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CO-CREATING COMPELLING FUTURE REALITIES WITH CHALLENGING CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND THEIR FAMILI ES
Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th July 2008
Cost: £170.00
Organised by the Centre for Child Studies at the Institute of Family Therapy.
Jim Wilson: Consultant Family Therapist, Gwent Health Care Trust, Wales; Consultant Psychotherapist with Foster Care Associates; Co-Director of Partners for Collaborative Solutions.
Matthew Selekman, MSW: Family Therapist and addictions counsellor; Co-director of Partners for Collaborative Solutions, Evanston, Illinois. Recipient of the Walter S. Rosenberry Award in 2006, 2000 and 1999.
This two day programme will address the following topics, amongst others:
Therapeutic moments that count: practicing on the creative edge outside the comfort zone.
Crafting and selecting interventive questions that elicit family member expertise, untold family stories, and well-formulated treatment goals.
Getting in the door with tough adolescents: effective engagement strategies.
Tools and strategies for children and adolescents grappling with self-harm, substance abuse, and eating difficulties.
USING CMM’S (COORDINATED MANAGEMENT OF MEANING) HEURISTICS IN MAKING BETTER SOCIAL WORLDS
Thursday 11th & Friday 12th September 2008
Cost: £170.00
Barnett Pearce (Ph.D) is Professor, School of Human and Organisation Development, Fielding Graduate University. He is one of the major developers of the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) that has been found useful by many people working with families and in other contexts. His most recent book is Making Social Worlds: A Communication Perspective (Blackwell Publishing).
CMM is both a communication theory and a community of practice. In this workshop, we’ll explore some ways to use CMM’s heuristics to intervene in challenging patterns of communication and to structure more constructive patterns. This will be a highly participatory workshop. The primary objective is to enhance participant’s skills in using CMM’s heuristics; serendipitous objectives include the opportunity to work through a challenging situation you bring to the workshop and to experience the impetus to personal and social development that using CMM’s heuristics provide.
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY AND THE SHADOW
Tuesday 23rd September 2008
Cost: £110.00
Christine Oliver: Consultant Family Therapist, St Bartholomew’s Hospital: Senior Lecturer in the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London; MSc in Systemic Management and Consultation; MSc in Systemic Psychotherapy.
The Workshop will describe and critique the phenomenon of Appreciative Inquiry (A1) as a consultancy and therapeutic methodology within the systemic and social constructionist repertoire.
This workshop is designed for organisational consultants, managers, therapist and other professionals interested in methodologies and tools for inquiry in organisational and personal development.
WORKING WITH TRAUMA: SYSTEMIC APPROACHES
Monday 29th September 2008
Cost: £110.00
Gerrilyn Smith: Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Psychotherapist. Gerrilyn Smith heads up the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service for Looked After Children in Liverpool, and has worked extensively in the field of adverse childhood experiences.
This workshop will examine systemic approaches to working with trauma. It will involve a mixture of theoretical material, clinical work and space for participants to reflect on their own personal and professional dilemmas.
The workshop will benefit professionals who work with clients in a wide range of professional contexts but predominantly mental health settings where trauma forms part of their lived experience.
The Training Department, Institute of Family Therapy, 24-32 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HX
Tel : 020 7391 9150
Fax: 020 7391 9169
email: ift@psyc.bbk.ac.uk
or visit our website at: www.instituteoffamilytherapy.org.uk
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