Four Month Narrative Supervision
Cross-Training Immersion Course
40 CE credits granted by CCPA
2024 Supervision Dates
January 13-14, February 10-11, March 9-10, April 13-14.
"My cross training supervision immersion was a great experience. I experienced a lot of commitment and respect from all the people involved. This atmosphere of trust helped a lot to go beyond self-surveillance and enter wonderment. I would say it’s a must-do if you want to enhance your NT practice – and it also opens to a very thorough clinical practice."
- Supervision Participant November 2022 - April 2023, Geneva Switzerland.
Supervision Cross-Training Immersion
Limit of 32 participants.
"Supervision was so incredibly satisfying. The combination of skill building and transcript analysis created a professional learning atmosphere that was not only safe, but encouraging, empowering, and informative. I would like to think that learning from Stephen and Rock must have felt very similar to how they felt learning from Micheal White himself. The level of transparency and collaboration felt like being part of something highly engaged. I sincerely hope there will be further opportunities to continue building on the language and skills this Cross Training Supervision program developed."
- Supervision Participant November 2022 - April 2023. Vancouver, Canada.
DESIGN: One-to-One Supervision + group learning and consultation. VSNT Supervision is designed as a hands on, and hard working learning experience, where supervisors spend hours with participant session transcript submissions before - they spend more hours supervising each participant ~ LIVE.
VALUES: We invite participants into a process of clearly understanding what they stand for ideologically and therapeutically. Supervision is then teaching how to translate these values through the narrative questions they ask, in therapy. This is the most difficult part of any narrative therapists journey.
WORK: Participants submit their unaltered transcripts of narrative questions/responses for narrative supervision. Transcript submissions involve no more than 6 continuous narrative questions they have asked in a recent session.
*Each participant submits 2 transcripts during the supervision course, + watches/learns through each of their small group members' one-on-one supervisions.
PURPOSE: A VSNT faculty supervisor's purpose, is to fundamentally facilitate a change in a participants therapeutic skill, creativity, consistency, knowledge, confidence, dexterity, and execution - inside the therapy room.
HOPE: Participants completing the 4-month Cross Training Narrative Therapy Supervision course learn the theoretical, ecological, emotional, relational, and deeply political learning experience of narrative therapy practice, AND, grow into our next generation of brilliant narrative therapists and leaders.
Winter/Spring 2024 Supervision Dates
January 13-14, February 10-11, March 9-10, April 13-14.
Primary Supervisors:
Rosa Arteaga, MA (Canada/Mexico), Christine Dennstedt, PhD (Canada),
Stephen Madigan, PhD (Canada), David Nylund, PhD (USA) + guests.
Professional:
$1600 CDN + tax
Students/ VSNT.live members:
$1400 CDN + tax
All participants receive a free 6 month membership to VSNT.live
*Proof of student status is required upon registration
"This VSNT supervision and cross training has been key in progressing my Narrative practice by further familiarizing me with my intentions and methods and showing me ways of growing closer in relationship with preferred questions. My anticipation is that narrative practitioners will see dramatic changes in their relationships with questions and clients through participating in this course and engaging in these practices. - Supervision Participant November 2022 - April 2023. Los Angeles.
The Supervision cross training course is designed for mental health practitioners, students, professors, supervisors and those in the helping professions who have previously taken the the VSNT 5-day Foundations Certificate Course.
If an interested participant has not completed VSNT the 5-day Foundations certificate course please contact the office at: training@vancouverschoolfornarrativetherapy.com
Supervision is presented live on Zoom, Vancouver time. Due to issues of confidentiality and participant consent, recordings of this training will not be made available.
2024 Supervision Cross Training
Faculty and curriculum are subject to change
WEEKEND ONE: January 13-14,
DAY ONE (MORNING): Ecology of Ideas Shaping a Narrative Therapy Question.
Guided discussions and explorations into the values, politic, preferred narrative practice knowledges, and personal histories involved with the Ecology of the Receiving Context a VSNT trained Narrative Therapist Receives Client Stories Into. Explorations on what you as a therapist stand for, and why.
DAY ONE (AFTERNOON): Former participants of VSNT's cross training supervision interact with new participants and present their transcripts, learnings, shifts in practice, and offer advice to new participants.
