Workshops and Training
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Advanced Intensive in Tuscany, Italy
With Jill Freedman & Gene Combs
October 8 - 12, 2012
Ponte A Nappo Bed & Breakfast, San Gimignano, Italy
We
plan to join with up to 12 other experienced practitioners of
narrative therapy just outside the ancient walls of
We
will meet for two 3-hour blocks each day, leaving time for extended
walks in the town or the countryside, visits to other hill towns,
drives through the Chianti country, or just relaxing in the
beautiful surroundings.
For more information call 847-866-7879 or email narrativetherapy@sbcglobal.net.
Level I Intensive, Spring
With Jill Freedman and Gene
Combs
Tuition: paid by March 5, $700; after Sept. 19, $800
(student price: $600)
Limited to 16 participants
This small-group intensive workshop is designed to immerse you in
narrative ideas and give you hands-on experience with narrative ways
of working. The format
is informal and highly interactive, so you will have lots of chances
to practice putting the ideas into action. Jill and Gene will also
use videotape and live interviews to demonstrate the work. Topics
for the week will include:
Thinking in terms of the narrative metaphor
Engaging in conversations that externalize problems
Understanding problems in terms of their political and cultural
contexts
Asking questions to generate experience
Developing alternative, thickly described life stories
Working as a member of an outsider witness group
Using documents, letters, and teams to spread the news of preferred
developments
Level I Intensive, Summer
With Jill Freedman and Gene
Combs
Tuition: paid by June 6, $700; after June 6, $800
(student price: $600)
Limited to 16 participants
This small-group intensive workshop is designed to immerse you in
narrative ideas and give you hands-on experience with narrative ways
of working. The format
is informal and highly interactive, so you will have lots of chances
to practice putting the ideas into action. Jill and Gene will also
use videotape and live interviews to demonstrate the work. Topics
for the week will include:
Thinking in terms of the narrative metaphor
Engaging in conversations that externalize problems
Understanding problems in terms of their political and cultural
contexts
Asking questions to generate experience
Developing alternative, thickly described life stories
Working as a member of an outsider witness group
Using documents, letters, and teams to spread the news of preferred
developments
Level II Intensive
With Jill Freedman and Gene
Combs
Tuition: paid by June 6, $700; after June 6, $800
(student price: $600)
Limited to 10 participants
This small-group intensive workshop is designed to follow our Level
I trainings, either immediately afterward for people who attend the
July Level I, or after a period of practice and study for those who
have taken an earlier Level I training. The content is tailored to
the particular participants. It will focus on participatory
exercises in which people share dilemmas and discoveries from their
own particular contexts of practice.
Evanston Family Therapy Center Year-Long Narrative Course 2012
With Jill Freedman and Gene Combs
Guest faculty include Cheryl White and David Denborough
Limited to 12 people
4 days every other month, 20 days total:
Tuition: General Registration, $2,500
The
training group will meet in four-day blocks (Friday - Monday) approximately every two months. This format offers the advantage of four days of intensive experience followed by time for reflecting, reading, and trying out the ideas between meetings. The small group size insures carefully supervised practice and makes it possible to tailor our program to fit participants' interests and work contexts. Our focus will include:- Learning narrative practices and gaining skills through
exercises and supervised interview
- Understanding the theoretical and philosophical positions that
support narrative work
- Appreciating the people we work with as the privileged authors
of their own stories
- Exploring the role of culture, both in problematic stories and
in preferred stories
- Appreciating the importance of communities in which alternative
stories can circulate and take on meaning
- Thinking about ethics as ways of being that we embody rather
than as rules we must follow to avoid punishment
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Focusing on particular problems and applications of the work
tailored to the interests and contexts of group members
Write us at
narrativetherapy@sbcglobal.net or call us at (847)866-7879 to
request an application.
2nd Year Training: Live Supervision
With Jill Freedman & Gene Combs
Limited to 6 people who have completed the year-long training
16 days total: by arrangement
Tuition: $2000
The second-year training meets one Saturday and Sunday, every other month in a very small group. This is a chance for therapists who are engaged with narrative ideas and practices to have an ongoing team tailored to their specific concerns, interests, difficulties, and growth. During each two-day meeting, each participant will have a block of time devoted to his or her choice of experience and focus. The format can include live or videotaped supervision, exercises designed to work with particular skills, consultation, coaching, and collaboration, and interviews about participants ongoing stories of their development as therapists.
Group and Individual Supervision
We offer both group and individual supervision by personal arrangement. Contact us if you are interested.
Consultation
We offer consultation to individuals and to agencies. This, too, is by individual arrangement.
Housing/Accommodations
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