Narrative Therapy - Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Narrative Therapy One day Workshop

What is Narrative Therapy ?

Narrative therapy is a respectful, non-blaming approach to counselling and community work,

Date 24th August 2016

Time 9.00am to 5.00pm

Venue

Seminar Room 5,

Faculty of Psychology and

Education

which centres people as the experts in their own

(Psychology Block)

Universiti Malaysia Sabah lives. It views problems as separate from people

and assumes people have many skills, compe-

tencies, beliefs, values, commitments and abilities that will assist them to reduce the influence of problems in their lives. Narrative approaches to therapy and community work are used by social workers, psychologists, community development workers, nurses, teachers, doctors, and other health professionals in a wide range of practice settings.

Participant Fee RM 50.00/ Person

*include breakfast, lunch, workshop material and Certificate of Attendance

** limited seats (40 Participants only) For reservation/payment, please contact

Mr. Borhan before 22nd August 2016 *** UMS staff inclusion of IDP point will be

awarded

Contact Person

Dr. Sharon Kwan Sam Mee Head of Psychology Counselling Programme Faculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Office: 6088-320000-8849 Email: sharonks@ums.edu.my

Mr. Borhan Abd Karim Lecturer Faculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Office: 6088-320000-8189 Phone: 013-8768543 Email: borhankarim@

Speaker

Dr. David Denborough

David Denborough (PhD) works as a community worker, teacher and writer/editor for Dulwich Centre. He is particularly interested in cross-cultural partnerships which limit the chances of psychological colonization and create possibilities for cross-cultural inventions, such as the Team of Life Narrative Approach and Tree of Life (with Ncazelo Ncube). These collective narrative methodologies seek to assist people to address the effects of traumatic experiences without having to speak directly about them.

David is also vitally interested in how collective narrative practices can spark and/or sustain social movement and in projects that respond to racism and seek to strengthen social cohesion/inclusion. Recent teaching/community assignments have included Brazil, Palestine, Singapore, Austria, Brazil, Hong Kong, Kurdistan (Iraq), India, Canada, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Chile, South Africa and a number of Aboriginal Australian communities. David is also a coordinator of the Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work with the University of Melbourne. His songs in response to current social issues have received airplay throughout Australia and Canada.

His books/publications include:

Retelling the stories of our lives: Everyday narrative therapy to draw inspiration and transform experience

Collective narrative practice: Responding to individuals, groups, and communities who have experienced trauma

Beyond the prison: Gathering dreams of freedom Team of Life: Offering young people a sporting chance (DVD) Family therapy: Exploring the field's past, present and possible futures (editor) Trauma: Narrative responses to traumatic experience (editor)

Programme

8.00am

9:00am10:30 am

Registration Session 1 Histories and key principles of narrative practice

10.30 am11.00am

Morning tea

Session 2

Re-authoring conversations: Re-authoring conversations enable people to cre-

11:00am-

ate preferred storylines of identity.

12:30pm Tree of Life Approach: The Tree of Life narrative approach, while originally

developed for work with vulnerable children, is now used in many contexts as a

way to assist people tell stories of their lives in ways that make them stronger.

12.30pm1.30 pm

Lunch

Session 3

Externalising problems

1:30pm3:00pm

Narrative therapy is well known for the dictum `the person is not the problem, the problem is the problem.' Externalising conversations enable people to

speak about problems as if they are separate from their identity and to change

relationships with problems.

Session 4

3:30pm5:00pm

Definitional ceremonies & documentation

The creative use of the written word and rituals is a key element of narrative practice. These includes `definitional ceremonies' that assist people to define identities. Documentation practices include the use of certificates, letters and

collective documents.

Faculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu,

Sabah, Malaysia Phone: (+6088) 320000 ext. 8011 / 2509

Fax: (+6088) 320101 / 320268 Email : pejspik@ums.edu.my / pejspps@ums.edu.my

ums.edu.my/fpp

Dulwich Centre Foundation P.O. Box: Dulwich Centre, Hutt St P.O. Box 7192 Adelaide,

South Australia 5000 Street address: 20 St John Street, Adelaide

Phone: 61 8 8223 3966 Fax: 61 8 8232 4441

Email: dcp@.au

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