Co-authoring new relationships at school through narrative mediation

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Co-authoring new relationships at school through narrative mediation

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University of Waikato

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The practice of narrative mediation is illustrated through a case study for its applicability to the resolution of conflict in a high school. Two boys who had been fighting are brought together by a New Zealand high school counsellor to address their differences. Fighting is externalised and the boys are invited into a relationship story based on their own knowledge of ways to resist fighting. The mediation disrupts the conflict narrative and develops a counter-story of harmonious relationshi...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2010

Creator

Williams, Michael / Winslade, John

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10289/5493

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narrative / mediation / externalising / conflict resolution / school counselling

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This article has been published in the journal: New Zealand Journal of Counselling. Used with permission.

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