A 3-Day Intensive Certificate Training Program
Zion Retreat Center, 6910 Yucca Drive, Galveston, TX 77551 Zion Retreat Center, 6910 Yucca Drive, Galveston, TXLearning & Doing Brief Narrative Therapy: Single-session, walk-in clinics & briefer therapy Karen Young & Jim Duvall 3-day Registration Cost: Super Early Bird Rate: $230 (by 3/15/18) Early Bird Rate: $300 (by 4/15/18) Regular Rate: $360 STUDENT 3-day Rate: Super Early Bird Rate: $180 (by 3/15/18) Regular Student Rate: $270.00 1-day Only Registration Cost: Super…
Brief Narrative Therapy: Time-sensitive practices for countering distress in these daunting times.
Brief Narrative Therapy: Time-sensitive practices for countering distress in these daunting times. VIRTUAL WORKSHOP (February 18 – 19, 2021 -1:00 pm– 4:30 pm CDT 6 hrs of CEUs provided over 2 days) The rituals of hope and unity that helped people endure the beginning stage of the pandemic have now given way to exhaustion and…
Mapping Narrative Conversations: Journeys Towards Preferred Identities
WORKSHOP HOURS: Friday, Nov. 19th, and Saturday, Nov. 20th, 2021. 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm (CDT) Narrative conversations are like skeleton keys that open doors to multiple worlds of experience. They inspire people to break free from taken-for-granted beliefs and embark on journeys toward what is possible to know and do about their lives.…
Externalizing Conversations and Magical Realism: Novel Practices for Challenging Problems
Externalizing conversations are a foundational practice within narrative therapy. These conversations are a movement away from an internalizing practice of locating problems within people to a relational practice of locating problems separate from people. Situated in this relational position people can question their relationship with problems and explore the effects of the problem on their…
A Comprehensive Introduction to Brief Narrative Therapy: key assumptions, operating principles, ethical practices.
WORKSHOP HOURS: Friday, April 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23, 2022 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm (CDT - US Central Time) This introductory workshop serves as a threshold for those practitioners interested in the ongoing study of the key ideas and time sensitive practices of brief narrative therapy. Brief narrative therapy introduces the idea that our…
Narrative Practices and Neurobiology: Intersections that refine, expand, and optimize therapeutic possibilities
ZOOM WORKSHOP HOURS: Friday, May 20, 1pm tp 5pm & Saturday, May 21, 9am to 1pm (US central Time) Narrative theory proposed in the 1990s by White & Epston, offers a collection of life-changing practices to assist people in reclaiming their identities from problem experiences. Narrative therapy has become well-known for many of its respectful and…
A Comprehensive Introduction to Brief Narrative Therapy: key assumptions, operating principles, ethical practices.
With Jim Duvall WORKSHOP HOURS: Friday, November 4th, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm and Saturday, November 5th, 9 am – 12:30 pm, 2022 (CDT – US Central Time) This introductory workshop serves as a threshold for practitioners interested in the study of the key ideas and time sensitive practices of brief narrative therapy. Brief narrative…
Integrating Narrative Therapy and Mindfulness: Ideas & practices for rich therapeutic possibilities.
With Ian Percy & David Paré WORKSHOP HOURS: Two Consecutive Fridays, on December 2nd and 9th, 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm, 2022 (CST – US Central Standard Time) In this workshop, Ian Percy (Perth, Australia) and David Paré (Ottawa, Canada) offer ideas and practices for integrating narrative therapy and mindfulness. While the two traditions of…
Narrative Practices, Trauma and Embodiment: Evolving ideas in action
"People are not passive recipients of trauma; they respond to trauma in the best way that they know how". – Michael White, 2007, Toronto Many present-day ideas about trauma make a direct link between trauma and psychological pain that can often lead therapists to incapacitating and pathologizing conclusions. “These understandings also lead to the construction…