March 5, 2027 – What’s in a Game?
March 5, 2027 – What’s in a Game?
Event Date
March 5, 2027
Event Time
10:30 am
Event Location
This is an ONLINE EVENT, Via Zoom, Eastern Time CANADA US
Event Description
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Facilitated by Dale Andersen-Giberson
Frist early rate $110 until December 18, 2027
Early rate $130 until February 5, 2027
Regular rate $150 thereafter
With a focus on his 2016 article ‘What’s in a game? Narrative therapy approaches with people who have relationships with gaming and online communities’ Dale Andersen-Giberson offers a practice-based engagement with narrative therapy approaches to video gaming and social media use.
Narrative therapy offers a unique lens through which to engage in video gaming and social media use as it serves as a counter-practice to pathologizing types of support. Clinicians can help the persons consulting with them consider change with their relationship with tech. Moreover they can support opportunities and possibilities that gaming and social media can bring into people’s lives. A curiosity can emerge that wonders not only about the problematic aspects of gaming and social media, but also the possibilities in virtual identity construction and online community connection.
During this workshop, participants can expect to explore various narrative therapy approaches including:
- naming and externalizing ‘The Game’
- learning about using the ‘Statement of Position Map’ (SOPM) to assist people to explore their own position that they have with gaming and social media
- discovering unique outcomes
- practice through experiential exploration
Participants can expect to come away from the workshop with a rich understanding of narrative therapy as it is applied to gaming and social media and have immediate, accessible approaches to working with diverse populations.
About Dale Andersen-Giberson MSW, RSW
Dale (he/him) has over 20 years of experience as a social worker. Dale started his work at Pinewood Centre of Lakeridge Health working with people who use substances and gaming. Dale then found a love and passion for narrative therapy and joined the team at Oolagen in children’s mental health. Hoping to build on his psychotherapy practice, Dale served as the social worker at West Durham Family Health Team and then explored career counselling and accommodation work with Ontario Tech University.
Currently, Dale is the manager of counselling and therapy services at Strides Toronto. Dale has a small private practice at www.therapywithdale.ca
Over the past 15 years Dale has served as faculty with Angel Yuen and the Narrative Therapy Centre of Toronto. He has facilitated workshops exploring parent/child conflict, narrative therapy work with those who use video games, narrative therapy work with those who use substances and narrative summer intensives. Dale was published in 2016 with the International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work. His article focuses on working with young people involved in video gaming.
10 % discount for students and groups.
Students- at checkout in ‘discount code’ enter STUDENT10
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 additional info box
Lunch will be from 12-12:45 PM and there will also be a 15-minute afternoon break
Certificates of Training can be requested at the end of the online workshop and will state 3 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.