This is a workshop for:
Psychologists, school counsellors, social
workers, counsellors, case workers, child and family counsellors,
psychotherapists, pastoral workers, other allied health professionals and
students of these disciplines. Provisional psychologists can attend at
student rates.
Learn how the ancient art of storytelling
can help to understand and tolerate the stresses of life. Experience first-hand
a method to enrich therapeutic relationships and create opportunities to
explore the effects of trauma and loss. Stories contain hidden messages
about possible ways of overcoming adversity. Stories use metaphors that can
change the way we see ourselves and our world. They help to connect us to each
other and help in finding meaning and hope. Storytelling encompasses both
external therapeutic input and child-directed healing.
Rather than a day of power points, this
workshop will be interactive and practical with ample demonstrations and with
brief exercises to develop skills. The developmental appropriateness, value and
efficacy of storytelling in therapy will be explored. You will have a chance to
consider why storytelling works, how to introduce and incorporate storytelling in
counselling, gain a resource of sample stories as well as ideas of where to
look for suitable stories for therapy.
Included in the day will be discussion of
your own experiences in hearing stories told and how particular stories address
common experiences such as: fear of failure, loss of control, loss of
happiness, facing evil, seeing that bad things happen, longing for peace and
resolution, finding helpers along the way and discovering hope.
Facilitator, Kim Billington has a Masters in Counselling, Masters in Narrative Therapy and Community Work.
For more information on Kim, the workshop, location, registration etc visit the WEBSITE.
Thank you for sharing with us Kim. (blog ed)
