This journal breaks new ground in a number of areas.

Part One contains two practice-based papers. In the first, ‘Narrative ideas in the field of child protection’, Alison Knight and Rob Koch describe how double-listening, outsider-witnesses, externalising conversations, and children’s drawing can be used with children and their families in child protection settings. This is followed by ‘The taming of Ferdinand: Narrative therapy and people affected with intellectual disabilities’.

Part Two considers new possibilities for bringing together narrative practice, songs, and songwriting. For some years, music and song have played a part in narrative community gatherings and collective narrative practice. Chris Wever’s paper, ‘Musical re-tellings: Songs, singing, and resonance in narrative practice’, describes how songwriting can also be a part of narrative therapy consultations. Therese Hegarty, in ‘Songs as re-tellings’, then describes the use of songwriting in a group setting with people who have a history of heroin addiction.

Finally, Part Three explores how narrative therapy can be shaped to fit and respond to local cultures. By describing examples of practice from Newfoundland and Quebec, Linda Moxley-Heagert invites practitioners to consider how different narrative practices may be relevant and resonant in different cultural contexts and why.

We hope you enjoy this thoughtful collection!