Introduction
Michael White was the cofounder, along with David Epston, of narrative therapy. As family therapist, teacher, community worker, and writer, Michael White’s work transformed conventional notions of therapy, reshaped understandings of psychosis, provided new ways of responding to grief, and involved a rare combination of political analysis and compassion.
Career
Michael White was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. His initial training was in Social Work and early employment was at the Adelaide Children’s Hospital where his collaborations and co-research with children and families led to the development of externalizing conversations – a way of separating people from the problems that had often come to define their identities.
In the late 1970s, Michael White became a Founding Editor of The Australian Journal of Family Therapy as this field began to flourish “downunder.”
In the early 1980s, Michael cofounded Dulwich Centre and a collaboration and friendship with...
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Denborough, D., Freedman, J., Epston, D., Waldegrave, C. (2019). White, Michael. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_895
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