NARRATIVE
CONNECTIONS: AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF NARRATIVE PRACTITIONERS
CANADA
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Name |
Laura Béres |
| Address |
266 Epworth Avenue, London, ONT.
Canada |
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Phone |
(519) 433 3491 ext. 4575 |
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Email |
lberes2@uwo.ca |
| Webpage |
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| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
Narrative practices have informed my
work in the area of responding to violence in the lives of men and women
for many years. Currently I teach full-time in a Social Work
programme where I am introducing more narrative ideas. I am
interested in conversations with people about how to be congruent with
narrative ideas in the area of teaching. I also provide
consultation in a small practice where I see individuals and couples. |
| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
Sam Berg |
| Address |
510 College Drive, Caronport, SK.
Canada |
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Phone |
306)
756
3362 |
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Email |
sberg@briercrest.ca |
| Webpage |
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| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
I seek to use
narrative practices in my clinical work. I also seek to teach
narrative therapy in the counselling training program that I direct.
I’m especially interested in the challenges of modelling narrative
practices in the teaching domain, and in finding ways of privileging
students’ knowledges in their training process. |
| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
Art Fisher |
| Address |
Coordinator of Alternatives – domestic violence counselling, research
and training. PO Box 131, Bridgewater, NS.
B4V 2W8,
Canada |
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Phone |
902) 543
7444 |
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Email |
alternatives@ns.sympatico.ca |
| Webpage |
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| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
The intersections
of teaching, supervision, research, counseling and community work
nurture possibility in my everyday life. I coordinate a non-profit
community response to family violence for the largely rural region of
western Nova Scotia, Canada, and provide trainings on responding to
intimate partner and family violence. I apply and develop
deconstructionist theory and narrative practice in response to
complexities of experiences of love and abuse. I have a special
interest in developing the maps of narrative practice visually and
collaboratively within counseling, outsider witness and community
conversations. I thrive on conversations with others about these
topics. |
| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
Nancy Gray |
| Address |
Halifax, NS.
Canada |
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Phone |
902) 423 4675 |
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Email |
nancylouisegray@yahoo.ca |
| Webpage |
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| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
I have been using narrative practices responding to
violence for many years and am particularly interested in using
outsider witness practices in groups.As well as working with groups
of men and women I enjoy working with young people and exploring
ways of countering dominant stories.
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| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
Lee Lourdeaux |
| Address |
Vancouver, BC. V6G 1M2,
Canada |
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Phone |
604)
408
3442 |
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Email |
Lee@LeeTherapy.com |
| Webpage |
www.leetherapy.com |
| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
My work in narrative therapy often
concerns couples, gay or bisexual issues, and divorce or family
mediation. I invite others with any of these interests to share
our different knowledges. |
| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
Stephen P Madigan |
| Address |
1168 Hamilton St,
3207, Vancouver, BC. Canada |
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Phone |
604)
688
7860 |
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Email |
narrative@telus.net |
| Webpage |
www.yaletownfamilytherapy.com |
| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
Stephen founded North America's first and longest
standing narrative therapy clinic and training site - Yaletown Family
Therapy - in March 1992 - he has honed a good nose for deft therapy
ideas ever since. In 1993, Stephen and YFT offered up their first
of five International Narrative Ideas and Therapeutic Practice
conferences. Twelve years later, YFT's Therapeutic Conversations Six
represents their latest effort to showcase brilliant therapeutic work
and to push conference dialogues forward towards vibrant and safe
cultural partnership discussions. He co-founded the APA approved
narrative and just therapy CE website
www.planet-therapy.com, and holds an MSW as well as a MSc and PhD in
Marriage and Family Therapy. Stephen is the father of nine year old twin
daughters Hannah and Tessa and his latest book 'The Social Life of
Problems - essays in narrative ideas and therapeutic practice' - will be
released in the Spring of 2005. |
| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
Dave McGibbon |
| Address |
320-78 Roehapmton Ave St.
Catharines, ONT. L2M 7W9, Canada |
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Phone |
905) 688 6850 ext 115 |
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Email |
dave.mcgibbon@sympatico.ca |
| Webpage |
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| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
I have been involved with
narrative practice and thought formally and informally since the
early 1990's and have taken part in many trainings, most recently
through the Dulwich Centre Post Graduate Program. I really enjoy the
practice particularly as it pertains to children and young people
and would enjoy conversations with others about this.
