Toronto Certificate Training
New Narrative Therapy
Theory and Practice
30 CE credits granted by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
Your practice learning is guided by five world-class narrative therapists, a critical race scholar, a trans identified community organizer, and one highly imaginative continental philosopher. Participants receive an inspired, practice based, interactive experience on the relational intersection between narrative therapy theory and practice.
Online Teaching Faculty:
Rosa Arteaga (Canada/Mexico), Harjeet Badwall (Canada), Helene Grau (Denmark), Stephen Madigan (Canada),
Dates: 2023, training dates to be announced.
Time: 9am - 4:15 pm
Location: The Lucie and Thornton Blackburn Conference Centre
Professional: $800 CAD (+ tax)
Students/ VSNT.live members: $600 CAD (+ tax)
Proof of student status is required upon registration
This course is designed for mental health practitioners, students, teachers, supervisors and those in the helping professions.
Registration is currently closed as we watch for Covid-19 developments.
Narrative Therapy
Advanced Theory and Practice
18 CE credits granted by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
With thousands and thousands of therapy hours sitting in the narrative therapist chair are practicing narrative therapists David, Helene, Rock, Rosa and Stephen. They join together with Harjeet a critical race scholar, Aaron a trans identified community organizer, and Todd a brilliant continental philosopher. Their practices interlock and guide participant counselors and therapists through 3 days of up close experiential discussion, supervision and applied theoretical learning through live demonstration interviews.
Faculty designed the course designed for practicing narrative therapists and is a follow-up to their 5-Day Foundations certificate training in narrative therapy.
Teaching Faculty:
Rosa Arteaga (Canada/Mexico), Harjeet Badwall (Canada), Helene Grau (Denmark), Stephen Madigan (Canada),
David Marsten (USA), Todd May (USA), Aaron Munro (Canada), & David Rock Nylund (USA)
Dates: 2023 dates to be announced
Time: 9 am - 4:15 pm
Location: The Lucie and Thornton Blackburn Conference Centre
Professional: $600 CAD (+ tax)
Students/ VSNT.live members: $400 CAD (+ tax)
Proof of student status is required upon registration
Registration is currently closed as we watch for Covid-19 developments.
A Working Schedule
4-Day Foundations
Faculty and Curriculum are subject to change
Narrative Therapy Informed Relational Interviewing with Conflicted Couple Relationships
Helene Grau MA + Stephen Madigan, PhD
Day 1
9:15 AM – 4:15 PM Break noon-1pm
Therapeutic Letter Writing with Children, Youth and Families and - Live Demonstration Interview
David Nylund, PhD
Day 2
9:15 AM –12:30 PM
Discussing the Ecology of the Receiving Context (therapists receive client stories into)
Helene Grau MA, Stephen Madigan PhD & David Nylund PhD
Day 2
1:30 PM – 4:15 PM
A Political Framework for Practicing Narrative Therapy Practice
Todd May, PhD
Day 3
9:15 AM –12:30 PM
Gender Violence and Trauma: interviews with the body
Rosa Arteaga, MA
Day 3
1:30 PM – 4:15 PM
Politics of Othering and Normalizing Judgement
Harjeet Badwall PhD & David Nylund, PhD
Day 4
8:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Wonderfulness Interviewing with Children and Families
David Marsten, MSW
Day 4
1:30 PM – 4:15 PM
Aaron Munro MA What I Learn from Shelterless Persons
Day 5
9:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Live Demonstration Interviews
VSNT Faculty
Day 5
Sunday, June 7th
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM