Narrative Responses to Trauma and Other Unstories

Narrative therapy practices are uniquely suited to reauthor the gripping effects of trauma and difficult life experiences. A narrative approach to working with trauma provides a thoughtful and personalized counter to conservative and manualized heavy-handed traditions of trauma theory that often place people in a position of a victim or passive recipient of the difficult events of their lives. An important part of the narrative therapy’s counter to traditional approaches to trauma, is the repositioning of the person as an active agent who is always and already responding to difficult life events. This workshop will highlight key theoretical concepts, political considerations, and practice-based case examples that illustrate the potential for joy, robustness, and vicarious empowerment in our work amidst dangerous stories. As always, we will show our work by way of session transcripts, videos, and therapeutic poems.

Workshop Dates and Times: Friday March 28 from 4-8pm and Saturday March 29…