CRAFTING THERAPEUTIC CONVERSATIONS:
​Mentoring Groups with a Focus on Families or Individual Therapy

There will be 2 mentoring groups to choose from. Each group has a focus on a specific clinical area, Family Therapy  and Individual Therapy. We will meet initially for a 2 day workshop.  After the workshop Auckland based participants will meet 3 times using a consultation process. Participants who are from out-of- Auckland will also meet 3 times using a Skype consultation process.
Crafting therapeutic conversations while maintaining a discovery orientation can only be effectively learnt through a ‘hands-on’ mentoring process. The mentoring process I am offering will invite people to participate in practicing a conversational style where we discover and highlight people’s (client’s) resources in order support them to address serious concerns.

Each meeting will begin with a didactic presentation around a topic or issue. I will then use a prismatic or recorded conversation to demonstrate how I work with people (clients) to explore the unique way they have and might navigate this life transition, trauma or relationship dynamic. After this demonstration, I will support participants to practice the skills which will increase their capacity to engage in these kinds of therapeutic or super-vision conversations. An integral part of this learning environment is developing the ability to reflect on the impact of the therapeutic conversation on our subjective interpretations or experiences within the therapeutic context.
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FAMILY THERAPY: Crafting Therapeutic Conversations

Pre-requisite: Completion of the workshop series, Introducing Family Work and review of the CD titled, Imaginatively Entering Children’s Worlds. 

The 2 day FAMILY THERAPY Workshop:
Cost:  $379.00 (GST Inclusive) per session
Numbers:  maximum 10
Dates: 19 and 20 July 2018
Venue: St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby, Auckland

Followup Consultations Format 1:  in Auckland 
Cost:  $65.00 (GST Inclusive) per session
Time:  Noon to 2pm on Tuesdays.
Dates: 11 September, 9 October and 13 November 2018
Venue: in Auckland to be announced

Followup Consultations Format 2: by Skype
Cost:  $65.00 (GST Inclusive) per session
Time:  3pm to 5pm on Tuesdays
Dates: 11 September, 9 October and 13 November 2018 
Venue: Skype

​Topics will include the following:
  • Working playfully with children and young people in the family context to address serious problems, such as, Fears and anxiety, stealing, anger outbursts, distress represented in behaviour like cutting, suicidal thoughts, eating difficulties. 
  • Incorporating complex issues of Family membership and belonging, such as single parenting, re-partnering, multi-generational involvement, the impact of the influential unspoken trauma or secrets or known traumatic events. 
  • Holding therapeutic boundaries in a participatory manner. 
  • Addressing complex experiences of grief and loss. 
  • Dealing with conflict or different perceptions both in the room and outside of the room. 
  • Addressing those influential yet invisible ‘echoes’ from the past. 
  • Using therapeutic discoveries to create a platform for change.

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY: Crafting Therapeutic Conversations

Pre-requisite: Completion of 2 of Johnella’s workshops on Working with Individuals and a review of DVD series 1 & 2.

The 2 day INDIVIDUAL THERAPY Workshop:
Cost:  $379.00 (GST Inclusive) per session
Numbers:  maximum 10
Dates: 15 and 16 October 2018
Venue: St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby, Auckland

Followup Consultations Format 1:  in Auckland 
Cost:  $65.00 (GST Inclusive) per session
Time:  Noon to 2pm on Tuesdays.
Dates: 30 October, 13 November and 4 December 2018
Venue: in Auckland to be announced

Followup Consultations Format 2: by Skype
Cost:  $65.00 (GST Inclusive) per session
Time:  3pm to 5pm on Tuesdays
Dates: 30 October, 13 November and 4 December 2018 
Venue: Skype
Topics will include:
  • Using the experiences people (clients) have in the room to create opportunities for discovery. 
  • Using the experiences you have in the room to create opportunities for discovery. 
  • Creating the space to identify and make sense of life defining experiences which produce a pervasive undercurrent of shame, guilt, fear, rage. 
  • Developing the capacity to identify and ‘make’ new resilience producing narrative threads. 
  • Developing a capacity to enact a participatory and relational ethic by reflecting back ,in a narrative form the discoveries being made in interviews and using the experiences this evokes. 
  • Addressing those influential yet invisible ‘echoes’ from the past. 
  • Developing the capacity to move between an exploration of a relationally focussed reflective space and an individually constructed cognitive explanation. 
  • Using therapeutic discoveries to create a platform for change.