This informative, challenging and inspiring book consists of a diversity of accessible, engaging, practice-based papers, which all received enthusiastic feedback when they were first published. If you are a therapist, community worker or anybody else who is wanting to understand more about the different ways in which people are exploring and experimenting with narrative ways of working, then this book has been created with you in mind. Contents: Introduction Part I: Introducing the Ideas Companions on a journey: The work of the Dulwich Centre Community Mental Health Project Saying hullo again: The incorporation of the lost relationship in the resolution of grief By Michael White Part II: Working with Individuals Conversations of ability by Alice Morgan Her-story in the making: Therapy with women who were sexually abused in childhood by Amanda Kamsler Sarah-Jane’s story by Loretta Perry Part III: Working with Groups Busting Out- Breaking Free: A group program for young women wanting to reclaim their lives from anorexia nervosa by Marilyn Kraner and Kate Ingram The Journey: A narrative approach to adventure-based therapy by Aileen Cheshire and Dorothea Lewis Part IV: Working with Communities Pang’ono pang’ono ndi mtolo: little by little we make a bundle The work of the CARE counsellors & Yvonne Sliep Introducing ‘sugar’ by Barb Wingard Grief: Remember, reflect, reveal by Barb Wingard Part V: Co-research How we learnt that scratching can really be self-abuse: Co-research with young people by Sharon Nosworthy & Kerry Lane Caucusing as communication by Sharon Nosworthy & Kerry Lane Part VI: Power to our Journeys Power to our journeys by Brigitte, Sue, Mem & Veronika Part VII: Some notes by Michael White Notes on externalizing problems Notes on narrative metaphor and narrative therapy Notes on power and the culture of therapy |