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Foundations III: Relational Supervision & Practice Outline

Experience of Experience: ecologies of questions, relationships, and 1-to1 supervision

Weekend One

Extending the Craft of Question Development (part 1)

Day 1 

8:15 AM – 11 AM 

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. Each therapy question is then closely studied, explained, and interrogated in terms of the Ecology of The Receiving Context the 'client' story was received into. Questions are then analyzed further by the group.

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. 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 therapeutic letters are written and performed back to the participant 'client'. The client then responds back to the letter writer.

Extending the Craft of Question Development (part 2)

Day 1 

12 PM –2:15 PM

Working in groups of 3 participants take turns interviewing as the Performative Therapist (PT), and acting as the Listening Therapist (LT), and Client (C). Each participant will get experience in each position. Rock and Stephen will visit and individually supervise each group of 3. Groups will then return to the main group after 45 minutes to witness work being supervised and discussed.  

Extending the Craft of Question Development (part 3 and 4)

Day 2 

8:15 AM – 1:30 PM

Working in pairs, participants begin creating and adding their own novel interview questions to the live interview process. As a further response therapeutic letters are written and performed back to the participant 'client'. The client then responds back to the letter writer. 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 therapeutic letters are written and performed back to the participant 'client'. The client then responds back to the letter writer.

Working in groups of 3 participants take turns interviewing as the Performative Therapist (PT), and acting as the Listening Therapist (LT), and Client (C). Each participant will get experience in each position. Rock and Stephen will visit and individually supervise each group of 3. Groups will then return to the main group after 45 minutes to witness work being supervised and discussed.  
Working in pairs, participants begin creating and adding their own novel interview questions to the live interview process. As a further response therapeutic letters are written and performed back to the participant 'client'. The client then responds back to the letter writer.

Extending the Craft of Question Development (part 5) 

Day 2 

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Stephen and Rock engage participants in demonstrating many different new styles of narrative therapy informed relational interviewing questions and interviewing.

Weekend Two

1to1 Live Supervision Practice

Day 1 

8:15 AM – 12 PM 

Participants break into 4 small supervision groups with a VSNT Supervisor. Supervisor's invite each participant of the group to bring a one page of (unaltered) transcript from a recent session. Supervisors spend up-close 1-to-1 supportive time with each participant transcript in front of the group. NOTE: transcript supervision is how each VSNT faculty member learned their practice

Experience of experience: what you learned about your relationship with narrative questions

Day 1 

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Whole group reunites to write experience of experience letters written from the perspective of an important person(s) in their life describing what they witnessed during the day long experience. The celebration of words and emotion shared are often heartfelt and poetic. The deep relationship developed between supervisors and participants is one of beauty, creativity, understanding and ~ carried forward.

1to1 Live Supervision Practice

Day 2 

8:15 AM – 1:00 PM

Participants break into 4 small groups alongside a VSNT Faculty Supervisor. Supervisor's invite each participant of the group to bring a one page (unaltered) transcript from a recent session. Supervisors spend up-close 1-to-1 supportive time with each participant transcript in front of the group.​ NOTE: transcript supervision is how each VSNT faculty member learned their practice

Experience of experience: what you experienced about your relationship with narrative therapy

Day 2

1 PM - 3:00 PM

The whole group reunites to write experience of experience letters written from the perspective of an important person(s) in their life describing what they witnessed during the day long experience. The celebration of words and emotion shared are often heartfelt and poetic. The deep relationship developed between supervisors and participants is one of beauty, creativity, understanding and ~ carried forward.

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