SCHEDULE OF TRAINING FOR 2013
Certificate Course in Narrative Practice
The one year Certificate Course will not be offered in 2013. The faculty are currently engaged in an ongoing major review and
restructure of this course. It is envisaged that the course will be offered again in 2014 in a new and exciting format, which
will enable narrative practitioners to further develop and extend their skills and understanding .
We understand that the absence of the Certificate Course may disappoint some people who are looking for an opportunity to engage with
narrative practice on an ongoing basis throughout the year. To address this issue we are offering a number of new workshops during
2013 aimed specifically at filling this need. We encourage anyone who was considering the Ongoing Course to look closely at our other workshops
with the view to participating in a number of them throughout the year. They have been designed to cover much of the same territory which would
be covered in the Certificate Course.
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS
An energetic and rigorous introduction to Narrative Practice, that will leave participants keen to explore more. All of the central practices of the narrative approach (as described by Michael White) will be explored, along with an accessible introduction to the thinking that informs the practice. This introduction is relevant for a range of contexts, including counselling, groups and communities.
The course will include explorations of:
- Key ideas of narrative therapy
- Locating narrative therapy in a context
- The narrative metaphor and how stories shape us
- A review of the micro maps of narrative therapy
- The role of externalising conversations with individuals, families and groups
- Re- Authoring conversations through rich story development
- Intentional understandings of identity
- Creating an audience for preferred story development
- The narrative approach in work with individuals, families, groups and communities.
August 5 – 9 with Shona Russell.
For more information and a downloadable flyer/registration form, click here.
ADVANCED WORKSHOPS
Extending the Skills and Practices of Narrative Therapy in Work with Individuals, Families, Groups and Communities
This 5 day workshop is geared for those who wish to review and extend their skills in using narrative approaches in their work. It is not an introductory workshop and a working knowledge of the key components of narrative therapy will be assumed.
We will work together through live interviews, review of transcripts and practical exercises to closely look at the conversational pathways of our work. There will be a focus on expanding the opportunities for people who consult us to reach for what is possible for them to know.
A broad spectrum of narrative ways of working will be explored including the work of Turner and Van Gennep, Migration of Identity, the Absent but implicit, scaffolding conversations, and work to build teams of solidarity and connection.
November 4 – 8, with Shona Russell.
Detailed information and downloadable flyer/registration form coming soon.
..............................Continuing The Learning
A 3 day workshop for people who have done the one-year Certificate in Narrative Practice programme (or equivalent) with Narrative Practices Adelaide at any time over the last six years.
If you have done the one year Certificate Course, and are finding that you would like more opportunity to continue to develop your practice skills, then this workshop is for you! Over the course of the three days Maggie will interview four or five of the participants , and use these interviews as a basis for discussion and input that will extend participants' learning in regard to narrative practice generally, and practice maps in particular.
April 10, 11, 12 with Maggie Carey
Detailed information and downloadable flyer/registration form coming soon.
..............................Supervision: a Team Approach. 2013 Series – NEW INITIATIVE
This new initiative consists of nine lively and engaging supervision sessions held over nine months. This ongoing series is designed to enhance participant’s skill development and competence within complex and diverse work contexts and provides an effective and invigorating alternative to one-on-one supervision.
Sessions will be structured around participant’s shared experiences of their unique work contexts. We will explore hard-won inspirations, and the everyday stumbles, hiccups and dilemmas that come with putting ideas into practice. In the spirit of extending the skills of our work the sessions may include reflections on relevant readings, transcripts and live interviews.
To be held on 9 Thursday evenings:
March 14, April 18, May 16, June 13, July 18
August 15, September 12, October 17, November 14
with Lisa Johnson and Shona Russell.
For more information and to download a flyer/registration form, click here.
SPECIFIC INTEREST WORKSHOPS
Supporting Students in Schools: Narrative Responses to Some Common Dilemmas
When problems gain traction in young people's lives they often cast a bleak shadow over their connection with school and learning.
This two day workshop is an opportunity to reinvigorate the role we play in supporting students to maintain hope in the face of worrisome problems.
This workshop will be suitable for anyone who has a role in student well-being, working from either inside or outside of schools. This includes counsellors and psychologists, SSO’s, attendance officers, youth workers, special education teachers and pastoral care coordinators.
We are interested to look at ways in which a Narrative Approach can respond to the popular ideas of resilience and Positive Education and in this workshop will bring a focus on skill development in practices that we believe can translate these ideas into action.
April 22 & 23 with Maggie Carey and Lisa Johnson.
For more information and to download a flyer/registration form, click here.
Exploring Narrative Approaches to Supervision: The reinvigoration of Professional Identity
Narrative approaches offer many interesting possibilities in supervision. The focus of this workshop is to explore a range of practices that contribute to a re- invigoration of professional identity. Examples of work will be shared, and participants will have opportunity to further develop skills related to effective supervision. Shona has been teaching about narrative approaches to supervision within Australia and internationally for many years and she will embrace the learnings from these workers in this workshop. There will be a specific focus on supervisory conversations with workers responding to violence, abuse and trauma in the context of injustice. Whether you are an experienced supervisor, new to supervision or interested in furthering your understanding of narrative approaches to supervision there will be something of interest for you!
September 16, 17, 18, with Shona Russell.
This workshop is co-hosted by Narrative Practices Adelaide, the Clifton Centre and Bouverie Centre, and will be held in Melbourne.
Detailed information and downloadable flyer/registration form coming soon.
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