Stephen Madigan MSW, MSc, PhD
Director of VSNT Training
Narrative Therapy
1st, 2nd, & 3rd Edition
In 2011 the American Psychological Association (APA) released Stephen Madigan’s book Narrative Therapy. This amazing little 'book that could' reached a massive international audience and went on to become a 'best seller'. The book is now accompanied by a six session video set documented using an eight person film team of Stephen's live therapy work.
In 2019 the APA published the Second Edition of Narrative Therapy (ranked #2 on the top ten psychotherapy training books - the DSM-V ranked 5th.). This new text richly explores the world wide renaissance in narrative therapy and guides the reader towards al the best exciting new theoretical practice developments shaping the future of our practice.
**Please note: APA Contract signed for Third Edition
Coming March 2024 (:
Michael White and Stephen Madigan
Adelaide Australia,1992
In this Second Edition, Stephen Madigan does a superb job of “remembering the future” of narrative therapy by drawing on the rich traditions of its past and taking us to the multiple developments of the present. He catches Michael White’s voracious appetite for learning new ideas and sweeps us up into whirlwind of iterations of narrative—true to the original innovative thinking. Both those new to the narrative approach as well as longtime theoreticians and practitioners will delight in this explication.
— Victoria Dickerson, Ph.D., President, American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA)
Stephen Madigan
Teaching and Supervision Schedule
2023
2023
NARRATIVE THERAPY SUPERVISION CROSS TRAINING CERTIFICATE IMMERSION COURSE (Designed for our next generation!)
Weekend Three: January 07/08, 2023, Weekend Four February 11/12, 2023,
Weekend Five March 11/12, 2023, Weekend six April 1/2, 2023 +
Advanced Weekend Two: January 28-29, 2023 (sold out)
NARRATIVE THERAPY ADVANCED SKILLS OF PRACTICE TRAINING
Skills of Practice - Narrative Therapy informed Relational Interviewing with Couples
Helene Grau Kristensen MA, Stephen Madigan PhD, Todd May PhD
Advanced Weekend Three: February 4-5, 2023 (sold out)
NARRATIVE THERAPY ADVANCED SKILLS OF PRACTICE TRAINING
Skills of Practice - Narrative Therapy, Neurobiology, Trauma, and the Body.
Rosa Arteaga MA & Jeff Zimmerman PhD
February 17-19 &25-26, 2023 - (Sold Out on January 17, 2023)
Bonus 1/2 Day Followup: March 10, 2023
Foundations & Fundamentals of Narrative Therapy Practice prepares participants for practice! Teaches key narrative therapy practice fundamentals at the heart of narrative therapy through close up discussion, faculty videos and Live interviews. Foundations Level Certificate Training Course faculty include 5 world class narrative therapists, a critical race scholar and one brilliant philosopher. Questions? Please contact Robin at: narrativevancouver@gmail.com and 604-688-7860, or register here on the VSNT site.
March 20-21, 2023 LIVE
Trondheim, Norway
LIVE Supervision ongoing course with the Family Therapy High Couple Conflict Teams. Stephen works live with conflicted couple relationships over the course of two days with the clinic's Response Team sitting behind the one way mirror. The team and Stephen put into practice the 4-step Relational Supervision Response Team framework they invented. Closed to the public.
March 23-24 LIVE
Stavanger, Norway
Two-day Foundations & Fundamentals of Narrative Therapy Practice of key narrative therapy practice fundamentals. Stephen teaches through close up discussion, individual, couple and family therapy videos and Live interviews. Please contact: Hege Helliesen Hadland at hegehelliesen.hadland@bufetat.no
March 29-30, 2023
CASERES, SPAIN
Annual 2-day Foundations Certificate Training Intensive in Relational Interviewing with high conflict couple relationships for the University of Extramadura Masters in Narrative Therapy Program. Subtitled couple therapy session videos from Canada, Norway and USA and highly interactive course. Spanish translators.
