Online 5-Day Foundations Certificate Training
Preparing Therapists for Inside the Therapy Room (30 CEC's)
September 25-27th, Oct. 3-4, 2026 + half-day follow up
The VSNT Level One Foundations 5-day certificate training course is designed to guide participants towards understanding, articulating, and learning a full range of narrative therapy practices.
Participants experience a highly supportive interactive learning environment, that connects together theory with hands-on narrative therapy-informed practice. Faculty members demonstrate a wide range of client videos, session transcripts and further enrich participant learning through live interviews and reflective small group discussion.
Feedback from Participants
"VSNT Foundations training taught me SO Much More than what I learned during my 2 years of Graduate School. You have dramatically changed how I think about theory, therapy, and how I feel about myself. See you at Foundation Level Two!!"
- Foundations Participant, Vancouver, BC. September, 2025
"The 5-day Foundations course was exceptional and offered far more practical skill learning than I ever expected! The whole 5-days felt like I was sitting in the therapy room with the faculty members. Confidence Building! Life Changing!"
- Foundations Participant, Vancouver, BC. February, 2026
“I was awe struck by who the faculty are and blown away by how much I was able to learn. This course was a turning point in my narrative therapy learning and confidence!! Sending much gratitude and thanks to all of you. See you in the next VSNT course.” - Foundations Participant, New York City, September 2024
“The stories of survivors experiencing gender violence are not the stories of brokenness; their stories represent living archives of resistance, dignity, and wisdom waiting to be acknowledged."
~ Rosa Arteaga - VSNT Faculty
Details:
VSNT Teaching Faculty:
Rosa Arteaga (Canada/Mexico), Christine Dennstedt (Canada), Julia Gerlitz (Canada), Helené Grau (Denmark),
Stephen Madigan (Canada), David Marsten (USA),
Todd May (USA), David Nylund (USA)
Location:
Classes are taught live through Zoom video conferencing
Time:
8:15 am - 2:15 pm, Pacific Daylight Time (Vancouver, BC)
Rates:
Professional:
$850 CAD (approx. $620 USD) + tax
Students:
$700 CAD (approx. $510 USD) + tax
Proof of student status is required upon registration
"When I started thinking about responding to trauma differently, it was because of this common experience I had of hearing the most powerful stories in my office of how people had resisted and pushed back against the effects of the trauma, how they were getting bits and pieces of their life back despite the suffering, and all the hard-won knowledge they had gained. I kept asking myself - why was I the only one hearing and benefiting from these stories? I didn't want their stories to die in my office so - I started inviting the people consulting me to start writing letters to each other"
~ Julia Gerlitz - VSNT Faculty
“The children we meet in therapy are no different from the young heroes they seek out in favourite storybooks and darkened theatres in their capacities to apply themselves at critical moments and exceed expectations. Like their fictional counterparts, they may be reluctant at first. But we can lend a hand by calling children forward at their best rather than making them out as inadequate to the task and turning to surrogates to take their place"
~ David Marsten - VSNT Faculty