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Ethical Practice and Narratives of Resistance to Violence: Becoming Resilient Part 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

Alan Jenkins
Alan Jenkins*
Affiliation:
Nada Consulting, Australia
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Address for correspondence: Alan Jenkins, Nada Consulting, PO Box 773, Stirling SA 5152, Australia. E-mail: alanjenkins@ozemail.com.au
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Abstract

This paper is the second part of a previous publication in this journal and is based on a plenary address at the 30th Australian Family Therapy Conference in 2009. It develops the idea of ethical practice in therapy for men and boys with a history of significant violence and abuse. This fosters a connection with resilience that resists or refuses to participate in historical narratives that support violence and its effects. In the paper, I provide several therapeutic examples of working with narratives of violence and present a theory of resilience and ethical practice drawing on the ideas of Deleuze. This helps to understand resilience as a process of ethical agency, creative renewal, and the production of expansive difference.

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resilienceethicstherapynarrativesviolenceDeleuze
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , December 2011 , pp. 271 - 282
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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