Mates "up over"(?)
Today my training group again had an all day session with Stephen Madigan. He showed a video of his work with a fellow named Dan--snippets of 6 sessions--that will be published by the APA in just two weeks. In the sessions--those of you who are narrative devotees--he managed the discourses around masculinity in addressing the client's pattern of staying in the house for 2 years. There's much more, but I am impressed with Madigan's great skill at introducing the political in the session. He also has a book coming out entitled, "Who Has the Story-telling Rights to Tell the Story?"
Again, David Epston joined us and we all had a great narrative time. David talked about the intent of questioning and how every question has an intention behind it. Stephen also showed the video of his working with Ollie and Mrs. Poindexter--the African-American family where Ollie suffers from the effects of racism in the school and legal system. That's the video that I showed in P-520 this fall and the one Stephen showed at the AAPC Annual Conference in Indy last spring. I told Stephen about the response of you students in P-520 when you viewed the video. The end of the story. . .? Well, I asked. The mom's pastor confronted the principal and told him to call the judge, Stephen got a letter writing campaign going, The principal wrote Ollie's high school principal. Ollie did well in sports and school and was one of the most successful students in the high school. This is a great example of why I love narrative--the power of the political in the stories of people's lives!
Bye,
SMC
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