Narrative Therapy Training and Supervision

Challenges of Being Simultaneously Gay or Lesbian and Spiritual and/or Religious: A Narrative Perspective

“…A therapist working from this perspective would explore the influence of the problem by exploring the client's experience of the problem and the stories that organize these experiences (Neal, 1996). Freedman and Combs (1997) have explained that an element of this externalizing conversation is the process of "deconstruction."…”

Negotiating Power Relations on the Threshold of Supervision

“…In describing where narrative supervision fits in this company, a starting point is that it bears an isomorphic relationship to narrative therapy, whose co-founders-Michael White and David Epston-imagined a practice that would foster resistance to the oppressive effects of problems (White, 1991(White, , 2007White & Epston, 1990). Narrative supervisors attend to constraints affecting supervisees rather than emphasizing internal deficits (Neal, 1996;Behan, 2003). They also focus on elaborating the knowledge and agency of their supervisees (Behan, 2003;Crocket, 2004;White, 1992).…”

“…From this lens, externalizing is more than a strategy for objectifying problems such as fear or stuckness. It is a way to make visible the cultural and professional norms that foster a sense of deficiency in supervisees (Behan, 2003;Madsen, 2006;Neal, 1996).…”

Ethical Analysis in Counseling: A Case for Narrative Ethics, Moral Visions, and Virtue Ethics

“…Following the notion that the naming of reality is a socially constructed process (Epston & White, 1992;Neal, 1996), narrative ethics highlights the belief that one story is not just as good as another and that these preferences are embedded in the hstories and anticipated futures of those involved. In narrative theory, ethical decision makmg is a process of continual social negotiation for what the involved individuals value, that is, what they see as good and right.…”