Term
Invitational narrative approaches:
1. Focus on men’s particular stories and backgrounds, rather than universally applicable generalisations.
2. Seek to create change that is self-generated and personally meaningful, and therefore likely to be sustainable.
3. Open up conversations through curious inquiry, rather than shutting it down through confrontational approaches.
4. Maintain an unrelenting focus on women and children’s safety and on men’s accountability to others.
5. Maintain a focus on social change, recognising that violence is an expression of power relations and is therefore essentially political in nature. |
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Definition
Invitational narrative approaches:
1. Focus on men’s particular stories and backgrounds, rather than universally applicable generalisations.
2. Seek to create change that is self-generated and personally meaningful, and therefore likely to be sustainable.
3. Open up conversations through curious inquiry, rather than shutting it down through confrontational approaches.
4. Maintain an unrelenting focus on women and children’s safety and on men’s accountability to others.
5. Maintain a focus on social change, recognising that violence is an expression of power relations and is therefore essentially political in nature. |
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How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
1. Respectful collaboration and a competency focused approach.
2. Supporting men to explore and articulate their ethical preferences (how they wish to live).
3. Supporting men to identify what restrains them from living in accordance with their ethical preferences.
4. Supporting men in experiencing their shame in an environment that is non-judgemental and safe.
5. Supporting men to name their violence and explore how it has affected their partners and children. |
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Definition
How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
1. Respectful collaboration and a competency focused approach.
2. Supporting men to explore and articulate their ethical preferences (how they wish to live).
3. Supporting men to identify what restrains them from living in accordance with their ethical preferences.
4. Supporting men in experiencing their shame in an environment that is non-judgemental and safe.
5. Supporting men to name their violence and explore how it has affected their partners and children. |
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How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
1. Respectful collaboration and a competency focused approach.
a. Practitioners approach men as competent and capable of meaningful, lasting change.
b. They are careful not to pre-judge men as intrinsically deficient.
c. They are curious about men’s stories and the contradictions within them.
d. They slow down the work—emphasising depth, reflection and contemplation. |
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Definition
How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
1. Respectful collaboration and a competency focused approach.
a. Practitioners approach men as competent and capable of meaningful, lasting change.
b. They are careful not to pre-judge men as intrinsically deficient.
c. They are curious about men’s stories and the contradictions within them.
d. They slow down the work—emphasising depth, reflection and contemplation. |
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How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
2. Supporting men to explore and articulate their ethical preferences (how they wish to live).
• Practitioners listen for and inquire about the things that matter to the man, his
core values and aspirations and the kinds of relationship he hopes for.
• Work is deliberative and iterative, focusing on meaning-making in a
contextualised way.
• Men create richer stories about their lives, informed by their ethical preferences. |
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Definition
How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
2. Supporting men to explore and articulate their ethical preferences (how they wish to live).
• Practitioners listen for and inquire about the things that matter to the man, his
core values and aspirations and the kinds of relationship he hopes for.
• Work is deliberative and iterative, focusing on meaning-making in a
contextualised way.
• Men create richer stories about their lives, informed by their ethical preferences. |
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How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
3. Open up conversations through curious inquiry, rather than shutting it down through confrontational approaches.
• Working from a position of curiosity, practitioners ask questions of men to enable them to see what is stopping them from realising their ethical preferences.
For example:
• What gets in the way of you realising your ethical preferences?
• What restrains you from choosing respectful and non-violent ways of being?
• How does the cultural context shape your individual beliefs and actions? |
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Definition
How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
3. Open up conversations through curious inquiry, rather than shutting it down through confrontational approaches.
• Working from a position of curiosity, practitioners ask questions of men to enable them to see what is stopping them from realising their ethical preferences.
For example:
• What gets in the way of you realising your ethical preferences?
• What restrains you from choosing respectful and non-violent ways of being?
• How does the cultural context shape your individual beliefs and actions? |
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How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
4. Supporting men in experiencing their shame in an environment that is non-judgemental and safe.
• Shame plays an important role in the process of taking
responsibility.
• Practitioners slowly and sensitively engage men in conversations about their shame and other difficult feelings, in an environment that is non-judgemental and safe.
• Practitioners support men in facing their shame in a way that highlights the contradictions between their behaviour and their stated ethical preferences. |
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Definition
How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
4. Supporting men in experiencing their shame in an environment that is non-judgemental and safe.
• Shame plays an important role in the process of taking
responsibility.
• Practitioners slowly and sensitively engage men in conversations about their shame and other difficult feelings, in an environment that is non-judgemental and safe.
• Practitioners support men in facing their shame in a way that highlights the contradictions between their behaviour and their stated ethical preferences. |
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How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
5. Maintain a focus on social change, recognising that violence is an expression of power relations and is therefore essentially political in nature.
• Practitioners support men to name their violence and articulate its effects on women and children.
• The recognition of harms done to others cannot be forced; trying to rush this can lead to active resistance, avoidance or defensiveness.
• Men’s capacity to offer precise and accurate descriptions of their violence and its effects is a key indicator of their readiness to change. |
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Definition
How invitational narrative practice engages men who use violence.
5. Maintain a focus on social change, recognising that violence is an expression of power relations and is therefore essentially political in nature.
• Practitioners support men to name their violence and articulate its effects on women and children.
• The recognition of harms done to others cannot be forced; trying to rush this can lead to active resistance, avoidance or defensiveness.
• Men’s capacity to offer precise and accurate descriptions of their violence and its effects is a key indicator of their readiness to change. |
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Principles of Invitational narrative practice:
1. assumption that, with skilled & careful facilitation, men are capable of generating their own commitments to non-violence and to honouring the needs, rights and interests of others.
2. Notions of responsibility, power and gender, are also central to both approaches, based on the recognition that violence is a choice
3. Change is more likely to occur when clients own the solutions and when the solutions have real meaning in their lives |
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Definition
Principles of Invitational narrative practice:
1. assumption that, with skilled & careful facilitation, men are capable of generating their own commitments to non-violence and to honouring the needs, rights and interests of others.
2. Notions of responsibility, power and gender, are also central to both approaches, based on the recognition that violence is a choice
3. Change is more likely to occur when clients own the solutions and when the solutions have real meaning in their lives |
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Invitational narrative practice - CYCLE
1. Respectful. Competent
2. Ethical Preferences
3. Restraining Ideas
4. Experiencing shame
5. Affect on partners and children |
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Definition
Invitational narrative practice - CYCLE
1. Respectful. Competent
2. Ethical Preferences
3. Restraining Ideas
4. Experiencing shame
5. Affect on partners and children |
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Invitational narrative practice - Goals through the Cycle.
To see:
1. How men name abusive practices - Especially when they can give specific details
2. How men understand the effects of abuse - especially when they can explain this in concrete details
3. how men develop an attentiveness to other peoples experiences, rather than a self-focused stance
4. how men face their shame
5. how they engage with mens use of violence against women in a socio-political context |
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Definition
Invitational narrative practice - Goals through the Cycle.
To see:
1. How men name abusive practices - Especially when they can give specific details
2. How men understand the effects of abuse - especially when they can explain this in concrete details
3. how men develop an attentiveness to other peoples experiences, rather than a self-focused stance
4. how men face their shame
5. how they engage with mens use of violence against women in a socio-political context |
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