• The corner : clients that inspire us 

      Epston, David (2014)
      Following a comment of Peggy Sax that some clients “bring out the best in us,” I proposed in 2011 that, furthermore, some clients do more than that, they in fact inspire us. I am sure I am not the only one to think so ...
    • The corner: Innovative Services 

      Epston, David (2011)
      This paper outlines the history and processes of combining Monty Roberts Join Up method of nonviolent horse education and training (Roberts, 2002, 2008), and Narrative Practice to create Equine Assisted Narrative Practice. ...
    • An emergency response to ‘going off your face’ at school 

      Epston, David (2012)
      Glen, aged nine, has been threatened to be expelled from an exemplary school on account of his uncontrollable and dangerous rages. David Epston contrives with Glen and his family to ‘team up’ against the reputation this ...
    • A family and community approach to stealing 

      Ingamells, Kay; Epston, David (Guilford Publications, Inc., 2013)
      Stealing, a common problem of childhood and adolescence, is often regarded as an expression of distress and is associated with parental “distance” and family breakups, especially in older children (Patterson 1982, p. 263). ...
    • 'I will not leave my baby behind': A Cook Island Maori family's experience of New Zealand Maori traditional healing 

      NiaNia, Wiremu; Bush, Allister; Epston, David (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2013-05-16)
      Traditional healers in many parts of the world have used family focused understandings and interventions well before the emergence of western family therapy theory and practice. This paper gives a detailed account of New ...
    • More travels with Herodotus : tripping over borders lightly or 'psychiatric imperialism' 

      Epston, David (2011)
      ... The questions we were asked to address were as follows: (i) What are the most important issues in mental health in your country? (ii) What kind of public policies are used to resolve these mental heath issues? (iii) ...