THE SPEAKERS

Elmarie Kotzé, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Elmarie Kotzé is an educational psychologist and senior lecturer at the Department of Human Development and Counselling at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Her professional journey has taken her through various disciplines. What has remained constant throughout her journey is a passionate search for ways that counselling practice and theory can come together to sustain and enrich the hopes and dreams that people hold for themselves, their families and communities.

Therese Hegarty, Ireland

Therese works in Family Therapy and Teacher Education in Dublin, Ireland. She will be discussing the problem of children’s reputations, and how stories can impact on opportunities for identity development.

Stephen Gaddis, Salem Centre, Massachusetts, USA

Stephen is the Co-Founder and Director of The Salem Center for Therapy, Training, and Research, in Salem, Massachusetts.  He teaches narrative therapy courses in The Graduate School of Social Work at Boston College and The Graduate School of Social Work and Counseling Psychology at Salem State University. Steve also has a full-time independent therapy practice where he continues his ongoing apprenticeship with narrative practice. He and Elmarie Kotzé will be exploring how agency is discursively produced in the context of therapeutic and everyday relationships.

Yvonne Sliep, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, SA

Yvonne specialises in critical community psychology and has developed Narrative Theatre which is now being used extensively in war traumatised countries. The focus of her work in the presentation will be on collective healing practises on a grass roots level.

Judy Rankin, East London, SA

Judy is a narrative and collaborative therapist and trainer. She has trained and supervised psychologists within University settings for 15 years as well as with counsellors within various community contexts. Her focus at present is on the languaging of possibilities by fostering dialogue through creative expression and the powerful use of metaphor.

Trudy Meehan, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, SA

Trudy is a clinical psychologist who qualified in Ireland. She works in the intersection between narrative therapy and the arts. She is currently running an art project with patients in a psychiatric setting, using a narrative framework.

Kim Barker, Grahamstown, SA

Kim has a private practice as a pastoral therapist and regularly facilitates workshops and retreats. She also works as a freelance writer and researcher. Kim will be considering the role that faith and belief systems play in therapeutic processes, and the ethics of engagement and non-engagement with matters of faith, particularly in the context of fundamentalism.

Michael Guilfoyle, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, SA

Michael is a clinical psychologist, who works both as a therapeutic practitioner and an academic. He will be exploring the relevance of the Foucauldian notion of “the ethical subject” for narrative practices.

Noluvuyo Mazeleni, Fort England Hospital, Grahamstown, SA

Noluvuyo is an intern clinical psychologist currently working at Fort England psychiatric hospital. She, together with Ronald, will be discussing her 2010 Master’s degree Community Psychology project, in which she and her team used a narrative approach to working with learners in a classroom setting.

Ronald Davies, Fort England Hospital, Grahamstown, SA

Ronald is an intern clinical psychologist currently working at Fort England psychiatric hospital. He, together with Noluvuyo, will be discussing his 2010 Master’s degree Community Psychology project, in which he and his team used a narrative approach to working with learners in a classroom setting.