Barry Bowen

9 Cedar Close, Elson, Gosport, Hampshire, UK.

+44 (0) 239 243 9822

I work in a CAMHS setting in East Hampshire, UK,  as a family Therapist. I am Chair of the Hampshire branch of the Association for Family Therapy and an issue editor of the family therapy magazine Context. I use narrative, both on my own and as part of a team. I receive supervision form a Narrative Therapist and three of us are hoping to set up a narrative interest group in East Hampshire soon.

Margot Brink

Park Gate Ivington nr Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0JX, UK

+44 (0) 770 103 0009, or +44 (0) 1568 720 490

I am currently working in an Adult Community Mental Health Team based in Herefordshire, UK. The Team and my peers fully accept my engagement in Narrative Practices even though the NHS is currently rather CBT-driven. The CBT focus often invites conceptual isolation into my workplace. Thus, I would like to connect with anyone who is prepared to share their narrative inclinations with me! I am also now working from home as a private, part-time Narrative Practitioner and I take private referrals from all sources. I would like to establish a Herefordshire Narrative Practice Group. I would appreciate any ideas concerning getting such a group up and running.

Anne Clilverd

 78a Grantham Road,  London, SW99DJ

+44 (0) 207 530 4429

Bron-yr-Aur, Pennal, Machynlleth SY20 8QA,

I work in private practice as a counsellor and supervisor using narrative therapy practices. I am especially interested in working with those who perceive themselves to be ‘disabled’ in terms of sensory loss, learning abilities or mental health and also how narrative practices can be used for research. I am currently working with a group of men who are blind or partially sighted (I am also partially sighted) exploring how different vision is linked with identity claims, and how we can re-define blindness.

Centre for Narrative Practice, Manchester, UK

+44 (0) 161 224 6282

Mark Hayward

Little Clicker, Horningtops, LISKEARD PL14 3QA, Cornwall, UK

+44 (0) 175 227 2359

My primary interest is in developing my practice skills in my work is as a family therapist with young people and their social networks. I also distribute books and journals about narrative practice (primarily from Dulwich Centre Publications) in Europe and beyond. I run training courses in UK and Ireland in narrative practice and put on workshops with invited narrative practitioners from around the world. I hope that joining Narrative Connections will support these different endeavours.

Georgia Iliopoulou

Hainault Health Centre, Manford Way, Chigwell, IG7 4DF, UK

+44 (0) 208 491 3383

Amanda Tweedie Jones

Cornwall Eating Disorders Service, Truro health office, The Leats, England

Empsy Ltd, PO Box 696, Peterborough, PE2 9YQ

I’m an international practitioner in coaching psychology and psychotherapy (over 20 years), delivered seminars in the UK and abroad: Barcelona, Brussels, Hong Kong, Paris, Stockholm, and Zurich. I attended International Narrative Therapy Festive Conference 2006; one week Workshop with Michael White at Adelaide; and successfully applied narrative approaches to diverse communities in UK. I’m passionate about using arts as vehicles to empower individuals and communities. I welcome you to share your stories in our journeys.

Amanda Redstone

Conemur, Maudlin Road, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5TG

+44 (0) 180 386 6063

Robert Whittaker

I am a clinical psychologist working in physical health in the NHS and am particularly interested to make connections with anyone working with narrative ideas in similar settings. I am interested in the application of narrative therapy ideas in the context of physical healthcare, and in an organisation where these ideas are absent at best. I look forward to any opportunities to share experiences, develop ideas and ponder things generally via “Narrative Connections”.