Adventures with Narrative Therapy Part 1

About this Training

This training sets out some practical and theoretical Foundations of Narrative Therapy. Narrative Therapy is a therapeutic approach to counseling and psychotherapy that can be particularly effective with children and families, Here children and young people come to express and understand the effects of problems in their lives and so renew the stories about their current relationships and challenges. Narrative Therapy starts with curiosity about the ‘problem’ and commences therapy from a sense of wonder and playfulness.  

In this training, experienced Narrative Therapist Kim Billington explores the foundational concepts of Narrative Therapy and how the principles of this therapeutic approach can be integrated into your practice.

Learning Outcomes

1. Duty of care to protect children
2. The founders of Narrative Therapy
3. Working with parents
4. Social Justice issues as central to Narrative Therapy
5. How to externalise the problem
6. How children are often labelled as the problem
7. The Wonderfulness Interview
8. Meeting the child where they are at in playfulness
9. Creative expression of children’s interests, values and problems
10.Exploring the history and effects of the problem, and the exceptions to the problem

Audience

This training is suitable for any practitioner considering integrating the principles of Narrative Therapy into their practice and will benefit psychologists, counsellors, social workers and occupational therapists working with children.

CPD

Practitioners can claim up to 1.5 CPD unit/point. This Training runs for 1.5 hours. If you are in doubt whether this is claimable, please verify with your CPD Rules.

Enquiries/Assistance

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