Full Course Description


What Informs Narrative Therapy?

“The person is not the problem; the problem is the problem”. – Michael White

This formative statement is a core principle for narrative-oriented therapists. Something becomes “a problem” when it gets in the way of a person’s life, visions, and hopes. How we approach the problem shapes how we look at it, what we will find, and how we might act in response.

A client may come to you in the grip of a problem-saturated story about themselves or some aspect of their life. Narrative therapy approaches invoke curiosity about the meaning of the problem to them, how this informs their thoughts and actions, and ways in which these are, or are not, helpful.

As an alternative to defining the person according to the problem or locating the problem within the person, a narrative-oriented therapist is guided by ‘positioning’ theory which suggests we come to know and experience ourselves through relationships located within specific histories, cultures, and political systems.

Informed by this orientation, therapist and client work collaboratively to co-research, deconstruct and reauthor the problem-saturated story. This can help the client to reclaim their life from the effects of a problem, and to discover or find their way back to preferred identity conclusions.

This in turn can open hopeful possibilities which honour valued relationships and treasured aspects of their history and culture.

This workshop includes illustrative examples, practical exercises, case study reflections, journal articles, handouts, and ample presenter-attendee dialogue.

Program Information

Objectives

Learning objectives of this training:

  1. Have a greater appreciation of, and to be able to work more effectively with, language, discourse and power relations within the therapeutic context.
  2. Understand and work with the ‘normalising gaze’ and the significance of power relations.
  3. Work with the concept of multiple identities, identity conclusions and the externalising of problems.
  4. Develop insight into the value and application of double listening.
  5. Begin to develop the skills of deconstruction and re-authoring.
  6. Appreciate the value of eliciting clients’ ‘insider knowing’ and attending closely to hopes, visions, values and commitments.
  7. Reflect on the power dynamics of the therapeutic relationship and potential influences on both therapist and client

“This workshop introduces effective therapeutic practices for walking alongside clients as they explore what strengthens, nourishes and enlivens … a respectful way of being in relationship that can be transformative for both of us."   Merle Conyer

 

How will you benefit from attending this training?

  • Ability to identify and challenge some taken for-granted truths about people, problems and the practice of therapy.
  • Become keenly aware of and skilled in using language that is more collaborative, non- pathologising and ultimately more helpful and productive for your clients.
  • Be able to draw on a richer repertoire of models, techniques and interventions.

Outline

Morning Session (includes a short morning tea break)

  • The role of language, discourse and social construction in the formation of identity, problems and approaches to problems.
  • Narrative/non-narrative distinctions.
  • The normalising gaze, attribution of meaning, positioning theory and intentional states. Double listening and the assumption of multiple storylines.

 

Afternoon Session (includes a short afternoon tea break)

  • Flow of deconstructing and reframing a problem-saturated story. Externalising the problem. Interviewing the problem. Reauthoring. Adopting a decentred and influential stance.
  • Questions and answers, reflections on the day.

Evaluation and post-test - your payment includes a free post-test which when completed with a minimum of 80% correct answers, will enable you to download your Attendance Certificate.

To complete the test, please log into your account at pdp-catalogue.com.au and click the orange "Certificate" button under the program's title. 

For live webcasts, post-tests must be completed within one week of viewing the program. (There is no deadline to complete the post-test for digital downloads)

Target Audience

This seminar has been designed to extend the clinical knowledge and applied skill of Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Coaches, Psychologists, Hypnotherapists, Social Workers, Case Workers, Pastoral Care Workers, Community Workers, Mental Health Nurses and Psychiatrists.

Copyright : 11/30/2021

Scaffolding, Questioning, and Double Listening

“The person is not the problem; the problem is the problem”. – Michael White

This formative statement is a core principle for narrative-oriented therapists. Something becomes “a problem” when it gets in the way of a person’s life, visions, and hopes. How we approach the problem shapes how we look at it, what we will find, and how we might act in response.

A client may come to you in the grip of a problem-saturated story about themselves or some aspect of their life. Narrative therapy approaches invoke curiosity about the meaning of the problem to them, how this informs their thoughts and actions, and ways in which these are, or are not, helpful.

As an alternative to defining the person according to the problem or locating the problem within the person, a narrative-oriented therapist is guided by ‘positioning’ theory which suggests we come to know and experience ourselves through relationships located within specific histories, cultures, and political systems.

Informed by this orientation, therapist and client work collaboratively to co-research, deconstruct and reauthor the problem-saturated story. This can help the client to reclaim their life from the effects of a problem, and to discover or find their way back to preferred identity conclusions.

This in turn can open hopeful possibilities which honour valued relationships and treasured aspects of their history and culture.

This workshop includes illustrative examples, practical exercises, case study reflections, journal articles, handouts, and ample presenter-attendee dialogue.

