For Practitioners

Practitioner Workshops

Intensive workshops and training programs in narrative therapy and invitational approaches.

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We sincerely apologise — due to a fully committed 2026 schedule with various service providers, we currently have no workshops planned for the remainder of the year. We would love to hear from you if you'd like to be notified when future dates become available, or if your organisation is interested in a custom training program tailored to your team's needs.

Narrative Therapy

Introduction to Narrative Therapy

A one-day introductory workshop in the foundations of narrative therapy — its philosophy, key practices, and ethics. Covers externalising conversations, unique outcomes, re-authoring, and scaffolding questions. Highly experiential with opportunities to practise skills throughout the day.

Who should attend: Anyone new to narrative therapy — counsellors, social workers, educators, community workers, and practitioners from any background.

Duration: 1 day

Date

To be advised

Narrative Therapy

Level One Narrative Therapy

An introduction to narrative therapy approaches, externalising problems, unique outcomes, and re-authoring conversations.

Who should attend: Ideal for counsellors, therapists, social workers, and practitioners new to narrative approaches.

Duration: 3 days + 2 days

Date

To be advised

Narrative Therapy

Intensive Level Two Narrative Therapy

Advanced narrative therapy practice, deepening understanding of complex cases, ethical accountability, and professional mastery.

Who should attend: Practitioners with foundational narrative therapy knowledge seeking advanced training.

Duration: 3 days + 2 days

Date

To be advised

Accountability

Invitational Accountability & Engagement

Working with people who use violence. Moving beyond confrontation to genuine ethical accountability and behaviour change.

Who should attend: Practitioners working in family violence, domestic abuse, and accountability frameworks.

Duration: Intensive training program

Date

To be advised

Ethics

Ethical Practice in Complex Work

Deep dive into ethical decision-making when working with trauma, violence, and complex human situations.

Who should attend: Experienced practitioners seeking to deepen their ethical practice.

Duration: 1 day

Date

To be advised

Narrative Therapy

Narrative Approaches to Trauma

Using narrative frameworks to work sensitively and effectively with people who have experienced trauma.

Who should attend: Counsellors, psychologists, and social workers with some experience in trauma-informed practice.

Duration: 2 days

Date

To be advised

Supervision

Supervision in Narrative Practice

Equipping practitioners to provide narrative-informed clinical supervision — ethics, scaffolding, and reflective practice.

Who should attend: Senior practitioners and supervisors in therapeutic and community settings.

Duration: 1 day

Date

To be advised

Neuroscience

Storying Bodies, Reminding Brains

A critical exploration of the relationships between narrative and neuroscience. This workshop loiters around the benefits and hazards of neuroscientific discoveries for narrative therapy. Important distinctions between mind, brain, body, affect and feeling will be probed. Tantalising new paradigms of neuroscience, which may be more resonant with the philosophical bases of narrative practices, will be presented. Time will be given throughout to practice skills for embodying stories and storying affect.

Who should attend: Narrative therapists and practitioners curious about the intersections of neuroscience, body, and story.

Duration: 1 day

Date

To be advised

Accountability

Working with Violence and Abuse

An intensive training in invitational narrative approaches to accountability work with people who have used violence and abuse in intimate and family contexts. Drawing on the practices of Alan Jenkins, this workshop equips practitioners to engage ethically and effectively with people referred through family law, community, and voluntary pathways.

Who should attend: Counsellors, social workers, psychologists, and family therapists working in family violence, family law, and accountability frameworks.

Duration: Intensive training program

Date

To be advised

Eucalyptus canopy in an Australian forest — narrative therapy workshop venue Adelaide

Tailored Training

Custom Programs

We also design custom training programs for organisations and teams. If your team needs specialised training in narrative approaches tailored to your specific context, we can work with you to develop a program that meets your needs.

Please contact us to discuss your team's professional development goals and how we can support your practitioners' growth and ethical practice.

Interested in a workshop?

Contact us to learn more about upcoming dates and how to register.

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— Deleuze & Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus (p. 362)

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