YOUR SPEAKER
David Newman works in independent practice at Sydney Narrative Therapy, is an honorary clinical fellow at Melbourne University School of Social work and is a member of the Dulwich Centre teaching faculty. Recent teaching assignments have included Brazil, Nepal, Turkey, Hong Kong and Palestine. David has just finished up working part time in a psychiatric unit for young people. David is passionate about effective and respectful ways of working with people around mental health and suicidal experience. He is the author of “How we deal with ‘way out thoughts’: A living document of ways of talking with young people about suicidal thoughts” (2016, Dulwich Centre Publications) and co-author with Marnie Sather of “’Being More Than Just Your Final Act': Elevating the Multiple Storylines of Suicide with Narrative Practice" in the book Critical Suicidology (2015, UW Press) and of the resource “Holding our heads up: sharing stories not stigma when a loved one has suicided” (2016, Dulwich Centre Publications). It is possible to find out more about David’s work by watching this presentation: https://dulwichcentre.com.au/assisting-young-people-to-find-their-language-through-the-language-of-others-knowledge-from-an-inpatient-ward-by-david-newman/
COURSE BRIEF
Based on the work of Michael White and David Epston, Narrative Therapy involves ways of understanding the stories of people’s lives and ways of re-authoring their stories collaboratively between therapist and the people whose lives are being discussed. With more in-session guidance and practice, this Level 2 Part 1 course delves more deeply into the concepts originally introduced within the Narrative Therapy Introduction course.
Session Key Concepts
• Externalization of the Problem: Where Person is Not the Problem, the Problem is the Problem
• Re-authoring Identity
• Working with Maps of Narrative Practices: Landscape of Action & Landscape of Identity
• Re-membering: Developing the Idea that Identity is Shaped by Social Connections and the ‘Club of Life’
• Use of Case Studies and Other Practical Examples • Outsider Witnesses
• Definitional Ceremonies
• Personal Agency • Gender Issues
• Addressing Trauma with NT
• Absent and Implicit: Enquiring Into Stories of Self Beyond the Problem Saturated Story