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The Dulwich Centre Institute of Collective Narrative Practice and Dulwich Centre Foundation use the latest ideas in narrative practice to support practitioners who are responding to individuals, families, groups and communities who have experienced trauma. A particular emphasis of this work involves linking people around shared experiences and enabling them to make contributions to each another. Another particular emphasis is the development of easy-to-use collective methodologies, such as the Tree of Life, the Team of Life, Collective documentation and many others.

In this one day workshop, practitioners will be introduced to the principles of collective narrative practice and offered a range of ideas as to how to respond to individuals, groups and communities who are going through hard times. This workshop will be of relevance to therapists/counsellors who are interested in developing more collective ways of working and also to those who work in contexts in which one-on-one counselling is either not culturally appropriate or practically possible.

This workshop will also be appropriate for those who are interested in how our work in relation to responding to trauma can be linked to questions of broader social movement and social change. 

Cheryl White is the Director of Dulwich Centre and the founder of Dulwich Centre Publications where she works as publisher, editor, training co-ordinator, conference host and  initiator of projects. Cheryl is the co-editor of various books and is particularly interested in finding ways to support the work of practitioners in difficult and challenging contexts. She has recently launched the Dulwich Centre Institute of Collective Narrative Practice which is vitally interested in the interface between narrative therapy and work with wider groups and communities.

David Denborough works as a writer/editor for Dulwich Centre Publications and community practitioner and singer-song writer for the Dulwich Centre Institute of Community Practice. He is the editor of five books including: Beyond the Prison: Gathering dreams of freedom, Family therapy: exploring the field's past, present and possible futures, and Trauma: Narrative responses to traumatic experience. His writing about work with young men in relation to issues of violence has been published here in Australia and in the USA. David’s songs in response to current social issues have received airplay throughout Australia and Canada. David is currently particularly interested in assisting workers in challenging contexts to develop their own forms of narrative psychosocial support and community work, see: Dulwich Centre Foundation 

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