Narrative therapy is a powerful modality that helps our clients identify and reinterpret the stories that shape their lives. In doing so, clients can begin to see their struggles from a more empowering perspective. In this webinar, we will explore the foundations of narrative therapy, along with practical narrative therapy-based interventions and strategies that you can use with clients.

In addition, we will explore the Hero’s Journey: one of the most powerful forms of storytelling that can be used for healing. By learning the components of the Hero’s Journey, you’ll be able to assist clients in viewing their distress from a different and meaningful perspective. This form of narrative story-telling allows clients to explore their own history and the role that their mental health issues will play in it as the chapters in their lives unfold. Using the Hero’s Journey framework, you can help clients find meaning in suffering, as they discover how to become the protagonists of their own life story.

The training will be interactive and experiential. Please be sure to have a notebook on hand.

This webinar is based on the book, “Everyone Has a Story: Using the Hero’s Journey and Narrative Therapy to Reframe the Struggle of Mental Illness,” by Andy Matzner (who is now Dreya Blume, your facilitator).

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define narrative therapy
• Identify the key concepts that underlie narrative therapy
• Become familiar with the structure of the Hero’s Journey
• Understand how to introduce the Hero’s Journey framework to clients
• Implement at least five narrative therapy-based interventions with clients
• Understand how the Hero’s Journey framework can help clients rewrite their life stories from a healthier, more empowering perspective