Bøger af David Denborough

Denne vidtfavnende, kloge og praksisbaserede bog viser, hvordan man i praksis kan benytte narrative ideer i traumebehandling af voksne, par og/eller børn. Bogens bidrag er hentet fra hele verden og dens fokus er, at ingen mennesker er passive modtagere af svigt, overgreb, tortur eller andre former for traumatiserende handlinger; mennesker vil altid møde traumatiserende begivenheder med en modhandling.Bogen viser, hvordan terapeutisk arbejde med traumatiserede mennesker i væsentlig grad handler om genetablering af personens relation til sig selv og fornemmelse af sig selv i lyset af de traumatiske oplevelser. Bl.a. bidrager den australske terapeut Michael White, der mere end nogen anden har sat sig for at koble hukommelsesteori, udviklingspsykologi og terapeutiske metoder til en praksis, der med uendelig respekt for menneskers viden og færdigheder i relation til deres eget liv kan hjælpe mennesker fri af de traumatiske oplevelsers fortsatte negative indflydelse på deres liv.

Powerful ideas from narrative therapy can teach us how to create new life stories and promote change.

- Será que as práticas narrativas podem ser utilizadas para reagir à injustiça e ao sofrimento social?- Será que elas podem dar início e sustentar ações sociais?Como resposta a estas perguntas, esse livro oferece histórias da Austrália, Uganda, Zimbábue, Turquia, Curdistão, Myanmar, Espanha e Papua-Oeste.Ao longo do caminho, David Denborough traz novas ferramentas de pensamento para o campo da prática narrativa extraídas dos escritos de economistas feministas, estudiosos da mídia narrativa, teóricos dos movimentos sociais e outros.Esse livro introduz novos conceitos como 'solidariedades inesperadas' e expande aqueles já existentes tais como 'capacitar as pessoas a falar através de nós, e não somente para nós'.Ele também remonta às histórias - da prática narrativa coletiva de forma geral, e da Árvore da Vida de forma especí ca - para auxiliar aqueles que as utilizam a continuar inventando, diversi cando e democratizando o campo da prática narrativa.David Denborough é um assistente social, escritor, compositor e professor no Dulwich Centre. Ele também coordena o mestrado em Terapia Narrativa e Trabalho Comunitário na Universidade de Melbourne.

This book introduces a range of hopeful methodologies to respond to individuals, groups and communities who are experiencing hardship. These approaches are deliberately easy to engage with and can be used with children, young people and adults. The methodologies described include: Collective narrative documents, Enabling contributions through exchanging messages and convening definitional ceremonies, The Tree of Life: responding to vulnerable children, The Team of Life: giving young people a sporting chance, Checklists of social and psychological resistance, Collective narrative timelines, Maps of history, and Songs of sustenance. To illustrate these approaches, stories are shared from Australia, Southern Africa, Israel, Ireland, USA, Palestine, Rwanda and elsewhere. This book also breaks new ground in considering how responding to trauma also involves responding to social issues. How can our work contribute not only to 'healing' but also to 'social movement'? As we work with the stories of people's lives can we contribute to the remaking of folk culture? And is it possible to move beyond the dichotomy of individualism/collectivism? Collective narrative practices are now being engaged with in many different parts of the world. This book invites the reader to engage with these approaches in their own ways.

This anthology contains a diversity of accessible, engaging, practice-based papers by narrative practitioners around the world. Articles include theoretical considerations; working with individuals, groups, and communities; co-research; and an approach to community mental health. The collection is rounded out by a collection of practice notes by Michael White. If you are wanting to understand more about narrative therapy and the different ways in which people are exploring and experimenting with narrative ways of working, this book will inform, challenge, and inspire.

Can narrative practices be used to respond to injustice and social suffering?Can they spark and sustain social action?In response to these questions, this book offers stories from Australia, Uganda, Zimambwe, Turkey, Kurdistan, Myanmar, Spain, and West Papua. Along the way, David Denborough brings new thinking tools to the field of narrative practice by drawing on the writings of feminist economists, narrative media scholars, social movement theorists and others. This book introduces new concepts such as 'unexpected solidarities' and expands on existing concepts such as 'enabling people to speak through us not just to us'. It also traces histories - of collective narrative practice in general and the Tree of Life narrative approach in particular - to assist practitioners in diverse contexts to continue to invent, diversify and democratise the field of narrative practice. David Denborough is a community worker, writer, songwriter and teacher at Dulwich Centre. He also coordinates the Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work at the University of Melbourne.