Brief & Narrative Therapies With Families, Couples and Individuals

Faculty: Tod Augusta-Scott, Laura Beres, Scot Cooper, Jim Duvall, Eric King, David Pare, Karen Young, & Nancy Webb

As a busy professional, you’ve got a full work-load and the usual life details to juggle. I know because I’m in the same boat! You want to truly make a difference with the people who come to you for help. You want to be inspired by your work and take good care of yourself at the same time. In this year’s extern training program it is easier than ever to do just that!

This year’s program has been refined with the practicing professional in mind. The knowledge and skills are presented in highly understandable, realistic adult learning formats, even including the opportunity to participate in “live” sessions.

The course is scheduled for 20 full days from September 2007 – June 2008; one day every other week, alternating Fridays and Saturdays. This makes it easier for the practising professional to participate in this exciting and rich learning experience – no major lifestyle changes required. In short, you get to maintain your professional and personal life with minimal disruption – and experience the confidence gained through time for reflecting and practising your brief therapy and narrative therapy skills between sessions.

• Beginning with the key concepts and operating principles, you will immediately learn skills that you can apply in your working environment and everyday life,
• Learn the philosophical positions that support brief and narrative practices
• There will be a focus on your unique learning objectives and skill development.
• You will be introduced to such ideas as what makes therapy “brief”.
• You will practise methods for incrementally mapping a useful therapeutic conversation.
• Find out how to form questions for the different stages of therapy.
• Learn how micro-maps and questions make it possible for people to address the concerns that brought them to therapy.
• You will learn methods of conducting respectful, collaborative therapy from the very first session through to therapeutic closure.

You will also be introduced to the most current knowledge and skill development about how to work with the effects of problems such as depression, trauma, eating disorders, violence, abuse and more. In addition you will learn realistic methods for protecting yourself from professional fatigue when working with complex, distressful issues. Finally, you will be encouraged to integrate this inspiring way of working with people using your own practice wisdom and working environment – making this your own unique brief and narrative therapy. Jim Duvall, Director Brief Therapy Training Centres-International

The course curriculum is designed over three learning modules as follows:

Module 1: Sessions 1–7; An introduction to the Guiding Assumptions, Operating Principles and Practices.

Module 2: Sessions 8–15; Integrating the ideas into your own personal style and working environment.

Module 3: Session 15-20; Advanced techniques and special topics

This year-long extern training program strongly integrates theory with practice by incorporating a comprehensive course curriculum, comprehensive handout packages, didactic presentations, experiential exercises (practise, practise, practise), case discussion, video-taped examples, and live family sessions.

As a preliminary step to learn more about the program, or to make application to the program, please send a copy of your resume to Edythe Nerlich at enerlich@hincksdellcrest.org.  You may also call 416-972-1935 x 3341 for more information.

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