Where Can I Learn More About Narrative Practice?
Collaborative Narrative Network Training Calendar
This community project builds on one of Michael White and David Epston’s steadfast intentions: Strengthening a Collaborative Narrative Network. We wish to recognize the Dulwich Centre for its central role in developing narrative approaches to therapy and community work, training, publishing, and supporting practitioners in different parts of the world. In the spirit of communities in connection (rather than individuals in competition), our vision is to bring together a network of independent narrative training initiatives around the world that share the commitment to preserve, develop, and extend the legacy of narrative therapy. Together with our partners, we aspire to create a central place to find, coordinate, and support high-quality independent narrative trainings around the world including 1) training events; 2) narrative training intensives, international diplomas, and apprenticeship programs; and 3) online courses.
We’ve done our best to convert local times to New York Time. Please double-check as we sometimes discover errors due to daylight savings time changes.
NOTE: This project is a work in progress. We are very interested in hearing from you. Is this useful to you? What might make it better? Please contact us!
Training Calendar
Narrative Network Intensive Training Programs
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NextGen Collaboratory
Sponsor: Re-Authoring Teaching
A Yearlong Series Exploring Contemporary and Emerging Narrative Practices
Co-hosts Poh Lin Lee, Akansha Vaswani-Bye, Peggy Sax and MANY cherished contributors
May 19, 2024; September 15, 2024; November 17, 2024; January 19, 2025; March 16, 2025, May 18, 2025: Sundays 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST or EDT (New York time)
A series of six bi-monthly 3-hour gatherings reaffirming our narrative foundations while exploring contemporary and emerging narrative practices.
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Next Steps for Narrative Learning, Practice and Consultation Program, 2024–2025
Sponsor: Narrative Therapy Initiative (NTI)
This program builds on NTI’s Narrative Certificate Program, which focuses on learning and thinking about the ideas that inform narrative theory. Next Steps offers more exposure to the ideas that inform narrative theory, with particular attention to practicing skills and consultation on your clinical practice. Drawing from participants’ personal and professional lived experiences, the course emphasizes a peer experiential-learning philosophy, conversational teaching style, and community-building orientation. Completion of a year-long narrative training program or an equivalent and a current clinical practice as a narrative therapist in any setting are required for registration. -
Narrative Certificate Program, 2024–2025
Sponsor: Narrative Therapy Initiative (NTI)
Dates & Times: September 13, 2024, through May 16, 2025
Location: online via Zoom
Instructors: With Suzanne Gazzolo, PhD; Guadalupe Morelos, LICSW; and Matt Mooney, PhD; and ongoing inspiration from the legacy of Stephen Gaddis, PhD
Information: This year-long Narrative Certificate Program is for people interested in developing a rigorous personal understanding of the Narrative Worldview and its social justice ethics and practices. The goal of this course is to help participants establish a solid foundation for their narrative practitioner identity and preferred ways of helping. Drawing from participants’ personal and professional lived experiences, the course emphasizes a peer experiential-learning philosophy and community-building orientation. -
Playing with Practice
Sponsor: Narrative Imaginings
The first five week round of this series with Poh Lin Lee was a wonderful collective gathering to explore practice (however you define it) alongside others without the pressure of having to explain or introduce projects/practices/self in industry required ways. In our first series we came from diverse practices including creative, informal, ancestral, relational, academic, therapeutic, community, personal, collective, cultural…
We found a lovely rhythm of recording each session (internal) and that way if someone couldn’t make it or needed to leave early they could join us in the recording. We used a collective pin up board to stay in touch and gather sharings through the 5 weeks.Please see attached flyer for details, feel free to circle through your connections.We would love to see you at the next Playing with Practice series. -
Certificate in NarrARTive Expressive Arts Coaching
Sponsor: Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute
Instructor: Shoshana Simons, Ph.D., RDT
Dates: March 29 – September 15, 2024. Please see below “Series Schedule” for specific dates and times of each module.
Cost: $1,485.00 plus $59.00 for 42 CEs (optional) A payment plan is available. -
Linking Therapists' Lives Through Shared Practice: A Narrative Consultation Group
Sponsor: Narrative Therapy Initiative (NTI)
This narrative practice group is for therapy practitioners interested in furthering their relationship with the narrative worldview and building community around shared values and purposes. We are excited to offer a program with a focus on presenting and witnessing each other’s work. We ask that you have completed a year-long Narrative training program or an equivalent prior to participation. Matt and Suzanne were inspired to offer this program after over 10 years of weekly learning and consulting together with other colleagues committed to developing skills and relationships aligned with the narrative worldview.
Dates: September 11th, 2024 through May 25th, 2025, twice every month on Wednesdays from 12:00PM-1:30PMET
Location: This program is currently scheduled to be fully online using Zoom
Maximum Participants: 12 participants
Instructors: Suzanne Gazzolo, PhD and Matt Mooney, LICSW -
Narrative Certificate Program
Sponsor: Narrative Therapy Initiative (NTI)
Instructors: Suzanne Gazzolo, Ph.D.; Guadalupe Morelos, LICSW; and Matt Mooney, LICSW; and ongoing inspiration from the legacy of Stephen Gaddis, Ph.D.
This year-long Narrative Certificate Program is for people interested in developing a rigorous personal understanding of the Narrative Worldview and its social justice ethics and practices. Dates are set for September 13, 2024 through May 16, 2025. Scheduled to be fully online using Zoom. This course will cap at 21 students.
Online Courses
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Three Interviews with David Epston: Counterstorying, Wonderfulness Enquiries, Witnessing Practices & Possibilities from the Future
Sponsor: Re-Authoring Teaching
This self-paced course with Davd Epston and Kay Ingamells demonstrates David’s innovative teaching methods. It focuses on three interviews and uses immersion learning through transcripts and internalized other questioning to teach the craft and art of narrative inquiry training.
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New Horizons in Narrative Therapy, Affect & the Body
Sponsor: Re-Authoring Teaching
This self-paced course builds on our deep respect for narrative therapy cofounders and mentors while envisioning new horizons in attending to affect and the body in our narrative work with people experiencing difficulties in their lives and relationships.
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Rich Story Development in Action: 3 Live Interviews with Maggie Carey
Sponsor: Re-Authoring Teaching
Instructor: Maggie Carey
NEW COURSE! This five-lesson course demonstrates what a narrative interview actually looks like in practice. Each interview, illustrated on a whiteboard, shows key narrative principles in action, and specific interviewing skills guided by maps of narrative practice. Reflections throughout by skillful narrative practitioners and teachers from around of the world. 10 Alliant CE credits.