Body as A Picture Book: A tool for narrative conversations inspired by tattoos
This article introduces a tool for narrative therapy conversations with young people using tattoos as a point of entry. It is inspired by trauma-informed tattooing and discusses how elements of narrative practice can be adjusted to use in conversations about tattoos, whether real or imagined. Nar...
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2024-09-01
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| description | This article introduces a tool for narrative therapy conversations with young people using tattoos
as a point of entry. It is inspired by trauma-informed tattooing and discusses how elements
of narrative practice can be adjusted to use in conversations about tattoos, whether real or
imagined. Narrative practices of externalising, re-authoring, re-membering, the absent but
implicit and outsider witnessing are demonstrated. By using a template that invites the person
to imagine tattoos or body paint, conversations about tattoos are made available to people who
have not been tattooed themselves, including young people. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3b14f55ddcdf499893b0bb276e06b0c62025-08-20T03:49:50ZengDulwich Centre FoundationInternational Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work2981-88182024-09-012849310.4320/YOFA3245Body as A Picture Book: A tool for narrative conversations inspired by tattoosPaul Graham This article introduces a tool for narrative therapy conversations with young people using tattoos as a point of entry. It is inspired by trauma-informed tattooing and discusses how elements of narrative practice can be adjusted to use in conversations about tattoos, whether real or imagined. Narrative practices of externalising, re-authoring, re-membering, the absent but implicit and outsider witnessing are demonstrated. By using a template that invites the person to imagine tattoos or body paint, conversations about tattoos are made available to people who have not been tattooed themselves, including young people.https://dulwichcentre.com.au/body-as-a-picture-book-paul-graham/tattoosexternalisingdocumentation |
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| title | Body as A Picture Book: A tool for narrative conversations inspired by tattoos |
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| title_short | Body as A Picture Book: A tool for narrative conversations inspired by tattoos |
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