Current 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. Early bird discount: $350 if you register before April 30th.
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. Early bird discount: $350 if you register before April 30th.
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
Past Trainings:
Here you'll find details on past training programs, to give you a sense of our various activities. If you're interested in pitching ideas to us about training programs, please email us at theglebeinstitute@gmail.com.
2016-17 Narrative Therapy Study Group
The Narrative Therapy Study Group, facilitated by Lynn Bloom and Noah Spector, offers a monthly two hour theoretical and practice session. To learn more about the group, click here...
2013-14 Narrative Therapy Study Group
The Narrative Therapy Study Group, facilitated by Lynn Bloom and Noah Spector, offers a monthly two hour theoretical and practice session over the Fall and Winter months.
Conversations on the Margins: Therapeutic Change, Social Change, and Social Justice The Winds of Change V Conference
Co-sponsored conference at the University of Ottawa, June 12-15, 2012. Other co-hosts included the University of Ottawa, the Hincks-Dellcrest Institute of Toronto and Bridges Institute of Truro Nova Scotia.
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.
The Narrative Therapy Study Group, facilitated by Lynn Bloom and Noah Spector, offers a monthly two hour theoretical and practice session. To learn more about the group, click here...
2013-14 Narrative Therapy Study Group
The Narrative Therapy Study Group, facilitated by Lynn Bloom and Noah Spector, offers a monthly two hour theoretical and practice session over the Fall and Winter months.
Conversations on the Margins: Therapeutic Change, Social Change, and Social Justice The Winds of Change V Conference
Co-sponsored conference at the University of Ottawa, June 12-15, 2012. Other co-hosts included the University of Ottawa, the Hincks-Dellcrest Institute of Toronto and Bridges Institute of Truro Nova Scotia.
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.