Program Information

Objectives

Learning objectives of this training:

  1. Have a greater appreciation of, and to be able to work more effectively with, language, discourse and power relations within the therapeutic context.
  2. Understand and work with the ‘normalising gaze’ and the significance of power relations.
  3. Work with the concept of multiple identities, identity conclusions and the externalising of problems.
  4. Develop insight into the value and application of double listening.
  5. Begin to develop the skills of deconstruction and re-authoring.
  6. Appreciate the value of eliciting clients’ ‘insider knowing’ and attending closely to hopes, visions, values and commitments.
  7. Reflect on the power dynamics of the therapeutic relationship and potential influences on both therapist and client

“This workshop introduces effective therapeutic practices for walking alongside clients as they explore what strengthens, nourishes and enlivens … a respectful way of being in relationship that can be transformative for both of us."   Merle Conyer

 

How will you benefit from attending this training?

  • Ability to identify and challenge some taken for-granted truths about people, problems and the practice of therapy.
  • Become keenly aware of and skilled in using language that is more collaborative, non- pathologising and ultimately more helpful and productive for your clients.
  • Be able to draw on a richer repertoire of models, techniques and interventions.

Outline

Morning Session (includes a short morning tea break)

  • The role of language, discourse and social construction in the formation of identity, problems and approaches to problems.
  • Narrative/non-narrative distinctions.
  • The normalising gaze, attribution of meaning, positioning theory and intentional states. Double listening and the assumption of multiple storylines.

 

Afternoon Session (includes a short afternoon tea break)

  • Flow of deconstructing and reframing a problem-saturated story. Externalising the problem. Interviewing the problem. Reauthoring. Adopting a decentred and influential stance.
  • Questions and answers, reflections on the day.

Evaluation and post-test - your payment includes a free post-test which when completed with a minimum of 80% correct answers, will enable you to download your Attendance Certificate.

To complete the test, please log into your account at pdp-catalogue.com.au and click the orange "Certificate" button under the program's title. 

For live webcasts, post-tests must be completed within one week of viewing the program. (There is no deadline to complete the post-test for digital downloads)

Target Audience

This seminar has been designed to extend the clinical knowledge and applied skill of Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Coaches, Psychologists, Hypnotherapists, Social Workers, Case Workers, Pastoral Care Workers, Community Workers, Mental Health Nurses and Psychiatrists.

Copyright : 11/30/2021

Flow of the Narrative Conversation

“The person is not the problem; the problem is the problem”. – Michael White

This formative statement is a core principle for narrative-oriented therapists. Something becomes “a problem” when it gets in the way of a person’s life, visions, and hopes. How we approach the problem shapes how we look at it, what we will find, and how we might act in response.

A client may come to you in the grip of a problem-saturated story about themselves or some aspect of their life. Narrative therapy approaches invoke curiosity about the meaning of the problem to them, how this informs their thoughts and actions, and ways in which these are, or are not, helpful.

As an alternative to defining the person according to the problem or locating the problem within the person, a narrative-oriented therapist is guided by ‘positioning’ theory which suggests we come to know and experience ourselves through relationships located within specific histories, cultures, and political systems.

Informed by this orientation, therapist and client work collaboratively to co-research, deconstruct and reauthor the problem-saturated story. This can help the client to reclaim their life from the effects of a problem, and to discover or find their way back to preferred identity conclusions.

This in turn can open hopeful possibilities which honour valued relationships and treasured aspects of their history and culture.

This workshop includes illustrative examples, practical exercises, case study reflections, journal articles, handouts, and ample presenter-attendee dialogue.

Program Information

Objectives

Learning objectives of this training:

  1. Have a greater appreciation of, and to be able to work more effectively with, language, discourse and power relations within the therapeutic context.
  2. Understand and work with the ‘normalising gaze’ and the significance of power relations.
  3. Work with the concept of multiple identities, identity conclusions and the externalising of problems.
  4. Develop insight into the value and application of double listening.
  5. Begin to develop the skills of deconstruction and re-authoring.
  6. Appreciate the value of eliciting clients’ ‘insider knowing’ and attending closely to hopes, visions, values and commitments.
  7. Reflect on the power dynamics of the therapeutic relationship and potential influences on both therapist and client

“This workshop introduces effective therapeutic practices for walking alongside clients as they explore what strengthens, nourishes and enlivens … a respectful way of being in relationship that can be transformative for both of us."   Merle Conyer

 

How will you benefit from attending this training?

  • Ability to identify and challenge some taken for-granted truths about people, problems and the practice of therapy.
  • Become keenly aware of and skilled in using language that is more collaborative, non- pathologising and ultimately more helpful and productive for your clients.
  • Be able to draw on a richer repertoire of models, techniques and interventions.