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| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
David Paré |
| Address |
127 Glenora Street, Ottawa, ONT.
K1S 1J2,
Canada |
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Phone |
613)
565 8346 |
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Email |
dpare@uottawa.ca |
| Webpage |
www.glebeinstitute.com
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| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
I have been
practising from a primarily narrative perspective for about 18 years
and have written and presented widely in this area as an academic as
well as offering trainings through the Glebe Institute, of which I
am director. My interest in linking with other narrative
practitioners includes the possibility of referring to therapists
elsewhere, or receiving referrals here, but just as much to
connecting with a global community for the possibility of sharing
ideas and practices in a variety of contexts.
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| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
Marlene Rivier
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| Address |
2687 Violet Street, Ottawa,
ONT.
K2B 6X1,
Canada
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Phone |
613)
222 8392 |
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Email |
marlene_rivier@rogers.com |
| Webpage |
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| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
Narrative ideas have brought coherency to my work both as a therapist
and as a social justice activist. I have felt particularly enriched and
encouraged by the practice of narrative group therapy which provides the
inspiration for often isolated and marginalized individuals to seek out
and create multiple communities of support. I have also run in both
provincial and federal elections in support of the social justice issues
which continuously emerge in my work as a therapist. |
| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
Angela Voght |
| Address |
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Phone |
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Email |
angvoght@hotmail.com |
| Webpage |
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| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
I am particularly interested in how narrative practices
relate to work with indigenous communities, children and dealing with
trauma. I am a First Nations woman working as a counsellor with children
and families within First Nations communities |
| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
Angel Yuen |
| Address |
Durham Region
(one hour east of Toronto) |
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Phone |
905) 427 8239 |
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Email |
angel.yuen@rogers.com |
| Webpage |
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| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
I work alongside people in discussing the destinations
that become possible in their lives due to rich story development. I
love working with all persons, but if I were asked about a particular
interest I would say that I enjoy working with teenagers and women. In
my last few years of narrative practice I have enjoyed rich
conversations about race and cultural identity and would love to engage
in future conversations and explorations with other narrative
practitioners. |
| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
GROUP MEMBERSHIPS
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Name |
Narrative Therapy Centre of Toronto
- Faculty:
Ruth Pluznick, Angel
Yuen and Rick Eckley. |
| Address |
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Phone |
905)
427
8239 |
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Email |
contact@narrativetherapycentre.com |
| Webpage |
www.narrativetherapycentre.com |
| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
The Narrative
Therapy Centre of Toronto (NTC) is committed to helping
practitioners put narrative ideas into action. Our core faculty of
experienced therapists, along with local and international guest
lecturers, offer both training and supervision. We encourage people
who are interested in using narrative therapy to connect with
like-minded others by attending our lectures, events, and
celebrations and by participating in our interactive website. The
NTC’s approach to therapy emphasizes social justice and equity.
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| Receive referrals:
No |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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Name |
Brief Therapy Training Centres-International
(a division of Hincks-Dellcrest Institute)
Faculty: Scot Cooper, Eric King, Karen Young, Jim Duvall |
| Address |
114 Maitland Street, Toronto, ONT. M4Y
1E1, Canada |
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Phone |
416) 972 1935 ext: 3341 |
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Email |
training@hincksdellcrest.org |
| Webpage |
www.brieftherapynetwork.com or
www.hincksdellcrest.org/brief-therapy-training |
| Meet with Visitors:
Yes |
Hopes for connection |
Scot,
Eric, Karen and Jim along with the research team from the University
of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work share the excitement of working
with people to sustain and further develop therapy practices
informed by a narrative metaphor. We are actively involved in
practice, teaching and practice-based evidence research regarding
poststructuralist ideas and narrative practices. BTTC-I, offers
year-long training programs, 5 day intensives, workshops and
conferences on a regular basis that combine theory, skill
development and live practice with adults, children, youth and
families. Please feel welcome to connect with us for a tour and
lunch if you find yourself visiting Toronto, or visit us on our
websites.
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| Receive referrals:
Yes |
| Teaching/supervision:
Yes |
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