Video: Comparing family therapy systemic thinking and practice (Tomm and White, 1987)
In this 1987 workshop Karl Tomm outlines a few basic assumptions and differences he and Michael White have with popular systemic family therapy models.
Reading: The constitution of men’s lives workshop handout (White, 1996)
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
Reading: VSNT brief glossary of terms (Madigan, 2016)
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
Video: Categories and examples of restraint (White, 1986)
Categories and examples of restraint: Michael White, 1986
Video: A few basic narrative therapy understandings (White, 2004) – Sample
PreviewMichael White's workshop outlines three important relational assumptions involved with narrative therapy practice. This is as clear an explanation as you will find (:
Reading: Michael White’s application of Michel Foucault’s ideas (Madigan, 1992)
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
Audio: The politics of relationally externalizing problems (White, 1991)
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.
Video: Letters of invitation and inclusion (White, 1986)
This 1986 video demonstrates Michael's practice of writing therapeutic letters of invitation and inclusion
Video: Power/knowledge & ethical practices (Madigan & White, 1991)
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.
Video: Early ideas on externalizing conversations (White, 1987) – Sample
PreviewIn this 1987 lecture Michael White begins to clearly outline his steps away from ideas of structuralism and functionalism.
