The UK Institute of Narrative Therapy presents:

2009/10

5-day Intensives

@ Level 1: In London, Dublin, Birmingham, Belfast,
Edinburgh, Jersey, Manchester, Leeds and Nottingham

 

5-day Intensives

@ Level 2: In London, Manchester and Newcastle Upon Tyne

All 5-Day Intensives are £525.00

Teachers: Mark Hayward, Amanda Redstone, Sarah Walther, Keith Oulton, Hugh Fox and Rachel Morley

Mark Hayward

Has 25 years experience working with children, families and individuals. He works as Principal Family Therapist for the NHS in Plymouth, UK and has published widely in journals in UK, US and Australia. He is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and AFT registered supervisor.

Amanda Redstone

works as a counsellor and family therapist in Primary Care in Devon and has been studying the  Narrative approach for the past 11 years. She has been teaching narrative courses since 2000 and  offers supervision in London and in the South West of England

Sarah Walther

works with children, young people and families in Manchester and is connected with the Centre for Narrative Practice. She has an interest in exploring creative ways in which different communities can share knowledges and thicken each other’s preferred stories.

Keith Oulton

trained as a psychologist and family therapist and has been interested in narrative practices for a number of years. He completed the international training program run by the Dulwich Centre in 2003 and since then has been supervising  and training people in narrative practices in venues throughout Ireland. 

Hugh Fox

 has worked with children and families for 35 years and involved with Narrative Therapy for 20 years. Hugh works as Principal Family Therapist in an NHS in-patient service and is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and AFT registered supervisor.

 

Rachel Morley

 

is a Clinical Psychologist with 20 years experience working with children, young people, families, groups and larger communities. Currently she is working with families and unaccompanied young people in Glasgow who are seeking sanctuary in the UK

 

    Entry requirements, dates, costs and venues

 

Summer 2009 - 2010 Dates

    Level One

    LONDON: (Taught by Mark Hayward and Amanda Redstone)
    2009 - October 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    2010 - April 19,20,21,22,23
    2010 - October 18,19,20,21,22

    BIRMINGHAM: (Taught by Sarah Walther and Mark Hayward)
    2009 - October 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
    2010 - October 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

    BELFAST: (Taught by Mark Hayward)
    2009 - June 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    2010 - June 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

    DUBLIN (Taught by Mark Hayward and Keith Oulton)
    2009 - October 19,20,21,22,23

    JERSEY Spring 2010 (Taught by Mark Hayward)
    2010 - May 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 (Contact mark@hayward.flyer.co.uk for further information on the Jersey course)

    MANCHESTER (Taught by Hugh Fox)
    2009 - September 16,17,18, + October 15,16

    NOTTINGHAM (Taught by Hugh Fox)
    2010 - January 20,21,22 + February 18,19

    LEEDS (Taught by Hugh Fox)
    2010 - March 24,25,26 + April 22,23

    EDINBURGH (Taught by Amanda Redstone and Rachel Morley)
    2010 - Dates to be fixed

 

    Level Two

    LONDON
    2010: (Taught by Amanda Redstone and Mark Hayward)
    January 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

    NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Autumn 2010 (Taught by Hugh Fox and Mark Hayward)
    Dates to be fixed

    MANCHESTER (3 teaching blocks of 2 short days) (Taught by Hugh Fox)
    2009 - October 1,2 + December 3,4 + February 4,5
    2010 - March 18, 19, May 13, 14 and July 8, 9

LEVEL 1

Using recent developments from narrative therapy the Level 1 course will show you how to:

      1. Understand peoples actions from the stories of their lives
      2. Use this understanding to  clarify a sense of identity and develop problem solving skills that can turn lives around.
      3. By-pass those methods that simply don’t work - distinguish between techniques that waste time and techniques that open   up   more positive futures.
      4. Develop respectful ways of relating to clients that makes them the expert on their lives.
      5. Become an effective practitioner with the most chronic and complex problems that ordinarily induce despair - discern hope in    the most dire situations.
      6. Move past those ‘revolving-door’ situations so entirely new perspectives emerge.
      7. Provide powerful acknowledgement of people’s problems that can free them from burdensome consequences.
      8. Move conversations quickly from problem-saturated to problem-solving.
      9. Avoid dead-ends with a range of questions that can rescue conversational cul-de-sacs.
      10. Question taken for granted norms and integrate an ethical approach with brief practice.
      11. Find collaborative & respectful approaches that honour the skills, experience, knowledge and significant relationships of the  people who come.
      12. Take account of the wider social, economic, cultural and political contexts of peoples lives 

DAY 1

How stories shape lives and re-storying can re-shape lives. A structure to guide your questions.  Multiple ways to externalise problems. How to retrieve conversations from despair and instil hope. How to rewrite the past without erasing past experiences. How to spot  nuggets of gold in conversations that lift the atmosphere.  How to intrigue clients by using their own skills in surprising ways. How to make vague problems concrete and manageable.

