Tavistock Clinic Book Series

Multiple voices: narratives in systemic family psychotherapy.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of issues related to narrative which appear in a family therapy setting. Originally embarking on a joint project to share clinical experience, members of the Family Systems Group at the Tavistock Clinic discovered that what was common in their work was their emphasis on narrative. This discovery led in time to the development of a shared discourse about their diverse approaches to narrative which are carefully reflected in the contributions in this volume.

Part One sets out the context of narrative with contributions on bilingualism and the family’s experience of therapy, ending with a thought provoking critique of narrative.

Part Two concentrates on applications of these ideas, providing analysis of multiple narratives in illness and loss, gender and language, neonatal care, adoption, divorce and refugee families.

Edited by Renos K Papadopoulos & John Byng-Hall

Table of Contents

Part One

1. The other side of the story: the client’s experience of therapy
   David Campbell
2. What narrative?
   Sebastian Kraemer
3. Language and narrative: learning from bilingualism
   Charlotte Burck
4. Postmodern narratives: or muddles in the mind

Part Two

Narrative Applications

1. Toward a coherent story about illness and loss
   John Byng-Hall
2. Different language/different gender: narratives of inclusion and exclusion
   Barbara Dale and Jenny Altschuler
3. Making sense of the experience of neonatal intensive care
   Anne McFayden
4. New stories for old? The creation of new families by adoption and fostering
   Caroline Lindsey
5. Rewriting the story: children, parents and post-divorce narratives
   Gill Gorrel Barnes & Emilia Dowling
6. Is home where the heart is? Narratives of oppositional discourses in refugee families
   Renos K. Papadopoulos & Judy Hildebrand

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