Brief Conversations With People Suffering From The Effects Of "Trauma": What IS Possible

The effects of trauma bring many people to therapy. Some people are available for multiple sessions while others might engage with a therapist once or sporadically. In this workshop Karen will offer some ideas and practices from narrative therapy that can be utilized in brief therapy or single sessions with people who are experiencing impacts from trauma. This workshop is an introduction to what narrative therapy can bring to conversations with people suffering from the effects of trauma.

We will explore together:

* Questions that prepare for the conversation

* Exploring the impacts of the trauma event through externalizing conversations and effects questions

* Creating de-pathologizing conversations

* Double listening for response stories-initiatives that help people get through, and ways that people, even in small ways, reduce the effects of the trauma