Introduction to Reflecting Team Supervision

for Community Resource Centres of Ottawa

Ottawa, March 10, May 12, 2009 
 

The reflecting team was first introduced as an innovative therapeutic intervention 25 years ago by Norwegian family therapist, Anderson. In the years since, it has been modified in various ways and applied in a wide range of therapeutic, consultation, and supervision contexts.  

This pair of half-day workshops will introduce participants to the theory and practice of reflecting team supervision. In the eight-week gap between workshops, participants will have an opportunity to try out the practices prior to re-grouping to debrief and "fine-tune" practices. 

Facilitators: 

David Paré, Ph.D.

David teaches counselling to graduate students at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa. David is also director of the Glebe Institute, a Centre for Constructive and Collaborative Practice, in Ottawa, Ontario. David has a long-standing interest in narrative and social constructionist approaches to counselling and therapy and has published and presented widely on the topic. he is Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Counselling, Special Sections Editor for the Journal of Systemic Therapies, and also sits on the editorial board of the new journal Explorations: An E-journal of Narrative Practice.  David is co-editor of a pair of books exploring poststructural/postmodern therapeutic practice, Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy (2004, with Glenn Larner) and Furthering Talk: Advances in the Discursive Therapies (2004, with Tom Strong).  More recently he has been enjoying his collaborations with a growing network of reflective practice groups of counsellors and therapists in Ottawa. 

Francine Titley, M.Ed., LL.L., LL.B.

A lawyer by training, Francine Titley has worked as a private consultant in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for nearly 20 years serving individuals, families and groups in both official languages. She became interested in Narrative Therapy approximately 8 years ago after meeting through serendipity Prof. David at a mediation event.  This prompted her to pursue a master's degree in counselling (2006) and subsequently complete a one year international certificate at Michael White's Dulwich centre in Australia.  She also did two one year internship with Jill Freedman and Gene Combs at the Evanston Family Therapy Centre, USA. Francine is a member of the Glebe Institute, a Centre for Collaborative Therapy, founded by Prof. Paré and Mishka Lysack and also has a small private practice. Narrative ideas inform all of her work, be it as a mediator, facilitator, team builder, coach, trainer or counsellor. 
 

Marc Leger, B.S.W.

Marc is a community based counsellor who has 10 years experience working with children, youth and their families throughout the city of Ottawa. During this time, Marc has also provided training and collaborative supervision services on client centered, strengths based approaches to counselling to a number of social service agencies in the city. Marc has completed numerous advanced clinical training programs throughout the world, including an International Post Graduate Diploma in Narrative Therapy from the Dulwich Centre, Australia, and a one year clinical externship in Brief Solution Focused Therapy from the University of Toronto and the Hinks Dellcrest Treatment Centre. Most recently, Marc completed a training program in Client Directed Outcome Informed Therapy (CDOI) at the Centre For The Study of Therapeutic Change, Chicago.