The Glebe Institute and associates are a community of counsellors and family therapists in Ottawa who specialize in constructive, collaborative and strength-based approaches to counselling and therapy. We are committed to building collaborative partnerships, fostering mutual respect and hopeful curiosity, enhancing competence and connection, and advocating just relationships and healthy communities. Our practice is inclusive and client-centred, and sensitive to culture, gender and spirituality.
In addition to our training and supervision services, we offer individual, couple, family and group therapy, as well as therapy and mindfulness training, and workplace consultation. This website offers a range of information about our programs, resources for counsellors and therapists, as well as links to sites associated with collaborative therapeutic practice. We are always reinventing ourselves and so is this site--so certain areas are, as they say, "under construction". Don't be distressed if you find some missing information or possibly even some misinformation. Contact us by e-mailing us at theglebeinstitute@gmail.com if you have suggestions or questions regarding the information here.
In addition to our training and supervision services, we offer individual, couple, family and group therapy, as well as therapy and mindfulness training, and workplace consultation. This website offers a range of information about our programs, resources for counsellors and therapists, as well as links to sites associated with collaborative therapeutic practice. We are always reinventing ourselves and so is this site--so certain areas are, as they say, "under construction". Don't be distressed if you find some missing information or possibly even some misinformation. Contact us by e-mailing us at theglebeinstitute@gmail.com if you have suggestions or questions regarding the information here.
News:
NEW 2019 Training:
WHEN: Thursday and Friday, June 6 & 7, 2019 (Free parking onsite)
HOURS: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm. (access as of 9:00 am).
WHERE: Hintonberg Community Centre, 1064 Wellington St W, Ottawa, ON.
PRICE: $400.00. Student and Walk-In Practitioner discount: $350.
TO REGISTER: Contact theglebeinstitute@gmail.com
Thirty years ago, Michael White and David Epston wrote Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends, a book that initiated a worldwide flourishing of anti-pathologizing and anti-oppressive therapeutic practices. The Glebe Institute celebrates this seminal moment with Foundations of Narrative Practice, a two day workshop with a dual purpose. For those new to narrative therapy, the training will outline the founding philosophy and ethical posturing that underlie narrative work, linking them to a range of narrative practices. For those more familiar with the territory, the workshop will serve as a “narrative refresher” providing an updated look at narrative ideas and practices as they continue to evolve over the decades.
Attendees will:
HOURS: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm. (access as of 9:00 am).
WHERE: Hintonberg Community Centre, 1064 Wellington St W, Ottawa, ON.
PRICE: $400.00. Student and Walk-In Practitioner discount: $350.
TO REGISTER: Contact theglebeinstitute@gmail.com
Thirty years ago, Michael White and David Epston wrote Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends, a book that initiated a worldwide flourishing of anti-pathologizing and anti-oppressive therapeutic practices. The Glebe Institute celebrates this seminal moment with Foundations of Narrative Practice, a two day workshop with a dual purpose. For those new to narrative therapy, the training will outline the founding philosophy and ethical posturing that underlie narrative work, linking them to a range of narrative practices. For those more familiar with the territory, the workshop will serve as a “narrative refresher” providing an updated look at narrative ideas and practices as they continue to evolve over the decades.
Attendees will:
- Learn about the theoretical, philosophical, and ethical roots of narrative practice
- Explore the debilitating role of normative discourses in the mental health profession and the culture at large
- Practice orienting to competence rather than deficit
- Witness and engage in practices of externalizing, re-authoring, and deconstruction
- Develop questions for keeping persons’ knowledge and values at the centre of the change process
- Explore ethically-informed practices of documentation—including process notes, reports, and letters
- Learn to identify and celebrate persons’ active resistance in the face of oppression and violence
- Learn about recent developments in narrative theory and practice
For more information on the practitioners leading the training click HERE.
David Paré's New Book Wins National Book Award
David Paré's book The Practice of Collaborative Counselling and Psychotherapy; Developing Skills in Culturally Mindful Helping won the National Book Award from the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association for 2014.
You can find it at Amazon or the SAGE Publications website: at Amazon or the SAGE Publications website »
New Writings Uploaded to Glebe Website
We continue to add full-text articles to the site. To view these, click on Writings.
New Glebe Institute Clinical Associates
The Glebe Institute is pleased to announce that a number of new clinical associates have joined. Welcome to Janice Falls, Charu Malhotra, Katherine Marr, and Melanie Rishwain. To learn more about the clinical associates or to contact them please click on Clinical Associates.
David Paré's book The Practice of Collaborative Counselling and Psychotherapy; Developing Skills in Culturally Mindful Helping won the National Book Award from the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association for 2014.
You can find it at Amazon or the SAGE Publications website: at Amazon or the SAGE Publications website »
New Writings Uploaded to Glebe Website
We continue to add full-text articles to the site. To view these, click on Writings.
New Glebe Institute Clinical Associates
The Glebe Institute is pleased to announce that a number of new clinical associates have joined. Welcome to Janice Falls, Charu Malhotra, Katherine Marr, and Melanie Rishwain. To learn more about the clinical associates or to contact them please click on Clinical Associates.