Contact Carlos Chimpen: masterterapianarrativa@gmail.com
April, 14-15, 2023
BARCELONA, SPAIN - LIVE
Annual 2-day Foundations Certificate Training Intensive in Relational Interviewing with high conflict couple relationships for the Sex and Couple Therapy Program at the University of Barcelona. Subtitled couple therapy session videos and highly interactive course. Spanish translators. Contact Dr Adrian Montesano: adrianmontesano@gmail.com
May, 13-14, 2023 (Sold Out)
Foundations - Level Two: Applied Skills Of Narrative Practice
Developing Narrative Therapy Questions and Therapeutic Letters Certificate.
Practice, practice, practice. Applied Skills for Narrative Practice certificate course is designed through all-day LIVE interactive demonstration counter-story narrative interviews. Participant's experience the faculties supervisory reflections and feedback regarding their own 'in workshop' development of narrative therapy questions and therapeutic letters.
Taught by narrative therapy supervisors Stephen Madigan & David Nylund. Questions: narrativevancouver@gmail.com or register here on the site.
May 26-28 & June 3-4, 2023 - (sold out)
Bonus 1/2 Day Followup: TBA
Foundations & Fundamentals of Narrative Therapy Practice prepares participants for practice! Teaches key narrative therapy practice fundamentals at the heart of narrative therapy through close up discussion, faculty videos and Live interviews. Foundations Level Certificate Training Course faculty include 5 world class narrative therapists, a critical race scholar and one brilliant philosopher. Questions? Please contact Sasha at: narrativevancouver@gmail.com and 604-688-7860, or register here on the VSNT site.
August 17-20 2023
CALGARY, CANADA - LIVE
“Bringing Forth Generativities Within Relational Disquiet” Karl Tomm and the Calgary Family Therapy Centre 50th AnniversaryConference.
Karl has invited Stephen to present a 3 hour workshop on his new couple therapy work (Thursday) and a keynote address on the Next Generation of Therapists (Saturday). For information: debbie.baker@familytherapy.org
September 7-8, 2023 - LIVE
Trondheim, Norway
LIVE Supervision ongoing course with the Family Therapy High Couple Conflict Teams. Stephen works live with conflicted couple relationships over the course of two days with the clinic's Response Team sitting behind the one way mirror. The team and Stephen put into practice the 4-step Relational Supervision Response Team framework they invented. Closed to the public.
September 11-12, 2023 LIVE
Stavanger, Norway
Part 2. Two-day narrative therapy informed Relational Interviewing with Couples. Stephen teaches through close up discussion, slides, and numerous couple therapy videos from Canada & Norway. Please contact: Hege Helliesen Hadland at hegehelliesen.hadland@bufetat.no
September 14-15, 2023 - LIVE
Oslo, Norway (The Institute for Active Psychotherapy)
Two-day Foundations of Narrative Therapy Practice in narrative therapy informed Couple Therapy. Stephen teaches through close up discussion, slides, and numerous couple therapy videos from Canada & Norway.
Please contact: Randi Skjerve: randi.skjerve@gmail.com
September 22nd-24th, September 30th-October 1st 2023 (Sold out 3 weeks in advance)
Bonus 1/2 Day Followup: TBA
Foundations & Fundamentals of Narrative Therapy Practice prepares participants for practice! Teaches key narrative therapy practice fundamentals at the heart of narrative therapy through close up discussion, faculty videos and Live interviews. Foundations Level Certificate Training Course faculty include 5 world class narrative therapists, a critical race scholar and one brilliant philosopher. Questions? Please contact Sasha at: narrativevancouver@gmail.com and 604-688-7860, or register here on the VSNT site.
October 27-29 - LIVE
Vancouver, Canada
TC 17 - The BIG Narrative Therapy Conference
The Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy is inspired to bring our community the very best narrative therapy thinkers and therapists from across the world ~ LIVE! All practice based workshops are skill focused and designed to demonstrate (with videos and unaltered transcripts, and live interviews) the latest developments in narrative therapy theory and practice with children, families, couple relationships, groups, and communities. Questions? Please contact Sasha at: narrativevancouver@gmail.com and 604-688-7860, or register here on the VSNT site.
November 11-12, 2023 (Sold out 8 weeks in advance)
Foundations - Level Two: Applied Skills Of Narrative Practice
Developing Narrative Therapy Questions and Therapeutic Letters Certificate.
