PROGRAMME:

Chairpersons: Peggy Sax, PhD and Gaye Stockell, MA with David Epston, MA, CQSW




DAY 1 - Monday, 2 June (9am to 1pm): Introduction and Background

  9:00 A review of Michael White's early work through video-reviewing and storytelling.
10:00 Introducing externalizing conversations
11:00 Break
11:15 The process of re-authoring.
12:00 Definitional ceremonies and outsider witness practices


DAY 2 - Tuesday, 3 June (9am to 1pm): The Commitment to Insider Knowledge

  9:00 Reckoning with power and the ethics of collaboration. <+p>
10:00 Stories from Michael's commitment to the politics of practice
11:00 Break
11:15 Broadcasting through letter writing and public practices:
12:00 Witnessing insider accounts of psychiatric crisis, severe
depression and sexual abuse


DAY 3 - Wednesday, 4 June (9am to 1pm): Influences onCommunity Conversations

  9:00 Stories from psychiatry, Indigenous populations and communities of health and welfare workers
10:00 Community conversations
11:00 Break
11:15 Putting ideas into practice.
12:00 Narrative interivewing exercise for participants


DAY 4 - Thursday, 5 June (9am to 1pm) Narrative Therapy: A Personal History. Reflections on Collaborations with Michael White by David Epston (via videotape)

10:00 Video viewing and transcript reviewing.
11:00 Break
11:15 Continued story-telling and review of collaborations by David Epston
12:00 Question-asking and transcripts


Day 5 - Friday, 6 June (9am to 1pm) A Medley of Tributes and Reflections

  9:00 Michael White's more recent work: Addressing Trauma; the absent but implicit
10:00 Mapping narrative conversations
11:00 Break
11:15 Re-membering practices: Re-membering Michael. .
12:00 Definitional ceremony: .Saying Hullo Again

ENROLLMENT:

Invitation required only.




In Collaboration with Just!Venice snc.