Medical and psychological discourses in conversation with pastoral narrative practices coure
You are invited to part take in our series of CPD short courses. The first course on medical and psychological discourses is presented over two days, 7-8 March 2025. We commence at 14:00 on Friday. We then rejoin the next morning, starting 08:30. Final communication such as the Zoom link will be sent the Wednesday before commencement.
Course description
This course draws attention to the different contributions from pastoral and narrative therapy in relation to bulimia and anorexia.
Course content
- Introduction to basic ideas in pastoral counselling and narrative therapy
- Exploring medical and psychological discourses.
- Introduction to pastoral and narrative work in clinical settings (whether psychiatric, medical, or psychological)
- Each year the programme focuses on different clinical, medical, psychiatric aspects. In the current year the focus will be bulimia and anorexia.
Presenters
The different aspects of the programme are covered by Dr. Jo Viljoen
Fee
Note that the fees mentioned excludes the non-compulsory university certification fee which is an additional approximate fee of R200-400 that should be made available upon request.
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Group payment 8+ delegates (only if paid on behalf of group) (Be sure to give us a list of attendee’s email addresses to send the Meeting ID)
Alternative payment option
Bank details:
Name: Coram Deo NPC
ABSA Cheque account number: 406 725 8321
Branch Code: 335 545 (Hatfield)
Payment reference: MPD23+Surname+Initial e.g.: MPD25 Venter M and email proof of payment to registrations-mpd@coramdeo.co.za
Audience clarification
** Coram Care membership allows participants reduced rates on selected courses throughout the year (typically including CPD/short courses). To join Coram Care, members must attend a reasonable amount of free community learning events online or in different regions. The Coram Care events are also registered for CPD courses at SignoPro and CPSC. The Coram Care events and topics can be arranged by themselves but in conjunction with Coram Deo to ensure it deals with at least one four broad objectives of the Coram Care initiative.
Coram Care membership can be paid here
* Supervision students already take part in a specific type of learning programme for which the Coram Care membership fee is waived. We encourage supervision students to attend such events.
Accreditation
Note that participants may choose to do this programme as a Successfully completed course or an Attendance course. The successfully completed certificate requires an additional reflective assignment or an in-class assignment structured by the lecturer.
Accessing the course
Registered participants will receive the Meeting ID to the course by email. They must also create a profile narrativeacademy.co and search for the title of this short course. The material and recordings are embedded on that website and the Coram Deo attendance certificate can only be accessed from the learning website on the specific course.
Registration form
Fill out below or click on this link to open in a separate page. You will receive a notification when clicking submit that your response has been recorded as well as receive a copy of your response via email. Please look in your spam folder if you do not see it.
After registration please create a free profile on our learning website and ‘request to join’ this group: https://narrativeacademy.co/groups/medical-and-psychological-discourses/
