BOOK: ‘LATIN AMERICAN PRACTICE OF NARRATIVE THERAPY. A PROPOSAL OF TRANSLATION TO OUR LOCAL CONTEXTS’
This Project is looking to gather funds to finish writing, as well as the edition and publication of the first book covering narrative therapy in Latin American (paper copies + an e-book Kindle Amazon version). This book is being written by a collection of Latin American narrative therapeutic voices from different cities including: Chile, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, and Argentina. The focus of this project is in the practice and on the translation of the ideas into local contexts, in-order to make visible, and to honor the rich and diverse cultures of Latinos in America, in the specific contexts of therapeutic work with individuals, families, collectives, and communities.
The chapters of this book will show the comprehensive therapeutic work with people and groups from different parts of Latin America. It will offer new narrative ideas and possibilities in their application, originated by Michael White (Australia) and David Epston (New Zeland), in their distinct application in Australasia.
This book is relevant for psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, nurses, community workers, educators, and whoever has the responsibility of giving therapeutic responses to those that are suffering. Additionally, the book will include an interview done in Adelaide, Australia with Maggie Carey and Shona Russell on the subject of ‘The Intentions of Michael White’. Maggie and Shona are the founders of Narrative Practices Adelaide, the last project that Michael White developed before his death. The last chapter will intersect the practice of narrative therapy in Latin America and the final intentions of Michael White.
Some of the chapters are related with the themes of:
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Micro-politics on stage: Spontaneous Theater with its practice in social emergency and circulation of sub-alternatives and resistance narratives.
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Practices of narratives in community enviroments
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“Saying hullo again”: a celebration of difference to honor our deceased loved ones.
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Possible conversations about sexuality between parenters and children
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Narratives of men that have used violence against their partners
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Documents created with individuals that have been subject to violation or sexual abuse
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The absent but implicit in the Tree of Life
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Grief, narrative, and documents
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Inviting justice to construct narrative bridges between the country-side and the city
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Women that find it difficult to leave relationships that generate pain
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Children and “Anger”
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The politics of solidarity and narrative therapy in the service of the decolonization of femininity of the women of Latin Americana
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And More!
Links to papers and articles
To PRANAS's web site and community:
Links to papers made by Ítalo Latorre-Gentoso (co-founder of PRANAS and staff editors of this book)
1- Enriqueciendo la historia del trauma: Metodología para la entrevista del evento
Versión español: http://www.dulwichcentre.com.au/explorations-2012-1-italo-latorre-gentoso.pdf
English version: http://www.dulwichcentre.com.au/explorations-2012-1-Latorre-Gentoso.pdf
2- El Árbol de la Vida con adultos
*Versión español: http://www.uv.mx/facpsi/revista/2010/documents/elarbol.pdf
- Latorre, I?. (2013) Terapia narrativa: algunas ideas y prácticas. En F. Garci?a (Ed.) Terapia Siste?mica Constructivista. Fundamentos y Aplicaciones (en prensa). Santiago de Chile: RIL editores.
- Latorre, I?; Letelier, C. (2013) Recuperando mi vida de la desgracia: narrativa, solidaridad y justicia. En F. Garci?a (Ed.) Terapia Siste?mica Constructivista. Fundamentos y Aplicaciones (en prensa). Santiago de Chile: RIL editores.
Enlaces a proyectos de traducción desarrollados por PRANAS Chile:
http://www.diplomadopranas.org/artículos-en-español/
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