Recently added articles from Family Process:
"Every Rung a Generation, Every New One, Higher, Higher"
Sep 01, 2009; ... From the Spiritual "We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" Fam Proc 48:311-314, 2009 I have been immersed in thoughts of generations and generational change. Perhaps it was the arrival of my Medicare card, jolting me to my official designation as senior citizen. Of a far greater moment, ...
The Absent but Implicit: A Map to Support Therapeutic Enquiry
Sep 01, 2009; ... This paper describes recent developments in the use of the "absent but implicit" in narrative therapy. Michael White used the term "absent but implicit" to convey the understanding that in the expression of any experience of life, there is a discernment we make between the expressed experience ...
Introduction to the Special Section-Continuing Narrative Ideas and Practices: Drawing Inspiration from the Legacy of Michael White
Sep 01, 2009; ... Fam Proc 48:315-318, 2009 In late March 2008, I learned that Michael White had collapsed after a day of teaching in southern California. Shortly thereafter, I heard a colleague murmur words to the effect that Michael's passing would mark the end of narrative therapy. I was astounded. I ...
Tracing Lines of Flight: Implications of the Work of Gilles Deleuze for Narrative Practice
Sep 01, 2009; ... The philosophical groundwork of Gilles Deleuze is examined for its relevance for narrative practice in therapy and conflict resolution. Deleuze builds particularly on Foucault's analytics of power as "actions upon actions" and represents power relations diagrammatically in terms of lines of ...
Narrative Ideas for Consulting with Communities and Organizations: Ripples from the Gatherings
Sep 01, 2009; ... This paper reviews Michael White's early work with communities and extends ideas and practices from that work into the realm of consulting with organizations. We draw on Michael's writing and the records of two specific projects, as well as the recollections of team members in those projects, to ...