Introducing Narrative Therapy
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TESTIMONIES
"For many years in my life as a social worker, I was used to
the problem-solving model and many modern theories of
individual counselling with which I could make a quick
assessment and immediate treatment plan for the service
users who were referred to me…. I do not know and cannot
know a person better than the person himself/herself. Only
they can represent and speak for themself, their lived
experiences, and the performance of life that they
prefer..."
Angela Tsun On Kee
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Awarded by Dulwich Centre, Australia |
Dulwich Centre is an independent centre in Adelaide, Australia. So
much has occurred since Dulwich Centre first opened her doors in
1983! Throughout these developments Dulwich Centre has been, and
continues to be, a place of narrative therapy, community work,
training, publishing, conferences and conversation!
Dulwich Centre has an international network of narrative
practitioners and has members from USA, Australia, Austria, Brazil,
Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and many other countries around
the world. They are consistently hearing from therapists from other
places who are making links through their website (http://www.dulwichcentre.com.au).
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Narrative approaches to social service delivery centre people as
the experts in their own lives and view problems as separate from
people. Narrative approaches assume that people have many skills,
competencies, beliefs, values, commitments and abilities that will
assist them to reduce the influence of problems in their lives.
This course will be specifically designed to be relevant to social
service workers and to assist them to be able to use narrative
practices in their work contexts.
Upon completion of the course, the graduate is recognized and
certified as a Narrative Therapist by Dulwich Centre. |
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Course Objectives |
This 2-day workshop provides an overview of narrative therapy
practices. |
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| Course Contents |
Stories of therapeutic conversations, videotapes, transcripts
and therapeutic letters will be shared that relate to work with
adults, children and families. Detailed descriptions and
illustrations of maps for narrative practice will be given.
Many opportunities will be provided during the four days for
participants to develop their own skills in narrative
questioning through training exercises. We have found this to be
particularly helpful in order for participants to then be able
to use narrative practices in their own social service context.
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Who Should Attend |
Practitioners in the social service field who are working with
individuals, families, groups and/or communities. The workshop
will be relevant to those working with children and/or adults.
It will be appropriate for social workers, welfare workers,
counsellors, therapists, psychologists, and anyone else who is
interested in working with the stories of the lives in people.
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Course Details |
| Date: |
To Be Advised, 2013 (2–Day Course) |
| Time: |
9.30am – 5.30pm |
| Venue: |
Academy of Human Development Pte Ltd
37
Middle Road, #05-00, Uweei Building
Singapore 188946 (see map)
(*dates
and venue subject to change) |
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Award |
Participants who successfully complete any of the stand-alone
modules will be awarded a Certificate of Completion by Dulwich
Centre, Australia for each module they took.
Participants who successfully complete the full certificate with
assessment will be awarded a Graduate Certificate in Narrative
Therapy by Dulwich Centre. They will be recognized by Dulwich
Centre as Narrative Therapists.
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Trainer(s) |
Jane Hutton is a social worker and narrative therapist
with over 20 years of experience. She enjoys meeting with both
children and adults to collaborate on resolving a wide range of
difficulties. She offers narrative supervision and training to
many different individuals and organisations. Current passions
(other than soccer) include creating resources like the Lost in
normality kit to facilitate the understanding of narrative
therapy ideas and what they can offer, and working with
like-minded colleagues at rooms based in the Sunshine Coast
Hinterland town of Palmwoods.
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Enquiries |
To find out more about the course, please call 6593 5283 or 6425
2422.
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