Practicing Narrative Mediation

THE AUTHORS John Winslade and Gerald Monk are leading figures in the narrative therapy movement and authors of basic works in the field, Narrative Mediation and Narrative Therapy in Practice, both from Jossey-Bass. They began their work together at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand, where they were also involved in the work of Waikato Mediation Services. John Winslade is a professor and coordinator of the Educational Counseling Program at California State University, San Bernardino. Gerald Monk is a professor at San Diego State University, Department of Counseling and School Psychology.

• Preface vii1 How to Work with Conflict Stories: Nine Hallmarks of Narrative Mediation 12 Negotiating Discursive Positions 403 Tracing Discursive Positioning Through a Conversation 644 Working with Cultural Narratives in Mediation 995 Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Practice with Chip Rose 1296 Outsider-Witness Practices in Organizational Disputes with Allan Holmgren 1667 Employment Mediation with Alison Cotter 1858 Restorative Conferencing in Schools 2159 Conflict Resolution in Health Care 242Epilogue 283References 289About the Authors 299Index 303