Stephen Madigan

Stephen Madigan is an award winning therapist who opened the Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy in 1992 as the first of it’s kind in the northern hemisphere.

His new book on narrative therapy theory and practice entitled Who has the Story Telling Rights to the Story Being Told and 6 hour long live session DVD’s  of his narrative therapy work will be out in March 2010 and published through the APA.

To contact Stephen please go to www.stephenmadigan.ca.

References

  • Madigan, S. (2010). Who has the Story Telling Rights to the Story Being Told: Narrative Therapy Theory and Practice. American Psychological Association Press, Chicago.
  • Madigan, S. (2009). “Therapy as Community Connections” pp. 65-80. In Kottler, J & Carlson, J. (Eds) Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy: Tales of transformation and astonishment. New York:Wiley.
  • Madigan, S, (2008) Anticipating Hope Within Conversational Domains of Despair. In, Hope and Despair. Imelda McCarthy & Jin Sheehan (ED.s), Bruner Mazel, London, UK.
  • Madigan, S., (2007) Watchers of the Watched: self surveillance in everyday life. In, Postmodernism and Narrative Therapy. Catrina Brown and, Tod Agusta-Scott (EDs.). Sage Publications, New York
  • Madigan, S., (2004) Re-writing Tom: undermining descriptions of chronicity through therapeuticletter writing campaigns. In, My Finest Hour: Family Therapy with the Experts: Jon Carlson (Ed.).Allyn and Bacon Publications, New York
  • Madigan, S., (2003) Injurious Speech: Counter-viewing Eight Conversational Habits of Highly Effective Problems. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, Cheryl White (Ed.), Dulwich Centre Publications, Adelaide, Australia
  • Madigan, S. (spring, 1999) Destabilizing Chronic Identities of Depression and Retirement. In Deconstructing Psychotherapy, Ian Parker (Ed.) Sage Publications, London, England
  • Madigan, S. and Law, I. (1998a) PRAXIS: situating discourse, feminism and politics in narrative therapies. Yaletown Family Therapy Press. Vancouver, Canada.
  • Madigan, S., Goldner, E., (1998b) A Narrative Approach to Anorexia: reflexivity, discourse and questions. In Constructive Therapies, M. Hoyt (Ed.), Jossey Bass, New York
  • Madigan, S. (1997) Re-remembering Lost Identities. Narrative Therapy with Children and Adolescents D. Nylund and C. Smith (Eds.) Chapter 13, Guilford Press, New York, London
  • Madigan, S. (1996) The Politics of Identity; Considering the Socio-political and Cultural Context in the Externalizing of Internalized Problem Conversations. Journal of Systemic Therapies: Special Edition on Narrative Ideas, Guilford Press, New York, London
  • Madigan S., Epston, D., (1995). From “Spychiatric Gaze” to Communities of Concern; From Professional Monologue to Dialogue. In, The Reflecting Team in Action: Innovations in Clinical Practice. S. Friedman (Ed.), Chapter 14, Guilford Press, New York, London
  • Madigan, S. (1994). The Discourse Unnoticed: Story Telling Rights and The Deconstruction of Longstanding Problems. Journal of Youth and Child Care, Special Narrative Issue, Volume 9, No.2, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Canada.
  • Madigan, S. (1993). Questions About Questions in Therapeutic Discourse and Practice. In, Therapeutic Conversations. S. Gilligan & R. Price (Eds.), Chapter 11, Norton Press, New York
  • Madigan, S. (1993). Rituals about Rituals; A commentary on Stephen Gilligan’s Chapter – Therapeutic Ritual: Passages into New Identities. In: Therapeutic Conversations. S. Gilligan & R. Price (Eds.), Chapter 12, Norton Press, New York
  • Madigan, S., Law, I. (1992a). Discourse Not Language: The shift from a modernist view of language to the post-modern analysis of discourse in family therapy. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work Cheryl White (Ed.), Dulwich Centre Publications, Adelaide, Australia
  • Madigan, S. (1992b). The Application of Michel Foucault’s Philosophy in the Problem Externalizing Discourse of Michael White. Additional Commentary by Deborah Anne Leupenitz, Re-joiner by S. Madigan. Journal of Family Therapy, London, England- August 1992 edition.
  • Madigan, S. (1991a). Discursive Restraints in Therapist Practice: Situating Therapist Questions in the Presence of the Family – a new model for supervision. In, Postmodernism, Deconstruction and Therapy. Vol. 3, 13-21. Cheryl White (Ed.). International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work Adelaide, Australia
  • Madigan, S., (1991b). A Public Place for Schizophrenia: An Interview with C. Christian Beels. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work Adelaide, Australia.