Innovations in narrative therapy - Dulwich Centre

Single Sessions and Beyond20th September 2011Jim Duvall and Karen Young (Canada)This interactive workshop will crackle with new ideas about narrative practice and creative revisioning ofestablished ones. Jim and Karen are members of one of the few qualitative exploratory research teamsstudying the process and effects of narrative therapy with both the people who seek consultation and thetherapist who consult them. They will introduce new ideas such as storied therapy as a three-act play,which is a practice for organising single session or longer therapy from beginning to closure. In addition,they will introduce ideas that include a shape-shifting incremental map that weaves throughout thetherapeutic conversation, the significance of the circulation and precision of language, those rewardingjunctures which are pivotal moments of transformation, revisiting practices and much more. Clear andspecific connections between these concepts and how to put them to work in therapeutic practice will bethoroughly described. These guiding frameworks, maps and other ideas can be taken immediately intotherapeutic conversations in brief, single-session, walk-in or longer-term therapeutic environments.They will also illustrate how reflexivity and critically reflective practices contribute to the ongoingadjustment and shaping of your therapy practice, moving beyond evidence-based practice to practicebasedevidence. Ways to routinely weave research into your therapeutic practice, making it possible toco-create practice-based evidence with the people that consult you will be discussed. This type ofpartnership with people results in a compassionate, culturally accountable practice that addresses thecomplexities and ethics of meaning making.Clear presentation, digitally recorded examples, experiential exercises, and a comprehensive handoutpackage will be utilised to create a rich and interactive narrative practice training experience. There willbe a particular emphasis on skill building, using clear and detailed ways of taking this work into your ownpersonal style and practice wisdom.Participants will be introduced to:nnnnnnnnnnstoried therapy as a 3-act play metaphor for conceptualizing a single session and/or the entiretherapeutic process from beginning to enda shape-shifting conversational map adaptable to the changing course of a therapeutic conversationunique ways of conceptualizing time that opens possibilities for creativity and choiceways of recognizing, understanding and sustaining pivotal moments of transformationways of integrating reflexivity and critically reflective practices into your work, including ways forbriefing and debriefing therapy sessions, conducting peer consultation and supervision, obtainingongoing feedback and more.ways to move beyond evidence-based practice to practice-based evidencere-visiting practices for co-researching the process of therapy with people who consult usways of viewing your practice as a form of co-participatory researchnew ideas about the circulation and precision of language in therapy sessionsways to take these ideas into your practice immediately

About the presentersJim Duvall is the Director of Training at The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, Gail Appel Institute (Toronto, Canada)and also serves as the Senior Editor of the Journal of Systemic Therapies. He has been involved in thestudy of brief and narrative therapies for over 20 years through clinical practice, research and teachingactivities. He wrote, with his co-author, Laura Beres, the recently published book Innovations in NarrativeTherapy: Connecting Practice, Training and Research (W.W. Norton & Company). Karen Young is a facultymember with Brief Therapy Training Centres International (a division of the Hincks-Dellcrest Institute).She is a therapist with 27 years of experience working with children and families and has situated hertherapeutic conversations within narrative practices for 21 years.Venue: St John’s Hall, 379 Halifax Street, AdelaideCost: $135 (incl $12.27 GST)REGISTRATION FORM / TAX INVOICEDulwich Centre Foundation inc.ABN: 58 293 358 833Please write clearlyName: ..............................................................................................................................................................................Organisation: ...................................................................................................................................................................Address: ...........................................................................................................................................................................Suburb/city: .................................................................................. State: ............................. Postcode: ......................Country: .............................................................................. Email:................................................................................Phone: (wk) ....................................................... (hm/mob)......................................... Fax: .......................................Full payment of AUD $135 ($12.27 GST) must accompany this form.■ I have enclosed cheque/money order, payable to Dulwich Centre Foundation Inc, for $135.■ Please charge my VISA / MasterCard (circle which card) for $135:___/___ /___ /___ ___/___/___/___ ___/___/___/___ ___/___/___/___Expiry date on card: ___/___Name on Card: ................................................................... Signature: ............................................................................Please note that there will be no refund available for cancellations.The place can be transferred to another attendee without cost.Please forward this registration form to:Workshop Co-ordinator, Dulwich Centre, Hutt St PO Box 7192, Adelaide SA 5000, Australiaphone: + (61-8) 8223 3966 / fax: + (61-8) 8232 4441email: dulwich@dulwichcentre.com.au