David Nylund Archives - Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy

Video: Learning to write therapeutic letters (Nylund, TC14, 2017)

Length: 12 minutes

David Nylund introduces participants to his longtime fascination, study, and relentless experimentation with therapeutic letters.

Reading: A quick intro to narrative therapy (Bjoroy, Madigan & Nylund, 2015)

Length: 30 minutes

A clear and simple introductory article to help the membership get a handle on narrative therapy theory and practice by Anja Bjoroy, Stephen Madigan and David Nylund (2015)

Video: Letters of invitation (Nylund, TC12, 2014)

Length: 5 minutesComplexity: Standard

This video David Nylund explains his therapeutic letters of invitation - often written to persons who have not attended the session.

Video: Letters of prediction and counter-referral (Nylund, TC12, 2014)

Length: 11 minutes

David Nylund discusses his creative work involved with writing therapeutic letters of prediction and counter-referral

Video: Normative discourses (Nylund & Tilsen, TC 12, 2014)

Nylund and Tilsen begin with a discussion and live session on normativity and non-normative identities.

Video: Queer identities/Masculine identities (Nylund, 2014)

Length: 18 minutes

David takes participants through a few primary queer ideas and shows a live interview with a young man about what it is like in the culture to inhabit a subordinated masculinity.

Live Session: Consulting on homophobia in schools (Nylund, 2014)

Length: 13 minutes

David consults Zach on experiences of homophobia and dominant masculinity at their grade school in Sacramento, California. He and Zach discuss how neoliberal expectations on gender norms help produce cultural productions of bullying of non-normative gendered youth.