AASW Recording | Narrative Therapy Skills During a Pandemic (and Beyond)

The pandemic has at last made it easier for it to be ok not to be ok. It has allowed mental health to at last be linked to social context; depression and anxiety are almost always exacerbated by the loss of social supports, and we have discovered that an unjust or unresponsive society deeply affects our sense of well-being. In this webinar, some narrative skills will be explained to reinstate the politics of practice beyond diagnostic labels and the pathologising of personal experience, and assist people respond to the challenges they face.

This webinar was presented by the AASW NSW Branch.

Presenter

Dr Josie McSkimming is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with over 35 years experience. She is currently in private practice in Sydney, providing counselling to couples and individuals, and also clinical supervision. She is an adjunct lecturer at the University of New South Wales, where she has taught Narrative Therapy. Her most recent book is ‘Leaving Christian Fundamentalism and the Reconstruction of Identity’, which describes how power spreads like a chain throughout church communities, shaping and re-shaping people’s identity.

AASW Credential: Mental Health (Focussed Psychological Strategies)