This workshop integrates core principles of narrative therapy into everyday communication strategies to promote emotional healing and personal growth. Designed for coaches, pastoral counselors, ministry leaders, and lay counselors, the session equips participants with practical techniques to facilitate meaningful storytelling and active listening in non-clinical settings. Attendees will critically assess the therapeutic mechanisms of narrative therapy and learn to translate these principles into effective interpersonal and organizational interventions, particularly in response to adversity. Through structured discussions and experiential exercises, participants will apply narrative techniques to enhance emotional processing, strengthen relational connections, and foster resilience. Upon completion, attendees will be prepared to implement these strategies in their own ministries or coaching practices and train others, thereby extending therapeutic benefits into broader community contexts.
713 | Story-Healing: The Use of Narrative Therapy Tools to Enhance Lay Counseling
PRESENTERS
Tova Kreps, MSW
CE CREDITS
1.25
Approved For CE
IBCC
Approved For CME/CEU
LEVEL
Beginner
Summary
Learning Objectives
1 Identify the core efficacious aspects of narrative therapy that help people heal and rewrite their life stories to be more empowering and life-enhancing.
2 Demonstrate the ability to integrate narrative therapy techniques into everyday communication, utilizing storytelling invitations and active listening strategies to facilitate emotional healing.
3 Evaluate several listening skills and be able to summarize how to coach these skills to others.