DAY TWO (MORNING): Developing Questions and Therapeutic Letters through interactive Participant Live Counter-story Interviews and close-up interrogations of small group therapeutic questions. Writing letters.
DAY TWO (AFTERNOON): Developing Questions and Therapeutic Letters through interactive Participant Live Counter-story Interviews and close-up interrogations of small group questions
HOME ASSIGNMENTS:
Curated VSNT.live follow up learning videos and readings
5 Top Narrative Therapy Questions to Memorize
* JANUARY 15, 2024 - The Monday following your first weekend group members are assigned to a personal supervisor for ongoing small group/individual transcript supervision.
** PLEASE NOTE: 1st 'SMALL' SUPERVISEE TRANSCRIPT (maximum 6 questions) SUBMISSION SENT TO PERSONAL SUPERVISOR BY JANUARY 30th**
WEEKEND TWO: February 10-11
DAY ONE (UNTIL MORNING BREAK): Full supervision group meets together.
Review of VSNT.live follow up learning videos and readings you have been engaging in through VSNT.live with your attention turning towards a deeper grasp of:
1) Relational Externalizing,
2) Relative Influence Questions
3) Unique Outcome Moments,
4) Double Listening,
5) Relational re-membering conversations,
6) Re-authoring conversations, and,
7) A counter-file method for taking in-session narrative therapy notes.
DAY ONE (AFTER MORNING BREAK): ** SUPERVISEE INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISION BEGINS.
Individual Live transcript Supervision demonstrations.
Supervised one-to-one transcripts + group response and questions.
General discussion about transcript supervision experience.
DAY ONE (AFTERNOON): Live supervisee transcripts are supervised in depth - with small group observing and asking questions after the session ends.
DAY TWO: Live transcript Supervision demonstrations.
Supervisee transcripts supervised.
General discussion about transcript supervision experience.
HOME ASSIGNMENTS:
Curated VSNT.live follow up learning videos and readings
5 Top Narrative Therapy Questions to Memorize
WEEKEND THREE March 9-10
DAY ONE (MORNING): Live transcript Supervision demonstrations.
Supervised one-to-one transcripts + group response and questions.
General discussion about transcript supervision experience.
DAY ONE (AFTERNOON). VSNT resident Philosopher Todd May guides the group (lucky you!) on the crucial philosophical difference between 'creating’ as opposed to 'discovering' client stories within the narrative practice ideas that: people are multi-storied, and the practice of re-storying lives and relationships. He then leads discussions on the subjects of values, valuing, and the idea/practice of what it is to care. The complexity and purpose of these new discussions assist participants in making clear distinctions regarding a variety of interpretations and misunderstandings surrounding ideas central to narrative practice.
DAY TWO: Live transcript Supervision demonstrations.
Supervisee transcripts supervised.
General discussion about transcript supervision experience.
HOME ASSIGNMENTS:
Curated VSNT.live follow up learning videos and readings
5 Top Narrative Therapy Questions to Memorize
WEEKEND FOUR: April 13-14
DAY ONE: Live transcript Supervision demonstrations.
Supervisee transcripts supervised.
General discussion about transcript supervision experience.
DAY TWO (MORNING): GRADUATION CEREMONY ~ and final reflections on the craft and creation of narrative therapy informed questions.
HOME ASSIGNMENTS:
Curated VSNT.live follow up learning videos and readings
5 Top Narrative Therapy Questions to Memorize
PLEASE NOTE: Individual and group Supervision of participant supervisees session transcripts are scheduled separately through your assigned VSNT Faculty supervisor.
PLEASE NOTE: Growing in confidence, knowledge, and agility – on January 15th 2024 participants to submit the first of their two unaltered session transcripts. They begin meeting individually with their assigned VSNT Faculty supervisor beginning in February 2024.
PLEASE NOTE: It is not the length of the transcript that counts.
We ask participants to submit transcripts that include no more than 6 continuous questions they asked in the session. Please, carefully choose a piece of transcript that shows your work and you wish supervised.
PLEASE NOTE: All participant supervisees assigned to the same small group and Supervisor are offered ACCESS to watch members of their small group’s monthly individual transcript supervision session (Affording supervisees time to experience a variety of individual Narrative Therapy transcript supervision sessions per month)