Outline

Morning Session (includes a short morning tea break)

  • The role of language, discourse and social construction in the formation of identity, problems and approaches to problems.
  • Narrative/non-narrative distinctions.
  • The normalising gaze, attribution of meaning, positioning theory and intentional states. Double listening and the assumption of multiple storylines.

 

Afternoon Session (includes a short afternoon tea break)

  • Flow of deconstructing and reframing a problem-saturated story. Externalising the problem. Interviewing the problem. Reauthoring. Adopting a decentred and influential stance.
  • Questions and answers, reflections on the day.

Evaluation and post-test - your payment includes a free post-test which when completed with a minimum of 80% correct answers, will enable you to download your Attendance Certificate.

To complete the test, please log into your account at pdp-catalogue.com.au and click the orange "Certificate" button under the program's title. 

For live webcasts, post-tests must be completed within one week of viewing the program. (There is no deadline to complete the post-test for digital downloads)

Target Audience

This seminar has been designed to extend the clinical knowledge and applied skill of Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Coaches, Psychologists, Hypnotherapists, Social Workers, Case Workers, Pastoral Care Workers, Community Workers, Mental Health Nurses and Psychiatrists.

Copyright : 11/30/2021

Therapist’s Orientation

“The person is not the problem; the problem is the problem”. – Michael White

This formative statement is a core principle for narrative-oriented therapists. Something becomes “a problem” when it gets in the way of a person’s life, visions, and hopes. How we approach the problem shapes how we look at it, what we will find, and how we might act in response.

A client may come to you in the grip of a problem-saturated story about themselves or some aspect of their life. Narrative therapy approaches invoke curiosity about the meaning of the problem to them, how this informs their thoughts and actions, and ways in which these are, or are not, helpful.

As an alternative to defining the person according to the problem or locating the problem within the person, a narrative-oriented therapist is guided by ‘positioning’ theory which suggests we come to know and experience ourselves through relationships located within specific histories, cultures, and political systems.

Informed by this orientation, therapist and client work collaboratively to co-research, deconstruct and reauthor the problem-saturated story. This can help the client to reclaim their life from the effects of a problem, and to discover or find their way back to preferred identity conclusions.

This in turn can open hopeful possibilities which honour valued relationships and treasured aspects of their history and culture.

This workshop includes illustrative examples, practical exercises, case study reflections, journal articles, handouts, and ample presenter-attendee dialogue.

Program Information

Objectives

Learning objectives of this training:

  1. Have a greater appreciation of, and to be able to work more effectively with, language, discourse and power relations within the therapeutic context.
  2. Understand and work with the ‘normalising gaze’ and the significance of power relations.
  3. Work with the concept of multiple identities, identity conclusions and the externalising of problems.
  4. Develop insight into the value and application of double listening.
  5. Begin to develop the skills of deconstruction and re-authoring.
  6. Appreciate the value of eliciting clients’ ‘insider knowing’ and attending closely to hopes, visions, values and commitments.
  7. Reflect on the power dynamics of the therapeutic relationship and potential influences on both therapist and client

“This workshop introduces effective therapeutic practices for walking alongside clients as they explore what strengthens, nourishes and enlivens … a respectful way of being in relationship that can be transformative for both of us."   Merle Conyer

 

How will you benefit from attending this training?

  • Ability to identify and challenge some taken for-granted truths about people, problems and the practice of therapy.
  • Become keenly aware of and skilled in using language that is more collaborative, non- pathologising and ultimately more helpful and productive for your clients.
  • Be able to draw on a richer repertoire of models, techniques and interventions.

Outline

Morning Session (includes a short morning tea break)

  • The role of language, discourse and social construction in the formation of identity, problems and approaches to problems.
  • Narrative/non-narrative distinctions.
  • The normalising gaze, attribution of meaning, positioning theory and intentional states. Double listening and the assumption of multiple storylines.

 

Afternoon Session (includes a short afternoon tea break)

  • Flow of deconstructing and reframing a problem-saturated story. Externalising the problem. Interviewing the problem. Reauthoring. Adopting a decentred and influential stance.
  • Questions and answers, reflections on the day.

Evaluation and post-test - your payment includes a free post-test which when completed with a minimum of 80% correct answers, will enable you to download your Attendance Certificate.

To complete the test, please log into your account at pdp-catalogue.com.au and click the orange "Certificate" button under the program's title. 

For live webcasts, post-tests must be completed within one week of viewing the program. (There is no deadline to complete the post-test for digital downloads)

Target Audience

This seminar has been designed to extend the clinical knowledge and applied skill of Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Coaches, Psychologists, Hypnotherapists, Social Workers, Case Workers, Pastoral Care Workers, Community Workers, Mental Health Nurses and Psychiatrists.

Copyright : 11/30/2021

Narrative Therapy - Re-Authoring Stories Towards Agency, Dignity and Hope: A one-day workshop of core concepts and key skills to enrich your clinical repertoire.

