Listen as Gail is interviewed by Vincent Ryan as part of a series on expert experiential practitioners. "In order to heal, we must be able to imagine ourselves a different way!"

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Why do so many people suffer shame? And how can the voicing of their narratives, within a compassionate relationship. unlock frozen stories and allow flow and healing? Gail discusses this phenomenon in her third conversation with Talk Show Host Doug Foresta.

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How do forgotten, interrupted, or false stories affect your life? What do you do when you feel "stuck in the past" but don't know how to move forward?  How can you confidently voice your truth?  Narrative Reconstruction is a mindful voicing and listening that can then be brought into all other relationships. It allows participants to discover the answers they already hold, in a creative approach and within a nurturing relationship.  Narratology is the study of story, and how we give and take meaning from our lives and come to understand our worlds.

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This episode features an interview with narratologist Gail Noppe-Brandon, as she discusses her work and the importance of creating a coherent narrative. Learn how to harness the power of story, why narrative is important, and how narrative coaching can you get unstuck. 

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Coming in 2017: A chapter co-authored with Robin Ticic, (Co-author of 'Unlocking the Emotional Brain, with Bruce Ecker) in a German text on trauma therapy. The chapter explains Coherence Therapy, with a case example from Gail's practice involving a teen who is freed from his life long use of Ritalin, and his label as 'disruptive', to become the excellent listener and learner he was always capable of being, through the use of Coherence Therapy to re-consoildate memories and Narrative Reconstruction to re-frame the story. Gail is an Certified Advanced Practitioner of Coherence Therapy. (See Associate Instructors, Coherence Therapy Institute.)

In this chapter, published in Techniques of Grief Therapy, Assessment and Intervention, Gail shares a clinical case in which she helps a seventy year old child of survivors of the Holocaust find the courage to voice her story for the first time, by unearthing and extinguishing the many coherent reasons for having kept silent. In so doing, Gail illustrates the fine clinical art of radical listening.

(See review of the book in Psychology Today, in which Editor, Dr. Robert Neimeyer, mentions her chapter as one of uniquely creative clinical work.

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Published as a chapter in, Grief and the Expressive Arts: Practices for Creating Meaning, a book that details creative approaches and techniques for working through loss in therapy. Gail's chapter outlines a technique called Interplaying, which she developed after decades of work across fields including social work, creative writing, theater production, and dramaturgy, that engages clients in healing dialogues with key figures in their lives.

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Published as a chapter in: Techniques of Grief Therapy: Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved, which is an indispensable guidebook to the most inventive and inspirational interventions in grief and bereavement counseling and therapy. This chapter highlights Gail's narratological work done with teens.

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Published as a chapter in: Dying, Death, and Grief in an Online Universe, a book that offers a broad overview of how the communication technology revolution affects individuals coping with loss and grief, and implications of the "digital divide" between those who are knowledgeable about and have access to modern technology, and those who are not. It also highlights blogging as a mechanism for storytelling and SKYPE as a communication tool. In this chapter, Narratologists Robert Neimeyer and Gail Noppe-Brandon divulge a collaboration on the healing power (and limitations) of sharing grief stories at distance.  (See review of this book in the APA.)

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Published as an article on End of Life Issues for the Elderly. Published in: The Association for Death Education and Counseling®, The Thanatology Association®, Volume 36, No. 2 • April 2010

This article elaborates the moving and transformative results of Gail's narratological work with a group of seniors.

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Using footage from the documentary, Find Your Voice was featured as an episode of In the Mix, the national award-winning TV series on PBS for teens. This special feature on Find Your Voice tells the story of a unique workshop that helped a group of teens tackle common communication fears such as: speaking before a group, sharing their writing, and really listening to one another. Their guide, Gail Noppe-Brandon, was an experienced Coach who for 25 years has helped people of all ages learn to take the risk of being seen and heard. Excellent for classroom use and professional development.

The amazing transformations of a group of diverse teenagers who spend ten weeks with acclaimed Narrative Coach and author, Gail Noppe-Brandon (featured on PBS). As they write, these struggling students begin to find their voices - by learning to listen to one another, and to themselves. 

2008 Winner of the Chris Award at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival

"There are moments in Listening With Their Eyes that quietly break your heart, revealing a potential in young people both enourmous and untapped..." - Marisa Suescun, Education Update