Foundations Level II: Applied Skills of Narrative Practice
18 CEC's
Training with Integrity, Creativity, Politic and Purpose
Developing Narrative Therapy Questions and Therapeutic Letters
Foundations Level Two:
Applied Skills for Narrative Practice
18 CE credits granted by CCPA
April 18th - 20th, 2025
"I feel so much more confident! Skills of Practice training was challenging, pushed me beyond my therapeutic limit, and I pick up a ton of new skills. Thanks a million!"
- Applied Skills Participant, Victoria, May 2024
"My ability to understand and ask narrative therapy questions on a scale of 1 to 10 before the course was a low two and this course saw me progress to a high six!! All I can wonder is "Who would be least surprised I was able to achieve this level of narrative questioning?" The faculty at VSNT are so awesome!"
- Applied Skills Participant, Chicago, February 2022
"I really appreciated how Rock and Stephen provided feedback about our narrative questions that was immediate, clear, and actionable – I’m going to be hearing their voices this week as I try new questions in my practice! Thanks so much!!"
- Applied Skills Participant, Vancouver, May 2023
"I've never been exposed to anything like this level of practice brilliance before and it gave all of us hope of what might some day be possible. Amazing!!
- Applied Skills Participant, Toronto, January 2024
Participants engage in 3 full days of live counter-story interviewing, close up supervision, discussion, and focused support of the participant's questions and therapeutic letter writing.
Level Two Foundations is designed to dramatically enhance participant understandings regarding the purpose, direction, politic, intention, context, history, and relational meaning of every narrative therapy question they ask. This unique Live-interview learning course increases and develops skills to create rich therapeutic questions.
Faculty offer immediate live reflections and feedback regarding the participant's own work developing questions within a supportive and small group supervisory context.
Taught by legendary narrative therapy supervisors Stephen Madigan & David Nylund, Level Two Applied Skills for Narrative Practice certificate course is designed for practicing narrative therapists and is 'the next step' for participants who have completed the VSNT 5-Day Foundations & Fundamentals certificate training course.
Online Teaching Faculty:
Stephen Madigan PhD (Canada) & David Rock Nylund PhD (USA)
Dates: April 18-20, 2025
Time: 8:15 am - 3:00 pm, Pacific Daylight Time (Vancouver, BC)
Location: Classes will be taught live through Zoom video conferencing
Professional: $575 CAD (+ tax)
Students/VSNT.live members: $450 CAD (+ tax)
Proof of student status is required upon registration
**This course is presented through LIVE interviewing sessions. Due to issues of confidentiality and participant consent, recordings of this training will not be made available.
Daily Training Schedule
Practice, Practice, Practice
"After completing your Level Two Applied Skills course I have experienced the most confident and exhilarating two weeks of therapy in my life! Rock and Stephen you are the best pair of supervisor/teachers I have ever had. With so much gratitude and love . . ."
- Applied Skills Participant, London, UK, November 2022
Question Development Training Supervisors
Stephen Madigan PhD, David Nylund PhD
Day 1
8:15 AM – 9:30 AM
Anatomy of Therapeutic Questions:
1a) Understanding the myriad of categories, values, meaning makings, direction, politics, and purpose of narrative therapy questions.
1b) Developing the Ecology of The Receiving Context Participants Receive Client Stories Into.
9:45 AM-11 AM and 12 – 3 PM
Part one: LIVE Interview Demonstration
Stephen and Rock take turns engaging in Live counter-story interviews with participants. With each narrative question asked in the interview the question is typed up on the screen for everyone in the course to view. Then, each therapy question is closely studied, explained, and interrogated in terms of the Ecology of The Receiving Context the 'Client' Story was received into~ then the questions are analyzed further by the group.
Day 2
8:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Part Two: Extending the Craft of Question Development
Working in pairs, participants begin creating and adding their own novel interview questions to the live interview process. As a further response are therapeutic letters written and performed back to the participant 'client'. The client then responds back to the letter writer.
Part Three:
Participant questions are typed up on the screen for everyone to view and - closely supervised, studied, explained, and closely interrogated by Stephen and Rock. As a further response are therapeutic letters written and performed back to the participant 'client'. The client then responds back to the letter writer.
12:00 PM – 3 PM
Part Four:
Stephen and Rock teach and engage participants in many different styles of therapeutic letter writing practices.
Part Five:
Relational therapeutic letters are written to someone important to the participants' relational life.
Day 3
8:15 AM – 11 AM and 12 PM - 3 PM
Part Six:
David & Stephen push participants further in their understandings regarding the ecology of the receiving context they are receiving client stories into. Thorough investigations about the structures and categories of questions: reviewing the grammar, purpose, direction, intention, politic, timing, categories, and context of narrative practice based questions. Course day also takes time to celebrate recent developments/advancements in the participant group's work with clients, questions, and therapeutic letters.
QUESTIONS? It's always been challenging to find words that accurately/poetically describe the incredible experience VSNT supervisors develop with participants in the Level Two Foundations course. Please contact VSNT if you would like a broader description. Thanks.