Narrative Mediation: Loosening the Grip of Conflict

Praise for Practicing Narrative Mediation"As the field of mediation increasingly professionalizes, often with a heavier focus on narrowly defined techniques to forge agreements, Practicing Narrative Mediation is a welcome relief. This book recuperates the deeper significance of story and narrative as defining aspects of how we make sense and meaning of conflicts in our lives, relationships, and communities. Indispensable reading for those approaching mediation as a process of meaningful change, not just the ending of a problem." -John Paul Lederach, professor, International Peacebuilding, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame"John Winslade and Gerald Monk have written a wonderful, extraordinary, immensely important book, filled with profound theoretical insights, examples, and practical techniques that can be used in any mediation. They brilliantly expose the hidden dynamics that shape conflict stories and reveal their transformational possibilities for all of us to see." -Kenneth Cloke, author, Conflict Revolution: Mediating Evil, War, Injustice, and Terrorism"This compelling, engaging, and profoundly hopeful book gestures us toward a different future. By considering how conflicts are shaped by particular ways of speaking, and by dominant cultural understandings, John Winslade and Gerald Monk provide us with new ways forward." -David Denborough, editor, International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work"Practicing Narrative Mediation clearly demonstrates that a narrative approach to mediation can be an important aid in resolving ethnic conflict at the international level through 'affirming the other as other' and 'releasing the potential for cooperation and for peace.'?" -A. Marco Turk, J.D., professor and director, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Program, California State University-Dominguez HillsWinslade, John is the author of 'Narrative Mediation: Loosening the Grip of Conflict', published 2008 under ISBN 9780787994747 and ISBN 078799474X.