In the mid-1990’s VSNT was able to stretch and build upon David Epston’s League idea, and together with a group of women (and their communities of concern) who were suffering/rediscovering their lives back from anorexia and bulimia - formed the Vancouver Anti-anorexia/bulimia League.
David Epston and Stephen Madigan's article illustrates the practices of co-research and - circulating the experiences found within the client’s local knowledge through the establishment of Leagues and other forms of what they coined as communities of concern.
During an all day Anti-anorexia/bulimia workshop at Therapeutic Conversations 14, Anne Saxtorph from Copenhagen asks David a question regarding how unlike a normative therapist (or normative narrative therapist) he seems within a therapy session. David discusses his ideas on co-research and the politics of knowledge.
David Epston discusses how the only way a therapist can possibly begin to understand and respond to the deadly practices of a/b is through a careful and respectful listening of the insiders accounts of this torturous and deadly lifestyle. He discusses the circulation of these knowledges and the formation of his virtual Leagues.
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