DAY 2



What to look for when a conversation seems negative or hopeless. How to turn small initiatives into substantive developments. A simple question structure that has profound effects on a person’s thinking. Questions that make small improvements much bigger.

DAY 3 –
How Freud’s legacy has made it hard to think ‘outside the box’. Techniques for liberating your thinking from any one theory. How to use any piece of information to identify a person’s strong values. A simple sequence of four questions that keeps the conversation on track. Why counsellors and therapists end up giving advice that doesn’t work. The questions that avoid those “yes, but…” replies. How to write simple letters that have powerful therapeutic effects and get changes widely recognised. 

  

DAY 4 –
Understand Michel Foucault’s critique of cultural norms and how they affect all our lives. How to discern and appreciate the power of these norms without getting captured by them.
How to use language to avoid applying norms to peoples lives.   How to provide those moving and powerful acknowledgements of people that unstick them from repetitive processes. How to use imagery to evoke strong and positive feelings. 

DAY 5 –
How to use memories to support people in the present. How to bring figures from the past or mythical characters to life as co-therapists. The two domains of conversation that make up every new story – learn how to weave them together. Evaluation. How to have multiple possible questions in mind at any time.


 

 

 

LEVEL 2
 (PARTICIPANTS SHOULD COMPLETE LEVEL 1 BEFORE LEVEL 2)

 

LEVEL 2 INTENSIVE
·This course builds on the learning from Level 1 and progresses participants skills and knowledge to self-sustaining levels.
·Advanced level understandings and skills are taught.
·Learn concrete techniques for working with trauma, violence, supervision, personal failure and in-the-room conflict.
·Attention to the dilemmas of particular work situations make the learning relevant and sustainable.
·It will include the latest developments and techniques in narrative practice.

 

 

DAY 1 –
How to spot ideas about learning that could slow your progress. Learn the different ways that values get expressed in conversation. Getting back up to speed with stories, maps and questions. Learn ways to chart therapeutic conversations that identify new areas for enquiry.  Refining skills in using narrative maps to guide your questions. How to understand actions as initiatives and take them up into an enquiry.

DAY 2 –
Ways to respond when someone says “I don’t know”. Questions that consistently move conversations forward. How to understand conversations so that you’re never stuck for a question. How to chart conversations that reveal where and why  they   got stuck.  Understand the eight areas for discussion that promote the most radical shifts. How to have multiple possible questions in mind at any time. 

DAY 3 –
Learn how the practice maps fit together and how to develop dexterity in questioning skills. How the politics of gender and power can be exposed. How to take notes that add to the therapeutic influence. Expert knowledge, truth claims and how to address them. Trauma — why it happens, what it means and the most therapeutic ways to respond. Ways to support protest against injustice that empowers clients.

 

DAY 4 –
The implications of Vygotsky’s research for clinical practice. Three techniques for responding when clients get in conflict in the room. How to re-author a story without being in charge of it. How to give great supervision that empowers the supervisee. What to do when a person feels a failure. Learn how David Epston expands small exceptions into significant developments. Understand why Michael White’s painstaking approach yields such dramatic results.
 

DAY 5 –
  How to recognise power practices and what to do about them. Questions that make children and adolescents want to engage with you.  How burnout happens and the ways that Western culture contributes to it. How to develop an anti-burnout practice that is invigorating for you and will surprise your colleagues. Evaluation.

 

 

    In 2010 we are also running a post-graduate level course in narrative therapy for those seeking to practice at the highest level. 

    This course will feature teaching blocks, reading and writing assignments, and a major focus on participants skill development.

    Prior attendance on a Level 1 Intensive is a requirement for application.

     Go to www.theinstituteofnarrativetherapy.com for more details.

 

All Institute staff have been practicing and teaching narrative approaches for many years in UK. We also maintain active clinical positions and our teaching frequently features live interviews and videotapes of recent clinical work. www.theinstituteofnarrativetherapy.com

                                    Print and mail the registration form, below, with a cheque, payable to "The Institute of Narrative Therapy, to Amanda Redstone, Conemur, Maudlin Rd, TOTNES TQ9 5TG, UK.

 

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For more details  of any workshop contact Mark Hayward mark@hayward.flyer.co.uk