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Michael White as Teacher, Mentor Friend: Considering Claims of Guru‐ism
Author(s) -
O'Neill Marilyn
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1375/anft.30.2.132
Subject(s) - white (mutation) , narrative therapy , narrative , reflection (computer programming) , sociology , psychoanalysis , work (physics) , project commissioning , publishing , art , psychology , literature , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , programming language
A reflection written on the 20th anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy and around the first anniversary of the death of its first editor and respected Narrative therapist, author and theorist Michael White. This article reviews the influence of Michael White on the work and life of the author. In this reflection, it reviews some of the significant features of Michael White's teaching, which allows a consideration of claims of ‘guru‐ism’ occasionally related to Michael White's work.