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SUMMARY:Foundations of Contemporary Narrative Therapy: Part Two
LOCATION:Sunalta Community Hall\, 1627 10 Ave SW\, Calgary
DESCRIPTION:Foundations in Contemporary Narrative Therapy: Advanced Clinica
 l Applications Calgary Narrative Collective | Sunalta Community Centre –
  November 26–28 Due to high demand and a sold-out Part One in February\,
  capacity for this training has been expanded. Early registration is encou
 raged. While described as an advanced applications training\, this is not 
 a move into technique\, nor a departure from foundations. Rather\, it is a
 n extension of them. This two-and-a-half–day training opens with a keyno
 te address by David Epston (joining from New Zealand via Zoom) and serves 
 as Part Two of the Certificate Program in Contemporary Narrative Therapy. 
 While it follows Foundations in Contemporary Narrative Therapy: Theoretica
 l Foundations\, it has been intentionally designed to stand on its own as 
 a meaningful and rigorous experience. Those continuing from Part One will 
 deepen the conceptual and ethical ground established there. Those joining 
 for the first time will be welcomed through structured teaching that situa
 tes clinical practice within contemporary narrative therapy. Participants 
 may complete the certificate by attending both trainings in any order. Thi
 s training is intended for therapists at all levels who are seeking a more
  thoughtful\, ethically grounded\, and practice-oriented engagement with n
 arrative therapy. Contemporary narrative therapy does not begin with techn
 ique—it begins with a particular understanding of the person\, relations
 hip\, and ethical responsibility. In Part One\, we asked: Who is the perso
 n in narrative therapy? In Part Two\, we ask: What becomes possible in pra
 ctice when we take this question seriously? This training is devoted to th
 e clinical life of narrative therapy. Rather than focusing on methods\, it
  examines how therapeutic conversations are shaped by the therapist’s or
 ientation to the person\, to story\, and to the effects of their actions. 
 Clinical work will be engaged through transcripts\, live interviews\, and 
 therapeutic documents\, including letters and poems that extend conversati
 ons beyond the session. A Map of Client Authorship This training does not 
 offer a map of what the therapist should do. Many approaches organize prac
 tice around therapist action or technique. These contributions are signifi
 cant. At times\, however\, they leave less clearly articulated how authors
 hip becomes available to the person themselves. Here\, we begin elsewhere.
  We offer a map of client authorship—one that integrates practice and mo
 ral inquiry while focusing on how people participate in shaping their live
 s. This map traces a movement: from global descriptions where authorship i
 s suspended to experience-near accounts of what a person is up against to 
 the emergence of their own actions and responses to an explicit engagement
  with values and moral positioning to deliberate\, ethical authorship take
 n up on purpose The task of therapy\, then\, is not to move through steps\
 , but to participate in conversations that make authorship visible\, ethic
 ally grounded\, and available to be taken up on purpose. In this training\
 , participants will be invited to: Examine how their understanding of the 
 person shapes clinical decisions Engage deeply with clinical material\, in
 cluding transcripts and live demonstrations Develop practices of listening
  that attend to complexity and unfolding storylines Work with therapeutic 
 documents (letters and poems) to extend conversations Engage moral inquiry
  as it emerges within lived responses to life Reflect on their participati
 on in shaping the stories people come to live by Whether continuing from P
 art One or joining for the first time\, this training offers a rigorous en
 gagement with contemporary narrative practice—grounded in its ethical fo
 undations while opening new clinical possibilities. Presenters Sanni Palja
 kka & Tom Carlson Fees Professional – $600 Provisional – $450 Student 
 – $300 Event Times Thursday\, November 26 – 4:00–7:00pm Friday & Sat
 urday\, November 27–28 – 10:00am–5:00pm Certificate Pathway Particip
 ants may complete the Certificate Program by attending Part One and Part T
 wo in any order.
URL:https://canadianlocals.ca/calgary/events/foundations-of-contemporary-na
 rrative-therapy-part-two
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