Details for Narrative Therapy

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The following courses are prerequisites:

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

Examine narrative therapies and theories;
Develop an advanced ability of how to apply narrative therapy knowledge and skills to a range of presenting issues;
Develop the skills to create a collaborative client-therapist relationship;
Develop the capacity to assess, conceptualise and use the therapeutic techniques of narrative therapies.

Post-structural thought concerning human identity and development
Social constructionist thought concerning discourse and the constitutive nature of language
An understanding of power as advocated by post-structural thinking and adopted by narrative therapy approaches to counselling
The centrality of story/narrative in post-modern thought
Exploring these topics, and experiences of them in your own life
The tools and practices of narrative therapy that apply these ideas to human lives – externalising conversations, re-authoring conversations, remembering conversations, definitional ceremonies, unique outcomes, scaffolding conversations
The stages of each of these practices
Developing and practicing narrative therapy practices and questions
Use a narrative therapy approach to counselling in role play situations
Use a narrative therapy approach in a real presenting concern with another student

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

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