FREE INFORMATIONAL OPEN HOUSE: Kenwood Jobs, Certificate and Supervision
Thursday, September 20 from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Kenwood Therapy Center, Mpls., MN 55405

Come and learn about new Kenwood job, Narrative Therapy Certificate Program, training and supervision opportunities over free food, drink and conversation with the Kenwood team.

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Buddhist Psychology, Mindfulness, Narrative and Creativity with Walter H. Bera, PhD
Friday, September 28 from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Kenwood Therapy Center, LLC 2809 South Wayzata Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55405

Learn and experience the principles of Buddhist psychology, mindfulness and narrative as they may be applied personally and therapeutically for creativity, peak performance, moods, cravings, identity, and relationships. 6.5 CEU’s

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NARRATIVE THERAPY 1: INTRODUCTION By Walter H Bera, PhD and Staff
Friday, October 5, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Kenwood Therapy Center, Mpls, MN 55405

Learn the often profound and pragmatic narrative questions of meaning and identity that help people construct lives and realities. Learn how to do Narrative assessment/treatment plans, charting, handle diagnosis, collaborate with family members, courts and insurance companies, research, invite client agency and motivation, Learn new ways of addressing the effects of sexual abuse, addiction and family conflict. Narrative Art Therapy, Narrative Music Therapy, and much more to help bring fresh ideas and energy into your work and the lives of those your clients. 6.5 CEU’s

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Maps of Narrative Therapy: Intensive Training by Michael White
Monday, October 22 through Wednesday, October 24 -- 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Temple Israel, Minneapolis, MN

People often experience their lives to be single-storied and devoid of the knowledges and skills relevant to addressing their concerns and resolving their problems. Despite this, people’s lives are multi-storied, and it is invariably the case that they do possess these knowledges and skills. Narrative explorations contribute to identification and to the rich development of the alternative stories of people’s lives, and to the high visibility of these knowledges and skills. This provides a foundation for people to proceed to address their concerns and resolve their problems.

These narrative explorations can be likened to journeys, and therapists are guided in these journeys by a range of maps. These maps do not specify the destination, and they do not determine the route taken. However, they do provide the therapist with an orientation along the way. This orientation assists therapists to recognize avenues of possibility in the terrain of people’s lives, and provides a basis for the development of powerful therapeutic questions that have the potential to speed people to their chosen destinations in life.

Michael will present a range of maps of narrative practice: Maps for “getting started”, maps for the “middle journey”, maps for the “intersecting journeys” of fellow travelers, maps for finding the “valued pathways”, and maps for the negotiation of “difficult territories”. Many stories and videotapes of therapeutic journeys will support these maps. Each afternoon will feature a live interview with an individual or family. 19.5 CEU’s

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Narrative Approaches with Youth and Families by Michael White
Thursday, October 25 -- 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Temple Israel, Minneapolis, MN

Michael White shares stories from his counselling practice with children and their families and provides explanations of the thinking that shapes his conversations. Detailed explanations are provided of externalising practices, scaffolding conversations, ways of inviting significant others to act as an audience to consultations with children, and considerations relating to the position of the therapist. Moving and amusing stories of work with children and their families are also included and the following questions are considered: When there is conflict between parents and children, how can therapists create a context for collaboration? How can therapists respond to children who have experienced significant trauma? When a therapy session with a child is going nowhere, what might be helpful to reflect upon? How can narrative practices shape child protection inquiries? If your work involves conversations with children you will treasure this workshop.

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Addressing the Consequences of Trauma: A Narrative Perspective by Michael White
Friday, October 26 -- 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Temple Israel, Minneapolis, MN

Many people consult therapists in their efforts to address the consequences of trauma in their lives. These consequences usually include a diminished sense of identity, and pervasive feelings of emptiness, worthlessness and personal desolation. This is associated with a loss of a sense that one is able to affect the shape on oneís own life, and with a loss of a sense that the world is in some ways responsive to the fact of oneís existence.

In this workshop, Michael will review these and other consequences of trauma from a Narrative perspective. He will then describe and illustrate approaches to the restoration of a sense of personal agency, and to the reinvigorating of an experience of self that provides people with a sense of personal intimacy, with a basis for relating intimately with others, and with a foundation upon which to proceed with their lives.

This focus on approaches to the restoration of a sense of personal identity will provide an opportunity to review special applications of a range of narrative practices.

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NARRATIVE THERAPY WITH COUPLES By John Stillman and Staff
Friday, December 7, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Learn new ways of helping couples reposition their relationship to overcome conflict, abuse, affairs, and more to rediscover their loving relationship. 6.5 CEU’s

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CULTURAL COMPETENCY IN NARRATIVE, SOLUTION-FOCUSED & COLLABORATIVE THERAPIES TODAY!
Culturally Competent, Ethical and Practical Approaches to Chemical Abuse and Sexual Abuse Dilemmas
By Lolita King, PhD, Walter H Bera, PhD and John Jankord, LMFT
Friday, February 1, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Building from a foundation of cultural competency, we compare and contrast the approaches of these post-modern therapies and learn fresh, liberating and energizing ways to work with common client and therapist dilemmas with chemical abuse, sexual abuse, trauma, “personality disorders” and more. Re-discover the exotic in work and life. 6.5 CEU’s.

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NARRATIVE THERAPY WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES By John Stillman and Staff
Friday, March 7, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Practice narrative question skills, maps and approaches toward separating the Person from the Problem, identity development, definitional ceremonies, etc., for sexual abuse, conflict, illness and more. 6.5 CEU’s

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NARRATIVE THERAPY SUPERVISION/CONSULTATION by Walter Bera, PhD
Friday, April 4, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Learn innovative supervision/consultation approaches such as internalized client interviews, therapist identity development, and more while learning ways to help manage challenging therapist and client concerns. 6.5 CEU’s

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Narrative Approaches to Trauma

By: Walter Bera, PhD and John Stillman, LICSW

Friday, May 16 from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Kenwood Center
2809 S. Wayzata Blvd
Minneapolis, MN 55405


Learn innovative and creative Narrative Therapy approaches to address
the effects of trauma that can result from the sudden death of a loved
one, sexual abuse, incest, abandonment or violence. Learn Narrative
concepts of trauma formation and resolution, dissociated memory and
identity, the Trauma Map and the Absent-but-Implicit. The workshop
will be illustrated by actual clinical video, cross cultural case
studies, practice experience and detailed handouts with collaborative
participant interaction. Earn 6.5 CEU’s in psychology, social work or
marriage and family therapy.

NT Certificate Program Graduation
Friday, May 16, 3:30pm - 5:00pm

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