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How to Train in Narrative Therapy Home » How to train » How to Train in Narrative Therapy Many people come to narrative therapy because it feels different. Less technical. More human. More respectful of the lives people are already living. It often raises an important question early on: If narrative therapy isn’t just a …
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What Is Contemporary Narrative Therapy? Home » How to train » What Is Contemporary Narrative Therapy? In narrative therapy, the stories we live by – the inner narratives that shape our sense of self, struggle, and possibility – are not just metaphors. They are central to how we make meaning in our lives. Contemporary narrative …
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In 2003 we embarked on an apprenticeship in narrative enquiry that became a 10-year journey and a life-long friendship. Frances became the apprentice and David the ‘apprenticer’, a term invented by our North American colleague Peggy Sax (personal communication, July 2003). Elsewhere, we have documented aspects of our apprenticeship to show how it worked and …
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We introduced the Journal of Narrative Family Therapy in 2017 with the express purpose of reimagining narrative therapy. Our collaborations with authors and contributors over the past three years have further charged us with urgent excitement to embrace the radical, that which has not been said yet, and ideas that are just in the making. …
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When I was a child my father, who is a botanist, used to take me for walks in the countryside, pointing out the way that all the plants and fungi – especially the fungi – grew here and there. Sometimes he would get me to smell them, or to try distinctive tastes. His manner of …
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Dear David, Tom, and Kay, I have been thinking for quite some time about what I might put together for the “final show,” finding myself fretting about the idea that after a year of your mentorship, guidance, education, and encouragement, I somehow do not have any new practices to share. I spent hours talking to …
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Comprehensive Narrative Therapy Reading Guide Home » Articles » Comprehensive Narrative Therapy Reading Guide Table of Contents Foundational Works (Core Theory & Practice) Practice Story Collections & Applied Narrative Child & Family-Focused Narrative Therapy Couples & Relational Narrative Practice Companion & Cultural Extensions David Epston – Articles & Journal of Systemic Therapies Contributions Journal of …
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