the group of women I am currently working with. Thank you for sharing your narrative skills.
Christine Luck
December 5, 2022Thanks for sharing this story. The methods to reconnect with your feelings and the ability to express this is inspiring. Music is something integral to our lives and brings up such memories. I have a number of songs that I would say are soundtracks to important moments in my life. Thanks for the ways of using it to connect with others.
Mike
November 30, 2021Hugely inspiring and affirming to a lot of the work I’ve done with clients. Thank you so much for sharing.
Alex
November 19, 2021Amazing work and completely inspiring. Thanks for sharing.