“The person is not the problem; the problem is the problem”. – Michael White

This formative statement is a core principle for narrative-oriented therapists. Something becomes “a problem” when it gets in the way of a person’s life, visions, and hopes. How we approach the problem shapes how we look at it, what we will find, and how we might act in response.

A client may come to you in the grip of a problem-saturated story about themselves or some aspect of their life. Narrative therapy approaches invoke curiosity about the meaning of the problem to them, how this informs their thoughts and actions, and ways in which these are, or are not, helpful.

As an alternative to defining the person according to the problem or locating the problem within the person, a narrative-oriented therapist is guided by ‘positioning’ theory which suggests we come to know and experience ourselves through relationships located within specific histories, cultures, and political systems.

Informed by this orientation, therapist and client work collaboratively to co-research, deconstruct and reauthor the problem-saturated story. This can help the client to reclaim their life from the effects of a problem, and to discover or find their way back to preferred identity conclusions.

This in turn can open hopeful possibilities which honor valued relationships and treasured aspects of their history and culture.

This workshop includes illustrative examples, practical exercises, case study reflections, journal articles, handouts, and ample presenter-attendee dialogue.

Register today for this transformative training!

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Build an understanding of language, discourse and power relations within the therapeutic context.
  2. Build an understanding and develop how to work with the ‘normalizing gaze’ and the significance of power relations.
  3. Develop an understanding into the value and application of double listening.
  4. Develop the skills of deconstruction and re-authoring.
  5. Build an understanding of the value of eliciting clients’ ‘insider knowing’ and attending closely to hopes, visions, values and commitments.
  6. Build an understanding of the power dynamics of the therapeutic relationship and potential influences on both therapist and client

Outline

Introduction
Overview
What is narrative therapy

  • Stories
  • Metaphors
  • Theoretical roots and influences
  • Social constructionism
  • Discourse
  • Normalizing gaze
  • Post-structuralism
  • Problems
  • Scaffolding
  • Questions
  • Double listening

Flow of narrative conversation

  • Hear the story
  • Externalizing
  • Map the problem’s influence
  • Explore alternative meanings and exceptions
  • Develop preferred stories and re-authoring

Therapist’s orientation

  • Therapeutic posture
  • De-centered and influential

Reflexive practice

Resources

Themes

Reflection

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Psychotherapists
  • Coaches
  • Psychologists
  • Hypnotherapists
  • Social Workers
  • Case Workers
  • Pastoral Care Workers
  • Community Workers
  • Mental Health Nurses
  • Psychiatrists

Copyright : 11/30/2021

The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook

Traumatic life experiences can be devastating and they inevitably shape who you are. Such events can also become a powerful force that awakens you to an undercurrent of your own aliveness. Trauma recovery involves learning to trust in your capacity for new growth. In order to grow, we must make use of our suffering in order to find our happiness.

Within these pages, you will find an invitation to see yourself as the hero or heroine of your own life journey. A hero’s journey involves walking into the darkness on a quest for wholeness. This interactive format calls for journaling and self-reflection, with practices that guide you beyond the pain of your past and help you discover a sense of meaning and purpose in your life. Successful navigation of a hero’s journey provides opportunities to discover that you are more powerful than you had previously realized.

Written by Dr. Arielle Schwartz, bestselling author of The Complex PTSD Workbook, this healing guide provides a step-by-step approach to trauma recovery that integrates:

  • Mindfulness & yoga
  • Somatic psychology
  • EMDR therapy
  • Parts work therapy
  • Relational therapy

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: The Workbook

“Part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself – to let go of the limiting stories you’ve told yourself about who you are so that you can live your life, and not the stories you’ve been telling yourself about your life.”
Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

When Maybe You Should Talk to Someone was released into the world, it became an instant New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon, with readers across the globe finding their truth in the powerful stories Lori Gottlieb shared from inside her therapy room. As millions highlighted and underlined page after page, a movement took shape and they asked for more: Can you take these lessons and create for us a guide as transformative as the book itself?

Lori decided to do just that. In this empowering, one-of-a-kind workbook, Lori offers a step-by-step process for becoming the author of your own life by giving it a thorough edit. Using eye-opening concepts, thought-provoking exercises, compelling writing prompts, and real examples from the patients in the original book, Lori has created an easy-to-follow guide through the journey of becoming our own editors, examining aspects of our narratives that hold us back, and discovering the ways in which changing our stories can change our lives.

An experience, a meditation, and a practical toolkit combined into one, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: The Workbook is the companion readers have been asking for: a revolutionary method for understanding which stories to keep and which to revise so that we can create our own personal masterpieces. By the end of this “unknowing,” you will be surprised, inspired, and most of all, liberated.