**New Course ~ Foundations Level III
Relational Supervision & Practice
18 CEC's
Narrative Therapy Relational Supervision (part two)
The Next Practice Step: Becoming calm, clear and confident inside the therapy room
*New dates for September 2026 coming soon*
Foundations Level 3:
Relational Supervision + Practice
Level 3 Supervision - The celebration of words and emotion shared are often heartfelt and poetic. The intimate relationship developed between supervisors and participants is one of beauty, creativity, understanding and ~ carried forward.
~Taught by legendary narrative therapy supervisors Stephen Madigan & David Nylund ~
*Both have over 18,000 narrative practice hrs inside the therapy room*
12 CE credits granted by CCPA
New dates for October 2026 coming soon
Faculty supervisors offer immediate live reflections and feedback regarding participant transcript + live interview questions within a supportive group supervisory context.
Level Three Foundations increases the amount of live-interviewing + direct transcript supervision during the 3-day course. Attention is laser focused on the ecology of the receiving context each participant receives client stories into. Learning to hone these skills represents the heartbeat, rhythm, and craft of the experienced narrative therapist.
Level Three also invites each participant to bring one page of transcript from a recent session. Supervisors spend supportive time with each participant transcript.
*NOTE: transcript supervision is how each VSNT faculty member learned their practice)
Online Teaching Faculty:
Stephen Madigan PhD (RCC/ACS) (Canada)
David Rock Nylund PhD (USA) + Faculty Guest Supervisors
Dates: September 2026 - dates coming soon
Time: 8:15 am - 3:00 pm, Pacific Daylight Time (Vancouver, BC)
Location: Classes will be taught live through Zoom video conferencing
Professional: $625 CAD (+ tax)
Aprox - $445 USD
Students/VSNT.live members: $550 CAD (+ tax)
Aprox - $390 USD
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
Relational Supervision 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 2025
Narrative Training Supervisors
Stephen Madigan PhD, David Nylund PhD
Day 1
8:15 AM – 9:30 AM
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.
9:45 AM-11 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. 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 PM – 3 PM
Part Three: Extending the Craft of Question Development
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.
Day 2
8:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Part One: 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. 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.
10:00AM – 1:45 PM
Part Two: Extending the Craft of Question Development
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 are therapeutic letters written and performed back to the participant 'client'. The client then responds back to the letter writer.
2:00 PM – 3 PM
Part Three: New ideas in Narrative therapy
Stephen and Rock engage participants in demonstrating many different new styles of narrative therapy informed relational interviewing questions and interviewing.
Day 3
8:15 AM – 2 PM
Part One:
Participants break into 4 small groups alongside a VSNT Supervisor. Supervisor's invite each participant of the group to bring a one page of transcript from a recent session. Supervisors spend up-close 1-on-1 supportive time with each participant transcript in front of the group.
*NOTE: transcript supervision is how each VSNT faculty member learned their practice*
Part Two: What have you learned and has your relationship changed with narrative questions?
2PM – 3 PM
QUESTIONS? The whole group reunites to write letters describing the 3-day experience. The celebration of words and emotion shared are often heartfelt and poetic. The intimate relationship developed between supervisors and participants is one of beauty, creativity, understanding and ~ carried forward.
Please contact VSNT if you would like a broader description of Foundations Level Three. Thanks.