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Working with people who are facing Despair, Feelings of Unworthiness, and/or Suicidal Thoughts can sometimes invite worry and panic for therapists, peer workers, and other helping professionals, and can, at times, take us away from our preferred ways of being with people who are facing these difficult problems. This workshop focuses on how we can use Narrative Therapy practices and principles to stay connected to what we care about and bring social justice into our work with people who are facing Despair, Feelings of Unworthiness, and/or Suicidal Thoughts.
This workshop is for people who have been formally introduced to the Narrative Worldview, by previously taking NTI's "What Is Narrative Therapy?" workshop or an equivalent course or training.
The workshop will cover:
- Dominant discourses or taken-for-granted understandings & responses to “suicide” will be explored and deconstructed. Participants will be invited to consider the influence of these dominant cultural understandings on their work with people who are living with suicidal thoughts, and how these fit and/or don’t with their own ethics.
- Double Listening and Deconstructing “totalizing” identity conclusions through intentional lines of inquiry (e.g,. “I’m a Failure” or “I’m a Troublemaker”) to create openings to subordinated storylines.
- The idea that no one is a passive recipient of trauma and that people always respond in some way to what happens to them. Participants will have a chance to generate response-based questions that can assist a person in feeling a greater sense of agency.
- Participants will be introduced to the practice of Letter Writing Campaigns as a response to working with people who are facing Despair.
- What it might mean to move away from checklists that are meant to evaluate a person’s “safety.” Participants will be invited to consider an alternative checklist of questions that they might want to ask themselves, to support them staying connected to their ethics in the work they do with people facing the difficult problems of suicidal thoughts and/or despair.
Registration Fees:
- Early Bird Registration Rate, available until 9/15/24 — $130.00
- Regular Registration Rate, after 9/15/24 — $140.00
- 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 LICSW/LCSW 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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