By: August Black

August Black — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 02:08:23 +0000

Dear Eunjoo,

Thank you kindly for a brilliant and moving presentation.

It had me thinking outside my own social cultural context here in Australia (to look outside of the box of my own understandings) towards alternative narrative paths and possibilities. Indeed, what resonated for me the most was to not discount the dominant cultural narrative as some problematic entity, but rather to reconsider my own relationship with such narratives, as well as how others I work alongside might view them, as Sunnie certainly did, reflective of their context, and preferred identity conclusions. Essentially, I was reminded to not be swayed by binary understandings.

With gratitude,

August

By: Ray Lazarus

Ray Lazarus — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:39:01 +0000

Dear Eunjoo
I liked your introduction regarding social and cultural discourses and the fact that although some may be powerful, they often contain diverse and sometimes contradictory strands and are seldom uncontested – giving openings for deconstruction that is meaningful to ‘clients’. Your presentation was also helpful since I find some narrative concepts rather slippery and at the same time feel they could be imposed rather than used to open space for the other. Your presentation not only sets out a clear framework, but also illustrates how that is used in therapy, while maintaining an awareness of and actively working against the potential of the therapist to impose a particular narrative, rather than allow for the creation of a narrative fitting the person. Your use of notes as a way to suggest further avenues to explore and to consolidate alternative narratives is right on the mark!

Thank you

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