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Examine a narrative approach to trauma and addictions treatment that not only can provide immediate relief for clients but also is sustainable for counselors and therapists. Within narrative therapy, the telling of a traumatic story is not focused on what was done to the person, which can retraumatize, but rather on their responses. Narrative therapists help people reauthor traumatic experiences into stories about their intentions and values. This approach decentralizes the therapist, helping the therapist become less vulnerable to feelings of overresponsibility and thus preventing burnout. The workshop is accessible for people new to narrative therapy.
Learner Outcomes
By the end of the course, you will have learned:
- An introduction to the narrative therapy approach and techniques
- How to use narrative therapy as story development to help people make salient their intentions and meanings of their lives
- The basics for a narrative approach to trauma, including how to build landscape of identity discussions and how to help clients reassociate traumatic experiences within their preferred identity
- The basics for a narrative approach to addictions treatment, including externalizing addiction (not solely a disease model, as there are many other available metaphors)
- How to avoid burnout using strategies of de-centering the therapist as a burnout prevention skill, which is also applicable to clients