This workshop will focus on the application of narrative and poststructuralist ideas to the work of counseling.  It will be applicable to those who work in both school and family contexts.

The workshop will include:

• The presentation of ideas in mini-lectures


• Discussion of these ideas


• A live demonstration


• Experiential exercises that invite participants to experiment with the ideas.

Narrative therapeutic skills that will be addressed include:

• Double listening


• Curiosity


• Externalizing


• Deconstructive questioning


• Building and generating a counter story.


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Presenter Bio

John Winslade (PhD) is a Professor at California State University San Bernardino.  He has been the Associate Dean of the College of Education and the Coordinator of the Counseling and Guidance Program. Until 2003, he was also Director of Counsellor Education at the University of Waikato.  John has a background in school counseling and family therapy as well as experience in youth work and education. He is the co-author of ten books and many articles on narrative counseling and mediation and is an experienced workshop presenter.  He has taught over 200 workshops on narrative themes in the USA, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East.