Throughout this 90-minute discussion participants are guided through a step-by-step practice map of narrative therapy. The workshop outlines how David Epston and Michael White used post-structural theory to explain the six key concepts that form the practice map of narrative therapy. Stephen shows participants how the theory shapes narrative therapy's understanding of




  1. The landscapes of action and identity

  2. Relational externalizing conversations

  3. Unique outcomes

  4. Re-remembering conversations

  5. Therapeutic letter writing

  6. Outsider witness teams



Stephen will also answer, in detail, questions regarding any theoretical or narrative practice issue.



Declaration identifying any potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support: None.



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How the Web Conference Works

In short, participants will join the teleconference by calling into the teleconference center and entering an access code. The teleconference will include lecture, interaction, and question and answer periods.


Continuing Education (CE) Information

1.5 CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety.

GoodTherapy.org is also an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within counseling services.

GoodTherapy.org is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.

GoodTherapy.org, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0395.

Registration Information

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Meet the Presenter

Stephen Madigan, PhD

Stephen Madigan founded the Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy and Yaletown Family Therapy in Vancouver, Canada as the first narrative therapy training clinics in the northern hemisphere. He holds an MSW, MSc, and PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy. In 2007, the American Family Therapy Academy honored Stephen with their Distinguished Award for Innovative Practice in Family Therapy Theory and Practice. In the spring of 2010, the American Psychological Association will release six "live session" DVDs of his work entitled Narrative Therapy Through Time along with his new book on narrative therapy theory and practice. Stephen is also the clinical lead with a Housing First ACT Team for the Canadian Federal Mental Health Commission's (new) $110 million, five-city, four-year research project on homelessness, mental health, and substance use.