Narrative Therapy Centre

Of Toronto

NTC of Toronto’s faculty include Ruth Pluznick, Rick Eckley and Angel Yuen.  They have each been using narrative practices in their work since the early 1990’s and together founded the Narrative Therapy Centre of Toronto in 2004.  Between the three they have a wealth of experience of working in narrative ways with children, adolescents, adults, families, couples. groups and communities.

NTC hosts guest presenters in some of their narrative training programs, and also arranges public workshops and seminars featuring local and international narrative practitioners.  Below are profiles of some of NTC’s guest presenters.

Ruth is Director of Clinical Services at Oolagen Community Services, a children’s mental health centre in Toronto, where she continues to promote narrative ideas and practices in the residential, school and individual and family counseling programs.  Ruth is recognized as one of the first trainers in narrative therapy in Toronto and has provided training to hospitals, school boards and community agencies.

Ruth Pluznick M.S.W., R.S.W.

Angel is a school social worker in Toronto and private therapist in Durham region using narrative approaches with children, young people, families, couples and also in supervision and teaching.  She was invited to join the Dulwich Centre faculty in Adelaide Australia in 2006 to become a tutor for their International Narrative Therapy Training Program.  Angel is co-editor with Cheryl White of the 2007 book Conversations about gender, culture, violence and narrative practice: Stories of hope and complexity from women of many cultures.

Angel Yuen M.S.W., R.S.W.

Maisa Said-Albis has a private practice in Toronto providing narrative therapy, consultation and training. Prior to this, she worked for ten years at a social service agency with children, adolescents and families coping with sexual abuse. She has also worked with young persons and their families in the areas of community support, as well as day and residential treatment.

Maisa Said-Albis, M.S.W., R.S.W.

— GUEST PRESENTERS PRESENT AND PAST —

Chris Chapman has been applying narrative, poststructuralist, and
anti-oppressive ideas to his personal, political, and professional practices
for several years now.  He is currently working in the Men's Wellness team at Catholic Family Services and is pursuing graduate studies through York University.  Chris loves to canoe, read, and share time with his partner, family, and friends.

Chris Chapman, B.S.W., R.S.W.

Karin Jasper Ph.D., M.Ed.

Karin Jasper is a Clinical Specialist with the Day Program for Eating Disorders at the Hospital for Sick Children.  She teaches a course on feminist issues in  counselling and psychotherapy at O.I.S.E./UT  and is co-editor with Catrina Brown of Consuming Passions: Feminist Approaches to Weight Preoccupation and Eating Disorders.  She has been working in the areas of body image, weight preoccupation, and eating disorders for over 15 years.

Dr. Victoria Dickerson is a nationally acclaimed and widely published clinician, teacher, consultant and lecturer.  She is recognized as one of the leading authors and practitioners of narrative therapy in North America and was one of the first among a handful of therapists to adopt these ideas, which were made popular in the United States in the 1990’s. 

Victoria Dickerson Ph.D.