Learning From Ourselves

By Gail Noppe-Brandon, LMSW The Find Your Voice method has long been employing the integrated studies of acting and playwriting, as a way of transforming lives. One of the benefits of leading people through the telling and sharing of their stories in dialogue form, is that — as Buddhist psychologist Jack Kornfield says, ‘we are [...]

Giving Pain A Narrative

Giving Pain A Narrative By, Gail Noppe-Brandon, LMSW In an article entitled Post-Prozac Nation, in the magazine section of the Sunday New York Times yesterday, Helen Mayberg, a neuroscientist at Emory University referred to depression as, ‘Emotional pain without a context.’ It is this very predicament that speaks to the power of Narrative Therapy, which [...]

Find Your Voice Goes to Therapy, Narrative Therapy

Find Your Voice Goes to Therapy By Gail Noppe- Brandon, LMSW   As I have presented my work to clinicians in many different settings over the last few years, I have discovered that I bring a unique perspective on client ‘material’, having been a playwright and a dramaturge. Clinicians are all looking for creative ways [...]