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Sanni Paljakka

Sanni Paljakka is a psychologist and the Director of Training at the Calgary Narrative Collective. Her professional work intersects clinical practice and the training of emerging Narrative therapists. She contributes to the field as a writer and co-editor for the Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy with a particular interest in the construction of therapeutic documents, […]

Sanni Paljakka is a psychologist and the Director of Training at the Calgary Narrative Collective. Her professional work intersects clinical practice and the training of emerging Narrative therapists. She contributes to the field as a writer and co-editor for the Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy with a particular interest in the construction of therapeutic documents, the concept of love and its absence in contemporary relationships, and the complex ethical and therapeutic dilemmas encountered in practice and education. She is the primary author of So You Want to Do Narrative Therapy? Letters to an Aspiring Narrative Therapist (Routledge, 2024). Born in Finland, she spent her teen years in Vienna and currently resides in Calgary, Canada, with her two children.