Feb 7, 2025 -Narrative Therapy Approaches to Depression
Feb 7, 2025 -Narrative Therapy Approaches to Depression
Event Date:
February 7, 2025
Event Time:
10:30 am
Event Location:
This is an ONLINE EVENT
Narrative Online Fridays with NTC presents…
Reauthoring Stories of Depression
First early rate of $130 until November 29, 2025
Early rate $160 until January 7, 2025
Regular rate $180 thereafter
The cloud of depression makes me exhausted. I could sleep all the time. I can’t describe it …it’s like a crushing fatigue. Depression has me always thinking, where is my life going?
(N. 40 years old)
Depression is complete darkness. It tells me everyone is going to turn on me because I’m worthless. It tells me ‘You are so far gone!’ It makes me not want to get out of bed and gives me this overwhelming sense that I will never be happy at all…
(Amy 15 years old)
Depression is well known for diminishing hope and obscuring preferred identity stories for persons of all ages. A Narrative Therapy approach offers effective and helpful skills and practices for elevating hope when working with stories of depression.
In this online workshop together we will…
- have a brief learning/refresher about the ideas that shape Narrative Therapy
- engage in the narrative practice of externalizing – to separate the person from depression and also deconstruct stories of depression
- practice generating questions that thicken subordinated stories
- consider the socio-political and cultural contexts of people’s lives
- practice discovering and exploring unique outcomes – finding a ‘crack’ in the story of depression and hopelessness
Participation and engagement will be possible via exercises in breakout rooms and wider discussion.
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About the facilitator…
Angel Yuen works as a narrative therapist and clinical supervisor in alternative-private practice in Durham region of the Greater Toronto Area. She also offers tailored narrative trainings and consultation to many organizations. Angel’s previous work spanning three decades included experiences in school, community, and adult and children’s mental health settings. Angel has worked alongside persons of all ages to assist them in moving from stories of depression to preferred identity stories.
Angel is the author of the 2019 book ‘Pathways beyond despair: Re-authoring lives of young people through narrative therapy’, and she is co-editor with Cheryl White of the 2007 book ‘Conversations about gender, culture, violence and narrative practice: Stories of hope and complexity from
- All practitioners seeking hopeful and effective ways of working together with people struggling with depression
- Anyone interested in or already familiar with narrative therapy ideas and practices
- Please note that there will only be a small beginning segment re: ideas that shape narrative therapy. Therefore if you are new to narrative therapy, we suggest first reading What is Narrative Therapy? (2000) by Alice Morgan.
Lunch from 12:45 to 1:30 PM [ET] and there will be a morning and an afternoon break
Certificates of Training can be requested at the end of the online workshop and will state 4.5 hours of narrative therapy training. Certificates can be used to qualify for eligibility for continuing education credits from professional colleges and licensing boards. Please contact your own college or association to confirm requirements.
STUDENTS – At checkout in ‘discount code’ enter STUDENT10. Also in the ‘additional info’ box please include your student info – i.e.: Name of institution and program of study
For groups of 3 or more, please register together in one transaction and at checkout in ‘discount code’ enter GROUP10. One main person can be registrant, and please type info (name, email, address) for other group members in the ‘additional info’ box
Cancellations will be accepted if requested in writing at least 14 days prior to the event. A 10% admin fee will be deducted from the amount to be refunded.
We regret that a refund cannot be offered after the cancellation date, but a colleague may be substituted for attendance.