1-Day Hybrid Narrative Therapy Workshop:
Building Agency with Those Who Have Been Subjected to Violence
facilitated by counsellor, supervisor, trainer, and Dulwich Centre faculty member,
Loretta Pederson
Saturday, October 5th, 2024 at 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EEST)
The Hellenic Association of Narrative Therapy and Community Practice (HANT&CP) is a professional organization of narrative therapists and community practitioners based in Greece. We strive to cultivate a sense of community while spreading narrative ideas and practices through training, research, consultation, and other collaborative efforts alongside local and international partners.
We are excited to announce our upcoming 1-day narrative therapy workshop on October 5th that will be offered in-person in Athens and online through Zoom video conferencing. The workshop will be facilitated by Loretta Pederson, counsellor, supervisor, trainer, and Dulwich Centre faculty member. Please find below more information about the event.
About the Workshop
- Which narrative practices are useful when people we meet with experience strong distress as a result of physical or sexual violence?
- How can we resist the isolating nature of individual therapy?
- How can we make the broader social issues that people are up against visible to reduce self-blame?
- How do we as practitioners keep our hope alive, when hearing daily stories of violation and oppression?
In this workshop, Loretta Pederson will share stories of practice and transcripts which respond to these questions through a feminist lens. Participants will be invited to engage in reflective exercises and experiential small group activities to gain confidence in putting these ideas into practice.
Learning Objectives
During this training you will have the opportunity to:
- Discover narrative practices which build a stronger sense of agency when people are feeling powerless
- Become more confident in having conversations addressing issues of violence
- Develop ways to explore the link between being subjected to violence by others and self-harm
- Examine and begin to deconstruct some dominant ideas in society which may impact people’s identity and get in the way of accessing support
- Consider ways workers can be sustained when responding to issues of violence and injustice
About Loretta Pederson
Loretta Pederson is a counsellor, supervisor, and trainer with more than 20 years’ experience working with people who are experiencing distress. She also teaches for the Dulwich Centre in Australia and abroad and supports tutors and students in the various Dulwich training programs, including the Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work at the University of Melbourne.
This 1-day workshop has been specifically designed for keen beginners to narrative practices, as well as those with a more advanced understanding of narrative ways of working. It will be relevant for a diversity of service providers in Greece and abroad, including psychologists, mental health counsellors, therapists, social workers, community workers, and other practitioners working in the realms of mental health and gender-based violence.
- If you are new to Narrative Therapy, we suggest reading “What is Narrative Therapy? An easy-to-read introduction” by Alice Morgan and “Retelling the Stories of Our Lives: Everyday Narrative Therapy to Draw Inspiration and Transform Experience” by David Denborough.
- Given that some key narrative therapy terms will be discussed during the workshop, we also strongly encourage you to review this brief Glossary by Stephen Madigan, PhD, in advance of the event.
- Prior to the workshop, participants will receive a chapter of Loretta’s new book, Honouring Resistance and Building Solidarity: Feminism and Narrative Practice, as pre-reading.
Duration: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM EEST (UTC/GMT+3 hours) (7 hours of training, with breaks in between)
Participation Fee: €60 (€50 for all registrations submitted before September 25th)
Location: in person at SOUL VIBES • Dance Studio & Healing Techniques (Meg. Alexandrou 80, Nea Smirni 171 22) OR virtually via Zoom
Accessibility: Regrettably, the main entrance to the building is not wheelchair accessible.
Registrations: Please click on the following link for instructions on how to register for this workshop. You will be prompted to make a direct bank transfer prior to completing the form. Due to a limited number of available spots, registration will take place on a first-come first-served basis.
🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBzkqGoJ71nBSPy5BMOKfBrtDZdCTStXFB8CncCNUHZth9PQ/viewform
Further Information:
- Schedule includes two 15-minute breaks and one 30-minute break.
- This is a hybrid event, meaning participants can join in person in Athens, Greece, or virtually via Zoom.
- Real-time consecutive interpretation in Greek will be provided throughout the event.
- Certificates of Attendance will be given upon completion of the workshop. Certificates will state 7 hours of narrative therapy training facilitated by Loretta Pederson through the Association of Narrative Therapy in Greece. Please note that certificates are not officially accredited with any external body or licensing board.
For more information, please feel free to contact us via email at narrativehellas@gmail.com or by calling Margarita Halvatzi-Katsikadelis at (+30) 6945 468 476 (Monday to Friday, from 11 AM to 8 PM).
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