narrativeapproaches.com presents on March 1 and 2, 2019 9:30-4:30 at the Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA, 94707:

“The Mystery and Magic of Everyday Life” a new workshop with David Epston, re-imagining the future of narrative therapy

“For the past four years, David and others have been on an adventure searching for new ideas and practices that might re-imagine narrative therapy. David will highlight the development of two promising new practices, Wonderfulness (or virtue) interviews and Insider (or compassionate) Witnessing Practices. David will also reference some of the re-imaginations of his colleagues. At the center of each of these new practices is a commitment to work in ways that restore the beauty and dignity of persons’ life through the honoring of their enduring moral character. Additionally, he will highlight how narrative therapy aspires to come to know the ‘other’ by way of the mystery and magic of ordinary life. This workshop will focus particularly on the ‘mystery and magic’ found in our conversations with children and their families and persons who have suffered from the effects of violence and trauma and how they come to ‘unsuffer’ themselves.“

DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP

The workshop will focus on innovations and new directions for Narrative Therapy. These developments will be set in the context of narrative therapy practices over the last 30 plus years and point to the development new and recent contextualizations for future practices. Innovative techniques such as Insider Witness Practices will be demonstrated. Projects addressing a variety of specialized clinical populations will be introduced. Varied cultural contexts from around the world will be described and exemplified.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

List two or more recent concepts in Narrative Therapy theory.
From material presented, write your own Narrative questions for live review in the workshop.
Demonstrate two new Narrative Therapy techniques in triads
Demonstrate question-asking skills by giving and receiving feedback in triads and in the whole group.
Critique, discuss and assess clinical points with the presenter after watching video demonstrations.
Develop competency in one new or extended Narrative Therapy technique for clinical intervention.
Describe how you would apply one recent Narrative Therapy technique to a new client population.
Describe the development of Insider Witnessing Practice from Marissa Revisits, a 1998 case study, to recent innovations in United States, Canada, France or New Zealand.
Identify and explain your understanding of three new cultural contexts for Narrative Therapy practice.
Craft and be able to use in your practice narrative questions informed by Bakhtin’s notion of love.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

David Epston is a therapist based in Auckland, New Zealand, He holds visiting professorships and participates in academic, research, clinical collaborations around the world. Epston and his late friend and colleague Michael White are the co-founders of narrative therapy.

In New Zealand Epston started working as a senior social worker in an Auckland hospital. From 1981 to 1987 he worked as consultant family therapist at the Leslie Centre, run by Presbyterian Support Services in Auckland. From 1987 to the present he has been co-director of The Family Therapy Centre in Auckland.

In the late 1970s Epston and Michael White led the flowering of family therapy within Australia and New Zealand. Together they started developing their ideas, continuing during the 1980s, and in 1990 published Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends, the first major text in what came to be known as narrative therapy. Since then David has continued to publish prolifically and teach narrative therapy internationally.

Epston was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (D.Litt.) by John F. Kennedy University, in Orinda, California, and he received the Special Award for Distinguished Contributions to Family Therapy from the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This presentation is intended for licensed mental health providers and graduate students in psychology, social work, and related clinical fields. People new to Narrative Therapy are welcome as well as advanced practitioners.

DATES AND PLACE

March 1 and 2, 2019

Friday and Saturday

9:30 am to 4:30pm

Northbrae Community Church

Berkeley, CA 94707

COSTS: The cost for registration for the 2 days is $225. Discounts are available for groups of 3 or more registering together.

CEU’s

Narrativeapproaches.com (#137319) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for licensed mental health professionals and graduate students preparing for those professions. Narrativeapproaches.com maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

This course is intended to meet the qualifications for 12 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. (No additional fees.)

Sorry, no CEU’s for Psychologists this time.

Certificates will be awarded at the conclusion of the workshop.

REGISTRATION:

Please send a check by to:

Narrative Approaches

c/o Suzanne Pregerson LMFT

1530 5th Street

Berkeley CA 94710

ACA ACCOMMODATIONS

We rent facilities and design our workshops so that they are accessible to persons with disabilities. If you have need of any accommodation please contact Suzanne Pregerson with your request at suzannepregerson@gmail.com at the time of your registration.

CANCELLATIONS

Cancellations greater than one week before the workshop are 100% refundable. Cancellations less than one week in and more than two days in advance will result in a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations of less than 48 hours will not be refunded.

QUESTIONS or CONCERNS?

email suzannepregerson@gmail.com with any questions or grievances.

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