Adelaide Narrative Therapy

In this episode of The Radical Therapist, Chris sits down with designer, writer, and researcher Amber Winick to explore how environments, objects, and systems quietly shape our emotional, relational, and developmental lives. Drawing from her work on Designing Motherhood, as well as her recent contributions to An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping, Amber invites us into a conversation about caregiving not as sentimentality, but as design practice, cultural philosophy, and relational ethics.

Together, Chris and Amber explore the radical legacy of Emmi Pikler and her revolutionary approach to children, development, and attentiveness. What happens when we stop treating infants as incomplete beings in need of constant correction, and begin relating to them as competent subjects with agency, rhythms, and capacities of their own? The conversation moves through themes of slowness, trust, embodiment, hospital design, narrative practice, and the emotional architecture of care itself.

https://chrishoffmft.podbean.com/e/the-radical-therapist-144-%e2%80%93-designing-motherhood-emmi-pikler-and-the-architecture-of-care-w-amber-winick/

Respect for personhood and agency. People are viewed as capable, knowledgeable, and active participants in shaping their lives and meanings.

This is a very strong principle of Narrative & Collaborative Systemic Practices - but could it become the guiding principle for every therapeutic interaction across modalities: and how could that happen?

Perhaps much of the social forces shape us in similar ways that we are more alike than different. And we cannot escape our organic fallibility. But perhaps we also each have a unique and special something of a self, a creativity, a slant and perspective, a way of moving through the world that should refuse to be disordered.

New Website for Adelaide Narrative Therapy
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Adelaide Narrative Therapy | Home | Book Counselling Adelaide Narrative Therapy is a collective of social psychologists and narrative therapists who provide counselling relationships, families and individuals. Specialising in Family Law Counselling, personal and relationship therapy, restorative justice after violence and abuse, mental health, anger m...

Eva is a certified practicing therapist, welcoming clients to thoughtful conversations. Eva is working specifically in Post-Separation and Reunification Cases with Children. She also enjoys work with the elders in our community - families and folk after retirement and navigating life in Aged Care.

At Adelaide Narrative we specialise in restorative justice and ethical transformation in complex family and relational matters. Trusted by legal professionals and families across Adelaide, our approach puts safety, clarity and real outcomes first. Learn more: https://wix.to/y8s0NAR . Contact us to discuss how we can help.

Meet Shella, a 5th year Adelaide University masters student! She will be joining us on Mondays and Fridays in the low cost clinic for $60. Book now

Adelaide Narrative Therapy | Home | Book Counselling Adelaide Narrative Therapy is a collective of social psychologists and narrative therapists who provide counselling relationships, families and individuals. Specialising in Family Law Counselling, personal and relationship therapy, restorative justice after violence and abuse, mental health, anger m...

the wonderful Sue Fuzzard

Unlocking the Mental Health System one session at a time | Suzanne Fuzzard | TEDxVictor Harbor Mental health care is often described as broken—but what if it’s paralysed by the very systems meant to help? This talk challenges long-held assumptions abou...

What makes narrative therapy unique? Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin briefly describes how narrative therapy can help people become a better version of themselves. backed by research in neuroplasticity on the brain and positive psychology.

Getting your Mental Health Care Plan is the first step in steering your life toward what matters, let’s take the next one together.

If you are seeking a safe, respectful, and culturally attuned space to navigate anxiety, low mood, trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, neurodiversity, or other mental health concerns, I invite you to connect.

Pshko Marden is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and therapeutic practitioner with over a decade of experience in therapeutic contexts. Pshko offers counselling sessions under a Mental Health Care Plan, available in person at the North Adelaide office or via telehealth. Counselling sessions are also available in Arabic, Farsi, Dari, and Kurdish.