by The Platform | Feb 13, 2026 | Narrative Practices, Publications
By Veronica Heney, Co-Lead of the Narrative Practices Lab, Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities It can be easy to take for granted that self-harm is shameful – that people who self-harm would inevitably feel ashamed that this is a practice they engage... 
by The Platform | Oct 8, 2025 | Events recap, Narrative Practices
On September 18th, the Narrative Practices Lab hosted a stakeholder workshop to co-design a new Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme focused on Narrative Practices in health and community contexts. The event brought together professionals from public... 
by The Platform | May 28, 2025 | Narrative Practices, Publications
Dr Veronica Heney introduces her recent paper: Creating Care for People Who Self-Harm through Transformation of Aesthetic Objects. When people write about the relationship between fictional depictions of self-harm and care, there are often two main trends. The first,... 
by The Narrative Practices Lab | Apr 4, 2025 | Events recap, Narrative Practices
Last month, the Narrative Practices Lab hosted a hybrid workshop that brought academic and artistic perspectives in dialogue to explore how tarot might be reclaimed as a narrative method. Through a decolonial lens, we unpacked the narrative affordances of tarot as a...