| Narrative therapy is a collaborative and non-pathologizing approach to counseling and community work that centers people as the experts of their own lives. Narrative therapy is based on the belief that people make meaning of their lives through stories. The stories people live by are not a mirror of a person’s life but are actually shaping of people’s lives and identities. Narrative therapy suggests that stories are not neutral, and are understood to be influenced by a broader context — particularly in the various dimensions of class, race, gender, sexual orientation, and ability.
This workshop is for people who are new(er) to narrative therapy and interested in learning (or learning more) about its collaborative, respectful, and socially just ways of understanding people and problems. By refusing to locate problems inside of people, and by always seeing problems within the broader cultural context in which these problems were produced, narrative therapy stands against the individualizing and pathologizing of people’s suffering. The intention of this workshop is to offer participants a taste of the politics and ethics that guide narrative therapy practices, and an opportunity to consider how and in what ways these values and ethics fit and/or don’t fit with their own values, ethics, and preferred ways of being in this work.
The workshop will cover:
- The theoretical framework that underpins narrative therapy
- The ways stories shape our lives
- Deconstructing questions that can be used to explore (and subvert) taken-for-granted ideas or discourses that contribute to the construction of failure stories, or "totalizing" identity conclusions (e.g. "There's something wrong with me; I'm a failure, etc.)
- The narrative practices of Externalizing, Deconstructing, Double Listening, Unique Outcomes, and Re-authoring
- A live interview with a participant volunteer
This training will be a live, interactive event using the Zoom web conferencing platform. This training will be live streamed and recorded for NTI archives. By registering, you agree to be a participant in a live-streaming event that will be recorded for archive purposes only. No segments of this training will be made available via video or audio. If NTI utilizes this recording in the future, all participant activity will be deleted and/or explicit permission will be obtained before any such segments are released.
Registration Fees:
- Early Bird Registration Rate, available until 9/30/24 — $120.00
- Regular Registration Rate, after 9/30/24 — $135.00
- Student/Senior Registration Rate — $75.00
Additional Information:
- Group Rate: We offer discounts for groups of four or more people from a single agency or organization; to register a group, email narrativetherapyinitiative@gmail.com.
- CEUs: We are approved for 5.5 CEUs for LMFTs with NEAFAST and LICSWs/LCSWs with NASW-MA. Please note it is the participant's responsibility to check with your respective licensing board to determine if these approvals meet the requirements for licensure renewal. If you need LMHC or Psychologist CEUs, we will assist you with the application process by providing you documentation of attendance and workshop information at no charge. If you are an LMFT or LCSW/LICSW and will need a CE certificate, please order one in the registration form. CE Certificates are $25.00.
- Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be given up to 14 days prior to the training minus a $25 cancellation fee. Within 14 days of the training, no refunds will be provided.
- Questions? Email NTI at narrativetherapyinitiative@gmail.com.
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