| Narrative Practice Group II is underway
With Christine Novy
This year we decided to combine beginner and advanced level participants in the same group. Participants include social workers from the Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre and Woman's Breast Health Centre, family therapists, members of the mental health team at Petawawa Armed Forces, as well as a recent graduate from Carleton School of Social Work.
In spite of combining the 2 groups, we were not able to accommodate everyone who showed interest. Next year we are hoping to run 2 groups. The groups will run monthly, October through May. If you are interested in either the beginners or advanced group, contact the facilitator, Christine Novy: christine.novy@sympatico.ca.
The Heart of the Story: An Introduction
to Narrative Practice
With Don Baker, Marc Leger, Christine Novy, David Paré,
and Francine Titley
Description: This one-day primer on narrative
therapy with two half-day follow-ups is for counsellors who
have some familiarity with the rudiments of brief therapy.
It will provide a foundation for working with clients in developing
rich new understandings of the hopes, values, intentions and
commitments that give meaning to their lives. The first day
is devoted to theory and practice for extending your work
beyond brief therapy. Those registering in the two follow-up
half-days will be given very explicit practice and reflection
“homework” which will be shared and explored at
the subsequent two afternoon sessions.
Introduction to Brief Solution-Oriented
Therapy
With Mishka Lysack and David Paré
Description: Brief approaches to counselling
and therapy are so-called because they are primarily devoted
to building on what works, rather than unraveling and providing
complex interpretations for difficulties that clients face.
Brief practice is collaborative, drawing on client strengths
and resources, and practical: the familiar maxim “if
it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” captures the
pragmatic spirit of this competence-oriented, solution-focused
approach.
Invitations to Responsibility:
Working with Men and Male Youth with Violent Lifestyles
with Don Baker, Mishka Lysack & David Paré
Description: This workshop introduces a collaborative
approach to working with men and male youth in the context
of violence that features an invitation to alternative lifestyles.
It’s our experience that while confrontation may satisfy
a therapist’s or counsellor’s moral indignation,
it rarely promotes a productive working relationship with
clients. Instead, we work towards joining with men and male
youth in contextualizing violent lifestyles, creating a separation
between person and action. The separation of person from problem
opens space for consolidating actions and beliefs founded
on respect, responsibility and accountability.
Subversive Dialogue: Narrative
and Feminist Practices, Intersections & Divergences
with Rena Lafleur, Mishka Lysack & David Paré
Description: This workshop will open up a
dialogue between feminist and narrative practitioners around
the areas of overlap and agreement as well as some of the
creative differences between these two approaches. Part of
this exploration will take the form of sharing our own stories
of how we developed our practices so that we could become
more sensitive to the issues of gender, power, voice, and
the social/cultural context of our work. We will also examine
the rich diversity of practices in feminist and narrative
counselling, and will discuss the key guiding principles that
orient these practices.
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