Gene Combs, MD
Director of Behavioral Science Education
Department of Family Medicine
BOOKS:
Freedman, J. & Combs, G. (2002). Narrative therapy with couples... and a whole lot more! Adelaide, S. Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications.
Freedman, J. & Combs, G. (1996) Narrative Therapy: The social construction of preferred realities. New York: Norton.
Combs, G. & Freedman, J. (1990). Symbol, Story, and Ceremony: Using metaphor in individual and family therapy. New York: Norton.
JOURNAL ARTICLES :
Combs, G. & Freedman, J. (2002). Relationships not boundaries. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 23(3), 2002, pp. 203-217.
Freedman, J. & Combs, G. (2001). Facilitating a Narrative Culture in a School. Journal of Systemic Therapies 20(3), Fall 2001, pp. 49-59.
Freedman, J. & Combs, G. (2000). Therapy relationships that open up possibilities for us all. Dulwich Centre Journal (1 & 2), pp. 17-20.
Combs, G. & Freedman, J. (1998). Tellings and retellings. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 24(4), pp. 405-408.
Combs, G. & Freedman, J. (1998). Reflections on adoption. Gecko: A Journal of Deconstruction and Narrative Ideas in Therapeutic Practice, 3, pp. 72-78.
Schneider, M. F. (1998). A narrative dialogue: An interview with Jill Freedman and Gene Combs. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 54(4), Winter, pp. 416-430.
Freedman, J. & Combs, G. (1996). Gender stories. Journal of Systemic Therapies15(1), Spring pp. 31-46.
INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS:
Freedman, J. & Combs, G. (2008). Narrative Couple Therapy. In A. Gurman & N. Jacobson (eds.) Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy (revised edition). New York: Guilford.
Freedman, J. & Combs, G. (2005). Gender and culture in the narrative approach to helping.
In C. L. Rabin (ed.) Understanding gender and culture in the helping process: Practitioners’ narratives from global perspectives. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
Combs, G. & Freedman, J. (2004). A Poststructuralist approach to narrative work. In L.E. Angus & J. McLeod (eds.) The handbook of narrative and psychotherapy: Practice, theory, and research.. London: Sage.
Freedman, J. & Combs, G. (2004). Relational identity in narrative work with couples. In S. Madigan (ed.) Therapy from the Outside In. Vancouver: Yaletown Family Therapy.
Combs, G. (2001). Foreword, in Nylund, D. Treating Hucklebery Finn: A narrative approach to working with kids diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Combs, G. & Freedman, J. (2000). Narrative therapy with couples. In Dattilio, F. M. & Bevilacqua, L. (eds.), Comparative treatments for relationship dysfunction. New York: Springer.
Combs, G. & Freedman, J. (1999). Developing relationships, performing identities. In Narrative therapy and community work: A conference collection. Adelaide, Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications, pp. 27-32.
Combs, G. & Freedman J. (1994). Narrative intentions. in M. Hoyt (ed.) Constructive Therapies. New York: Guilford.
Combs, G. & Freedman, J. (1994). Milton Erickson: Early postmodernist. in J. Zeig (ed.) The Essence of the Story: Ericksonian Methods in Clinical Practice. New York: Bruner/Mazel.
Freedman, J. & Combs, G. (1993). Invitations to new stories: Using questions to explore alternative possibilities. In S. Gilligan & R. Price (eds.) Therapeutic conversations. New York: Norton.
Combs, G. & Ludwig, A. (1982). Dissociative disorders. In J. Griest, J. Jefferson, & R. Spitzer (eds.), Treatment of mental disorders. New York: Oxford University Press.
PLENARY ADDRESSES:
“Implications of the Narrative Metaphor for Working with Partner Relationships” plenary address at Kenniscentrum voor Relatieproblematiek De Keerkring, Beilin, Holland, April 2006
“Community and the Performance of Meaning” plenary address at the 2nd annual International Summer School of Narrative Practice, Dulwich Centre, Adelaide, Australia, November, 2004.
“Relationships and Ethics” plenary address at the North American Narrative Therapy and Community Work Conference, Evanston, IL, August, 2003.
“Conversations about Ethics, Accountability, and Re-membering: What Really Matters in Our Practice” opening plenary for the Australian Narrative Therapy and Community Work Conference, Canberra, Australia, April, 2002.
“Helping People Live out Meaningful Stories of Their Relationship with Illness” plenary address at Family Stories: Meeting the Challenges of Chronic Illness a conference organized by the Cancer Wellness Center, Northbrook, IL, April, 2002.
“A Narrative Approach to Therapy” plenary address for the 33rd Annual Southwestern School for Behavioral Health Studies, Tucson, AZ, July, 2001.
“Stories of Health: Narrative Therapy and Family Practice,” plenary address at the 19th Forum for the Behavioral Sciences in Family Medicine Conference, “The Promise of Family Practice: It’s All in the Relationship,” Chicago, IL, October, 1998.
RECENT INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS:
“Introduction to Narrative Therapy” three-day workshop at the Narrative Therapy Cuba Conference, Havana, Cuba, January 2007
“Consultation from a Narrative Therapy Perspective” workshop at the 28th Annual Meeting for American Family Therapy Academy, Chicago, Illinois, June – July 2006
“Implications of the Narrative Metaphor for Working with Partner Relationships” a two-day workshop at the Kenniscentrum voor Relatieproblematiek De Keerkring, Beilen, Netherlands, April, 2006
“Listening for Everyday Miracles” two-day conference for the Brief Therapy Training Centres International, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 2005
OTHER PRESENTATIONS OF NOTE (a selected list):
“A Poststructuralist Look at Evidence-Based Therapy” and Advanced Session at the AAMFT Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, October, 2001.
“Conversations about Despair and Death in Chronic Illness” workshop at the Collaborative Healthcare Coalition Conference The State of the Art: Collaborative Family Healthcare, National Instititutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, February, 1997.
"Postmodern Romance: Reauthoring Relationships" pre-conference institute at The AAMFT 54th Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, October, 1996.
"Narrative Therapy and Supervision" pre-conference institute at the AAMFT 52nd Annual Conference on Family Therapy, Chicago, 1994.
"Gender Stories: Reauthoring Roles with Narrative Therapy" pre-conference institute at the AAMFT 51st Annual Conference on Family Therapy, Anaheim, 1993.
Joseph P. Gibes, MD
Clinical Instructor
Family Medicine Residency Program
PUBLICATIONS
Letter to the Editor, "The physician-assisted suicide debate," Wisconsin Medical Journal, January 1996, 8.
Gibes JP. Half a Century of Pain. Journal of Patient Education and Counseling. 2008;71(1):3
BOOK CHAPTERS
Gibes JP, Nguyen E. Varona C. Otitis Media, Book Chapter, Medical Student Mentor Series, due for publication in 2008.
Gibes JP, Edberg D, Liu M. Menstrual Disorders, Book Chapter, Medical Student Mentor Series, due for publication in 2008.