2004: Issue 4 Archives - The Dulwich Centre

Narrative Therapy with Boys Struggling with Anorexia— Rudi Kronbichler

Dulwich — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:33:43 +0000

The work described in this paper took place in Salzburg, Austria, within a psychotherapeutic outpatient department for children, adolescents and their families. It is based on meetings with eight young men and their families over the last couple of years. The young men’s ages ranged from twelve to fifteen and their diagnoses were that of ‘anorexia’. This paper discusses the growing incidence of anorexia amongst young men and boys and proposes narrative ways of working that have been experienced as helpful and effective.

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Towards a ‘Poethics’ of Therapeutic Practice: Extending the Relationship of Ethics and Aesthetics in Narrative Therapies Through a Consideration of the Late Work of Michel Foucault— Sheridan Linnell

Dulwich — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:31:09 +0000

This paper seeks to extend the narrative metaphor for therapy through further considerations of the relationship between ethics and aesthetics in narrative practice. This is a story peopled with both real and imaginary beings - including a partially retired detective, a wise young girl and her family, two poststructural philosophers, several sailors, sundry narrative practitioners, a few million frogs and a talking (and flying) piece of fruit. Drawing on aspects of the theoretical work of Michel Foucault and Couze Venn, the writer tells how she has come to think of her therapeutic practice as an ‘ethics and aesthetics of existence’, in the form of an ‘apprenticeship to the other’. However, the paper does not privilege the philosophy of philosophers (or for that matter the therapy of therapists) above local knowledges. At the heart of this paper is the story of a particular family, their ethics and aesthetics of existence, and what Sheridan took back into her own identity and practice from her meetings with this family.

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Narrative Therapy with Young People: What Externalising Practice and Use of Letters Make Possible— Dave McGibbon

Dulwich — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:28:49 +0000

This paper explores how preferred identities of young people can be made more visible through externalising practices and the use of therapeutic letters.

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Creating a Counselling Flyer: A Collective Approach

Dulwich — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:26:36 +0000

How can flyers and brochures for narrative therapy counselling services be created in ways that are congruent with narrative ideas? A range of practitioners from different parts of the world contributed to create the wording for such a flyer in the hope that this will spark ideas and further conversations.

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Climbing the Mountain: The Experience of Parents Whose Children Are in Care

Dulwich — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:19:25 +0000

The experience of parents whose children have been removed from their families by child protection services is a realm that is rarely considered. This paper describes the inspiring work of a Parenting/Playgroup for parents whose children are in care. The principles which inform this group are described and the experiences of the parents themselves are conveyed. This paper was created from a series of interviews.

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The Questions Posed by Our Work with Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Abuse— Sue Mann

Dulwich — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:17:09 +0000

This paper is one in a series by Sue Mann focusing on some of the most complex and challenging questions that arise in work with women who have experienced sexual abuse as children. In this paper the author describes the principles which shape her approach in this work, as well as responses to questions about sex work and sexual identity that have arisen in her conversations with women. This paper was delivered as a keynote at the second International Summer School of Narrative Practice in November 2004.

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