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Publication date: 8 October 2019

Mark Andrew Haydon-Laurelut and Karl Nunkoosing

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on the article by Flynn et al.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on the article by Flynn et al.

Design/methodology/approach

In this commentary, the authors will develop some further thoughts about the importance of empathy, its relational nature and place in practice. The authors use some examples from systemic practice to illustrate.

Findings

Social psychological research underlines the importance of empathy in practice. Systemic practice and other collaborative approaches that ask about the experiences and abilities of people with a learning disability and their networks can support new possibilities as network members are listened to, included and respected.

Originality/value

The relational nature of empathy and its connection with practice is explored in this paper.

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Tizard Learning Disability Review, vol. 24 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1359-5474

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Publication date: 23 November 2020

Mark Andrew Haydon-Laurelut

This paper is a commentary inspired by Laura McKenzie-Smith’s review paper.

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Purpose

This paper is a commentary inspired by Laura McKenzie-Smith’s review paper.

Design/methodology/approach

This commentary provides a personal perspective on the intersections of narrative practice and the support of people with a learning disability.

Findings

This commentary highlights some further possibilities of narrative ideas beyond therapy. This paper explores examples of record keeping and research as sites for story construction about lives and identities.

Research limitations/implications

This is a personal perspective of a systemic psychotherapist and academic working with people with a learning disability.

Practical implications

This paper argues that the stories we tell ourselves and others about our work and the people we support are powerful in ways of which we may not always be aware.

Social implications

In common with person-centred planning, narrative ideas highlight the power of the stories circulating about a person and their network and the implications they may have for their lives and identities.

Originality/value

This commentary explores narrative practices beyond the context of therapy, highlighting organisational, administrative and research practices as story-constructing activities that co-create identities of persons with a learning disability, their networks of support and health and social care professionals.

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Tizard Learning Disability Review, vol. 25 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1359-5474

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