In the following pages, a number of different authors describe a range of applications of reflecting team work and the thinking behind them. Within this edition you'll find papers on the use of reflecting teams in therapy, group work, gatherings, conferences and crisis teams. There are also papers describing the use of reflecting team practices to explore issues of culture, the use of puppet reflecting teams and even a reflecting team song. We hope you enjoy the diversity and the thoughtfulness of these papers.

For me, working with, or being a part of, a reflecting team gives shape to so many of my understandings of narrative ways of working. The reflecting team process provides such a richly tailored and obvious forum for the audiencing of preferred versions of the self, that sometimes consulting without a team can bring with it a sense of regret. Witnessing powerful performances of new meaning without a broader audience can seem a lost opportunity!

The principles of accountability, of transparency, and of situating ourselves in the work can all be incorporated into reflecting team structure and practice in creative and generative ways. Having had the opportunity over the last few years to participate in using reflecting teams (or 'listening groups') within community counselling projects and groups, I have witnessed something of the excitement that these processes and practices can open up. What's more, in my experience, there is something about working as a group of counsellors together on a team that can connect and support us in our own ongoing communities as therapists.

We hope you enjoy this special edition and we look forward to you reflections!

 

Contents
Introduction	Maggie Carey
The reversal of light and sound	Tom Andersen
Creating conversations in times of crisis	Christine Kolberg, Ann Rita Gjertsen, Hanna Nyvoll, Aasta Myhre & Wenche Marie Jensen
Linking lives around shared themes: Narrative group therapy with gay men	Chris Behan
A puppet reflecting team	Helene Trana, Hawne Rieber & Trude Johannesen
Reflecting on issues of culture	John Prowell
Responding to presentations: Reflecting teams in conferences	Dulwich Centre Publications’ Conference Collective
Reflecting-team work as definitional ceremony revisited	Michael White
Reflecting on our reflections: The use of reflecting processes on gatherings	Maggie Carey
‘Joined in an exploration of the counter-plot’	A reflecting team song from the Dulwich Centre Faculty