LibGuides: MFT-6542 v2: Week 10 Resources

Week 10 Required Resources

When Grief Arrives: An oral history of grief and death within queer, trans and Black, Indigenous and people of colour communities
Ah-Fat, A. (2024). When grief arrives: An oral history of grief and death within queer, trans and Black, Indigenous and people of colour communities. International Journal of Narrative Therapy & Community Work, 2, 51–63.
Ah-Fat (2024) presents a discussion of re-storying of a community and the impact of that story. The author discusses the connection to therapy and narrative.
Parent experiences of a child’s social transition: Moving beyond the loss narrative
Bull, B., & D’Arrigo-Patrick, E. (2018). Parent experiences of a child’s social transition: Moving beyond the loss narrative. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 30(3), 170–190.
Bull and D’Arrigo-Patrick focus on narrative and the narrative discourse shifts that can occur in a family system during social transition.
Transgender and Gender-Expansive Homeless Youth: Considerations for Empowerment Using a Narrative Approach
Peters, S. W. (2021). Transgender and gender-expansive homeless youth: Considerations for empowerment using a narrative approach. Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling, 15(4), 426–442.
Peters (2021) identifies different narrative interventions and clinical directions with gender diverse youth.