Centre for Narrative Practice
European Conference of Narrative Therapy and Community Work
July
9th – 10th 2009 Brighton, UK
with Pre-Conference workshops July 7th & 8th
Registration forms, click here
DRAFT Programme, click here
The Centre for
Narrative Practice is excited to announce the first European Conference of
Narrative Therapy and Community Work.
A wide range of
European countries are involved in working together to make this a special
event. Countries involved include:
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and United Kingdom. And
we hope there may be more to come. We
are expecting that most of these countries will provide workshops, making this a
truly European event.
Keynote speakers will include Allan Holmgren from DISPUK Denmark, and Maggie Carey and Shona Russell from Narrative Practices Adelaide, and Georgia Ilopoulou with a group of users from a community HIV service in London.
DISPUK is Europe’s largest agency that provides services specifically
from a narrative perspective, whilst Narrative Practices Adelaide is the
successor to Michael White’s centre in Adelaide.
It was at Michael’s suggestion that we started to plan this conference
and we had looked forward to his participation, so it will be especially good to
have him represented in this way.
Topics to be covered include: sexuality, eating issues, violence, drug addiction, HIV, children, adult mental health, families, chronic illness, pain, sickle cell anaemia, attachment issues, group work, community work, mediation, marital/partnership work, outdoor adventure, supervision, experience consultants, oral history, evidencing narrative, alternatives to CAPA; plus a host of specific narrative practices.
Presentations are planned from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and UK, as well as Australia and Canada.
There
will be the following pre-conference workshops:
July 7th-8th
July 8th Foucault, Derrida and Delueze: their implications for narrative practice Allan Holmgren and Anette Holmgren. Alan is from DISPUK and Anette is from the Centre for Narrative Therapy, both in Denmark
July
8th Introduction to
Narrative Therapy: FREE
1 day
workshop open only to people attending the conference, with Sarah Walther
Pre-Conference workshops will run from 10.00am - 4.30pm.
Click here for details of Pre-Conference workshops
This is the fourth
Conference of Narrative Therapy and Community work that we at the Centre for
Narrative Practice have organised, the first being the 5th International
Conference in Liverpool in 2003 which we co-hosted with Dulwich Centre,
Adelaide. We see this first
European Conference as being in direct line from that one, and as being
organised on the same founding principles.
DRAFT Programme, click here
Brighton is a
thriving seaside town on the south coast of Britain and has two universities.
As well as many beautiful regency buildings and a Victorian pier there is
the stunning Regent’s Palace, which is open to visitors.
There is a history of activism in the town and the annual Gay Pride
Parade is well known nationally. Brighton
is well worth visiting in it’s own right and if you have not been before we
recommend you make time to get to know it a little.
Gatwick
International Airport is around 40 minutes on the train, making it very
accessible. There are also direct
coaches from both Gatwick and Heathrow Airports.
For those wishing to combine the conference with time in London, Brighton
is less than an hour away on the train.
We warmly invite you to join us in Brighton next July where we are sure you will have a great time!
Registration forms, click here
Registration forms, click here