I offer workshops in narrative therapy according to demand, tailored to specific contexts, eg. as a module in a training course provided by another organisation, or as a narrative therapy workshop designed for a specific professional group.

The following examples may be modified according to the needs of the participants:
 

ONE-DAY INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP

For counsellors and therapists who know little or nothing about narrative therapy and wish to learn about some of the philosophical and practical bases of this way of working. The workshop also provides an opportunity to try out and experience some narrative therapy practices.
 

TWO-DAY WORKSHOP

This workshop is for counsellors and therapists who have attended an Introductory workshop or who already have some working knowledge and experience of narrative and/or systemic therapy. Compared with the Introductory Workshop this longer, more intensive learning unit incorporates more detailed presentation and discussion of ideas informing narrative ways of working. Practical experiential work includes taking part in an Outsider Witness reflecting team, and there is a focus on how each member might use narrative ideas in their work situation.

NARRATIVE COUNSELLING WITH COUPLES

Narrative therapy is particularly suited to couples counselling as it maintains a multi-viewpoint stance, and also takes social and cultural pressures on couples fully into account. Training can range from single-day workshops to an intensive course over three weekends at quite wide intervals, with learning tasks to complete between the modules.

Martin Payne, BA, Cert Ed., Diploma in Counselling

I am an independent counsellor working mainly in GP surgeries. During my previous career in Further and Adult Education I found my work was increasingly focussed on assisting students who were experiencing problems in their lives. I trained in counselling at Colchester Institute of Higher Education and gained their Diploma in Counselling. I have completed Intensive Training in Narrative Therapy with Michael White in Adelaide, South Australia, and am the author of  Narrative Therapy: an Introduction for Counsellors (Sage Publications: Second Edition, 2006).