Michael White's work began to construct questions to address and deconstruct specific cultural influences, trainings and demands of dominant masculinity. Read and study his 1996 workshop handout on the constitution of men's lives
For your reading enjoyment - VSNT and Stephen Madigan outline many of the key terms of narrative therapy theory and practice and - offer a brief description of each
Categories and examples of restraint: Michael White, 1986
Michael White's workshop outlines three important relational assumptions involved with narrative therapy practice. This is as clear an explanation as you will find (:
In 1992, Stephen Madigan set out to try and understand how Michael White’s theoretical and practice orientation had been influenced by the work of French philosopher/historian Michel Foucault
During this 1991 lecture Michael White begins to introduce the practice of externalizing questions and their relationship with broader dominant cultural practices supporting and creating of problems.
This 1986 video demonstrates Michael's practice of writing therapeutic letters of invitation and inclusion
During this 1991 video interview Michael White address topics including an opposite view to family therapy on the issue of power, power relations and practices of power.
In this 1987 lecture Michael White begins to clearly outline his steps away from ideas of structuralism and functionalism.
Re-authoring conversations are a key feature in the practice of narrative therapy. Michael White's 2004 discussion centres on developing reauthoring conversations through building a scaffold of curiosity and questions.
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