Practice, practice, practice. Applied Skills for Narrative Practice certificate course is designed through all-day LIVE interactive demonstration counter-story narrative interviews. Participant's experience the faculties supervisory reflections and feedback regarding their own 'in workshop' development of narrative therapy questions and therapeutic letters.Taught by narrative therapy supervisors Stephen Madigan & David Nylund. Questions contact Sasha: narrativevancouver@gmail.com or register here on the site.
December 1-3, 2023, January 20-21st, 2024
Foundations - Level Three: Advanced Skills Of Narrative Practice
VSNT faculty are dramatically reshaping the ideas and practices of Narrative Therapy. Join us for a powerful, 2 weekend intensive that promises to improve your application and knowledge of narrative therapy.
Weekend One: Couples, Groups and Families + Weekend Two: Neurobiology, Trauma + Narrative Interviews with the Body. VSNT Faculty include: Rosa Arteaga (Canada/Mexico), Julia Gerlitz (Canada), Helene Grau Kristensen (Denmark), Stephen Madigan (Canada), David Marsten (USA),Todd May (USA), David 'Rock' Nylund (USA). Questions contact Sasha: narrativevancouver@gmail.com or register here on the site.
2024
January 13-14, February 10-11, March 9-10, April 13-14, 2024
Narrative Therapy Supervision. Cross-Training Emersion course. (Limit of 22 participants).
40 CE credits granted by the CCPA
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. The suoervision will help you grow into our next generation of brilliant narrative therapists and leaders. Questions: narrativevancouver@gmail.com or register here on the site.
January 27-28, 2024 (Last course sold out 8 weeks in advance)
Foundations - Level Two: Applied Skills Of Narrative Practice
Developing Narrative Therapy Questions and Therapeutic Letters Certificate.
Practice, practice, practice. Applied Skills for Narrative Practice certificate course is designed through all-day LIVE interactive demonstration counter-story narrative interviews. Participant's experience the faculties supervisory reflections and feedback regarding their own 'in workshop' development of narrative therapy questions and therapeutic letters.Taught by narrative therapy supervisors Stephen Madigan & David Nylund. Questions: narrativevancouver@gmail.com or register here on the site.
February 23rd-25th & March 2nd-3rd, 2024
Foundations & Fundamentals of Narrative Therapy Practice prepares participants for practice! Teaches key narrative therapy practice fundamentals at the heart of narrative therapy through close up discussion, faculty videos and Live interviews. Foundations Level Certificate Training Course faculty include 5 world class narrative therapists, a critical race scholar and one brilliant philosopher. Questions? Please contact Sasha at: narrativevancouver@gmail.com and 604-688-7860, or register here on the VSNT site.
April, (TBA), 2024
Cáceres, SPAIN - LIVE
Annual 2-day Foundations Certificate Training Intensive in the foundations, fundamentals, and politic of narrative therapy for the Masters in Narrative Therapy Program at the University of Extremadura. Subtitled therapy session videos and highly interactive course. Spanish translators.
April, 18-19, 2024
BARCELONA, SPAIN - LIVE
Annual 2-day Foundations Certificate Training Intensive in Relational Interviewing with high conflict couple relationships for the Sex and Couple Therapy Program at the University of Barcelona. Subtitled couple therapy session videos and highly interactive course. Spanish translators. Contact Dr Adrian Montesano: adrianmontesano@gmail.com
September (TBA) 2024 LIVE
Trondheim, Norway
LIVE Supervision ongoing course with the Family Therapy High Couple Conflict Teams. Stephen works live with conflicted couple relationships over the course of two days with the clinic's Response Team sitting behind the one way mirror. The team and Stephen put into practice the 4-step Relational Supervision Response Team framework they invented. Closed to the public.
September (TBA) 2024 LIVE
Stavanger, Norway
Two-day narrative therapy informed Relational Interviewing with Couples. Stephen teaches through close up discussion, slides, and numerous couple therapy videos from Canada & Norway. Please contact: Hege Helliesen Hadland at hegehelliesen.hadland@bufetat.no
September (TBA) 2024 LIVE
Oslo, Norway (The Institute for Active Psychotherapy)
Two-day Foundations of Narrative Therapy Practice in narrative therapy informed Couple Therapy. Stephen teaches through close up discussion, slides, and numerous couple therapy videos from Canada & Norway.
Please contact: Randi Skjerve: randi.skjerve@gmail.com