Foundations II Applied Skills Course Outline

Ecology of the Receiving Context

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1a) Understanding the relational ecology of the receiving context participants receive client stories into

 

Anatomy of Therapeutic Questions

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1b) Creating a coherent link between the ecology of how we receive client stories with the purpose, direction, politic, intention, context, history, and relational meaning of our narrative therapy questions 

Part 1: LIVE Interview Demonstration

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Supervisors Madigan and Nylund 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.

Part 2: Supervision Crafting Question Development

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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.​

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Part 3: Supervision Crafting Question Development 

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.

Part 4: Extending the Craft of Question Development

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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.​

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Part 5: Extending the Craft of Question Development

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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.

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Part 6: Personal 

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Relational therapeutic letters are written to someone important to the participants' relational life. 

Part 7: Question Categories and Cool Short Cuts/Patterns/Tricks

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David & Stephen push participants further in their understandings regarding new investigations on the structures, timing, and noticing patterns, short cuts and - share a few veteran narrative tricks to enhance participant practice. Supervisors also spend time to celebrate recent developments/advancements in the participant work.

Part 8: Learning to Supervise plus Final Day Fun Supervision Exercise

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Working in 3's participants interview/supervise one another in small groups and return back for further supervision with the larger group. And then - a late in the final day surprise supervisory exercises.

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*QUESTIONS? It's challenging to find the words to accurately describe the experience VSNT supervisors and participants create in the Level 2 Supervision Skill course. So ~ please contact VSNT if you would like a broader description. Thanks so much.​

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