2006: Issue 3 Archives - The Dulwich Centre

Independence and Local Knowledge: The Work of East Timor Insight— Kiera Zen

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:51:54 +0000

This interview with Kiera Zen describes the philosophy and work of East Timor Insight. Emphasising the significance of honouring and building upon East Timorese local knowledge and skills, this organisation is proposing alterative models of research, education and community development. The interviewer took place in Dili, East Timor, in March 2006. The interviewers were Cheryl White and David Denborough.

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Gathering Stories About Growing Up with a Parent with Mental Health Difficulties— Shona Russell

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:49:55 +0000

This project aims to gather stories that relate to the experience of children whose parents or carers have/had serious mental health difficulties. The project is seeking stories that not only richly acknowledge the difficulties faced, but also the skills and knowledge of children in these situations and the many different facets of the relationships between parents and child. It is hoped that a resource will be developed for children and for practitioners. This paper introduces this project, provides a list of questions to assist people in describing their experiences, and contains some examples of stories.

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Outsider-witness Practices in Developing Community with Women Who Have Experienced Child Sexual Assault— Michelle Fraser

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:47:47 +0000

The West Street Centre is a community-based service for women and young people who have experienced child sexual assault. As a feminist service we are interested in addressing the issue of child sexual assault in forums beyond the therapy room and therapeutic group programs. As such, we have been committed to finding ways to strengthen the community of women who use our service, as well as the women who work to respond to this issue in the community. Narrative outsider witness practices and a number of other key feminist community development ideas have provided a foundation for the organisation of two community forum days over the last two years. This paper describes these community days and the thinking that informed them.

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The Use of Outsider-witnessing in a Prison Setting— Debra Smith & Jeanette Gibson

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:45:42 +0000

An innovative program involving ‘outsider witnessing’ was developed in a prison in Victoria, Australia. This program was known as the ‘Inside/Outside’ program because it involved inviting members of the community to act as outsider witnesses to the stories of those incarcerated in the prison. This paper describes this program and the impact it had on all involved.

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Maps of Violence, Maps of Hope: Using Place and Maps to Explore Identity, Gender, and Violence— Mark Trudinger

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:39:39 +0000

What might be some of the possibilities of exploring the relationship of ‘place’ to identity in the lives of the people with whom we work? This article explores some ideas that might inform this work, and details one practice-based example: working with young men on issues of gender and violence. Part 1 explores the relative invisibility of ‘place’ in narrative therapy and its source texts, as well as in the broader histories of thought in western culture, before looking at some possible sources of inspiration and thinking about how we might be able to explore place more fully in narrative practice. Part 2 examines the social construction of maps and their relation to identity, looks at how mapping has been used to support new directions in the lives of individuals and communities, and wonders how maps might be taken up as therapeutic documents in narrative therapy. Part 3 is an outline of a workshop the author has run with young men based on the preceding ideas, which examines the perpetration and resistance to violence in local places, and in the young men’s negotiation of those places.

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[learn_more caption="Reflecting on Maps of Violence, Maps of Hope— Manja Visschedijk "] This short reflection, from a feminist practitioner, on the article ‘Maps of violence, maps of hope’ by Mark Trudinger, poses further questions about the relationship between place, maps and identity. It also contemplates further implications for counselling practices that may evolve from considerations of ‘place’.[/learn_more]

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Therapist as Host: Making My Guests Feel Welcome— Jodi Aman

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:37:05 +0000

This paper provides an account of how the metaphor of ‘therapist as host’ can shape therapeutic practice. It describes a range of ways in which those seeking counselling can be welcomed to the experience of therapy. Particular attention is paid to welcoming children. Considerations relating to the physical aesthetics of consulting rooms, marketing, documentation and the use of websites are discussed.

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