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.
Within the 1994 interview, Michael White discusses how externalizing conversations are discursive and designed to bring forth the politics of experience. David Epston discusses what he calls juvenile externalizing questions and how they act to minimize possibilities.
David Epston invites Stephen Madigan to discuss the early days of their apprenticeship/supervision relationship.
David Epston meets with a young boy of 12 years old (and his psychiatrist). The young boy has been living in a psychiatric hospital in Sweden for over one year because of a relationship to anger and violence.
Can you ever imagine writing this paper? . . . The emergency response to ‘going off your face’ at school gives you a window into the world of David Epston.
The next part of the live session David Epston begins to rework the troubled/violent reputation of the young boy and ask questions to help develop an alternative story line.
The fourth part of the live interview session David Epston begins find support of the counter-story by circulating the new story through letter writing.
Read through David Epston's fascinating 1995 session transcript that clearly outlines his way of working with a youth struggling with an angry reputation who was living in a psychiatric hospital.
This 1995 Workshop Handout can be viewed as the precursor to the more recent use of Wonderfulness Interviewing. A terrific imagistically-rich Relative Influence Questions Guide written by David Epston & Sallyann Roth, 1995
Stephen Madigan audio recorded David Epston's temper taming session while he was living and apprenticing with him in Auckland, New Zealand in 1991.
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