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Harlene Anderson is recognized internationally as being at the leading edge of postmodern collaborative practices as a thinker, consultant, coach, and educator. She takes her tools--her insights, her curiosity, her engaging conversational style, her leadership skills and her keen interest--to help others create new and often surprising possibilities for their clients, students, organizations and themselves. She embodies her own belief in learning as a lifelong process--inviting, encouraging and challenging people to be inquisitive, creative, authentic and open to the ever-present possibilities for newness in others--and in themselves.
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Ken Gergen, Mustin Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College -
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Ken Gergen is a leading thinker and writer in the social constructionism field. He is an important contributor to positive aging conversations in professional, academic and and clinical domains. The Positive Aging Newsletter is archived through his website. Additionally, you can download his numerous articles and learn about his publications as well as his speaking schedule.
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narrative network news -
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nnn: narrative network news is the lively down-to-earth magazine that re-kindles creativity and inspires collaboration in
counseling, education, mediation and management. It is a 60 page magazine published five times a year with stories, interviews, artwork and reviews to keep you up-to-date with the latest in Narrative therapy. nnn is all-inclusive in its coverage of Narrative training events and renowned for its comprehensive calendar of Narrative training events in Australia and New Zealand. nnn is produced in Australia by a non-profit
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Evanston Family Therapy Center -
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Evanston Family Therapy Center offers training, supervision, and consultation in many applications of narrative therapy. Their work is based in the writings of Michael White and David Epston, as well as other therapists influenced by post-structuralist ideas. Their work on social justice has been strongly influenced by the Just Therapy Team at the Family Centre of Lower Hutt, New Zealand. At this website you can learn further about the work of Jill Freedman & Gene Combs, workshops and training at Evanston Family Therapy Center as well as their interest in waging peace.
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Houston Galveston Institute -
The Houston Galveston Institute is a resource for people interested in Postmodern and Collaborative therapies. Their site contains information about who we are, our clinical services, learning opportunities, and current projects.
Jennifer Andrews Ph.D. -
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Jennifer Andrews, Ph.D. and David Clark, Ph.D. "We practice, teach and train postmodern family therapy at graduate schools in Southern California. As part of developing our teaching curriculum we recognized the need for videotapes that present Solution-Focused, Narrative, and Collaborative Language Systems therapies, the new and unique developing methods. Our intention was to bring together tapes of the therapists who have initiated these new methods."
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Baywood Publications -
Since 1964, Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., has been committed to publishing scholarly and professional journals and books in the social sciences and humanities. They are dedicated to serving the academic and professional communities by providing the content they require in the format-print or electronic-that best meets their needs. Areas of interest include health policy, community health, gerontology, death and bereavement, computers in education, technical communication, and imagery.
Narrative Mediation -
The primary mission of the narrative mediation website is educational. Through incorporating web accessible materials based upon conferences, papers, workshops, lectures, as well as including specific instructional materials designed for the narrative mediation website, it is possible to share the fruits of scholarly and practical inquiry with non-profit and governmental organizations, health professionals, business organizations, and educational and religious institutions. The specific hope of this venture is to provide cutting edge conceptions and effective practices for developing new models of conflict analysis and resolution.
John Winslade, PhD -
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John Winslade, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at California State University San Bernardino. He also teaches a mediation course at Cal State Dominguez Hills University and at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Until 2003, he was Director of Counselor Education at the
University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. He still returns regularly to New Zealand to work part-time at Waikato University, including a Masters course on mediation in the School of Education. He is a member of the editorial board of the Conflict Resolution Quarterly journal. |
John has authored four important books in the narrative field. Two of his texts has been written with Gerald Monk, including Narrative mediation: A new approach in conflict resolution (2000, Jossey Bass). Along with Lorraine Hedtke, he is the Co-author of Re-membering Lives: Conversations with the dying and the bereaved (2004, Baywood). He has taught workshops in the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK and Denmark.
The Dulwich Centre -
The Dulwich Centre is an independent centre in Adelaide, Australia involved in narrative therapy, community work, training, publishing and co-hosting international conferences. Through their website you can learn about their publications which include many books and journals including, Michael White's prolific work and
The International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work.
You will also find information relating to their networking project, "Narrative Connections: An international network of narrative practitioners" and international training opportunities in Narrative Therapy.
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Taos Institute -
The Taos Institue is a community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the social processes essential for the construction of reason, knowledge, and human value. We are committed to exploring, developing and disseminating ideas and practices that promote creative, appreciative and collaborative processes in families, communities and organizations around the world. We achieve our educational ends through conferences, workshops, publications, a PhD program, a distance learning program, newsletters, and web-based offerings.