Narrative Therapy Introduction Courses

Our next introduction to narrative therapy (a university-affiliated short course), takes place online 17-18 April.

Almost too good to pass up the opportunity:

Those who enroll for the short course below (MNT) will be eligible to join our standard university-affiliated programme (PNT) during the week after the short course or from 18 May onwards. And if you simply register for the standard programme straight up, then we can already provide you with the recordings of classes and you attend the short course free. Enrolling for the standard programme (PNT) this year avoids inflation-adjusted rates of the following year and we can then keep that rate for two years. If you are interested then simply continue with the payment as for the short course but then let us know so we can manage the enrolment fees accordingly (finances@coramdeo.co.za)

The MNT short course is also an overview of what students of the standard programme (PNT) covered from the beginning of February. If you join them after the short course, your class choice is either Monday evenings online OR Tuesday mornings in-person (Centurion Pretoria).

These songs were recently created by one of the students of the current first-year group you will join, should you continue. Every year group is special, but we think you will really miss out if you don’t join this year’s dynamic cohort, from writing songs to creating additional opportunities to ‘do’ what they learn about in class. Apart from the songs, which include the student’s personal experiences, it brings across narrative ideas in a very special way.

Creative student contributions

Narrative therapy offers a view of the world and relationships that can be used not only in counselling but any other helping-practice from coaching, to consulting, to parenting, teaching, ministry and more. It invites us to see, understand, and work with the stories in our world: our stories, those of families, friends, ministries, organisations, or communities. Let us know what your application interest might be doing the short course.

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Recordings (included afterwards)

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We are excited for the possibility to welcome and get to know you over the two days of our online narrative therapy introductory short course.

Attending also gives you the last opportunity to carry on with our standard programme in pastoral narrative therapy. You can then join the latter from the week after the short course OR from 18 May.

Should you register for the standard programme before we commence with the short course we will use your short course fee for the deposit. This means your short course attendance is free.

Come meet our lecturers (subject to change). Supervision students are standing by to give you a practical experience of any of the concepts as you go through the course once enrolled (on request only).

Schedule for weekend (Still listen to recordings)

Friday 17 April
13:30 Check-in
14:00 – 17:00 Session 1
17:30 – 20:30 Session 2

Saturday 18 April
8:30 Check-in
9:00 – 12:00 Session 3
12:30 – 15:30 Session 4

Coram Deo certificates will be ready in the week following the course on our learning website, Narrative Academy. More, during the weekend.

A Zoom link and other info provided immediately with submission of the registration form.

Looking towards counselling?

This short course will enable you to start work in your community in a way to strengthen the preferred stories that sustain healthy ways of relating to others and the challenges we face in communities.

You are welcome to do this course for personal development and to thereby impact your world (family, friends, or colleagues) in a positive way. If you seek to actively apply your learning in your professional role, in community structures and other groups we strongly suggest that you work under the accountability structure of your church, organisation or community leadership. Or, to then continue with our standard course that opens a number of other possibilities for formal recognition.

For non-counselling and customised outcomes

In customised settings we can spend more time on helping participants explore and understand how a narrative approach is applicable to their work (whether for empoloyee assistance, mentors in churches, coaches in business, teachers, leaders and more).

It is still advised that the orgnisation send some participants to a non-customised course. Those participants can then act as mentors in your organisation to ensure capacity building.

In the meantime ensure you are on the course interest list to keep you up to date with developments.

Course interest

Short course outcomes in a narrative approach

Learn how to make sense of the stories that surround us: our own, families, films, media, organisations, and society.
How to unpack and question those stories that tear us down.
How to build up the narratives that we want to live in and empower us to reach our full potential.
Get a better perspective on what shapes our identity and develop our preferred way of being in the world.

Fees

A. Standard fees (for live classes)

For all payment references please use MNT [Surname][Initials]. Send notification of payment to registrations-mnt@coramdeo.co.za as confirmation of your registration. Bank details: ABSA Cheque account 406 725 8321 | Branch Code 335 545 (Hatfield) | Reference: MNT26 [Name] [ Surname]

A1. ATTEND AS INDIVIDUAL

Attend as an individual: R1900

EFT payment is preferred but PayFast is also an option.

A2. GROUP ATTENDANCE

R640 per person in a group of 5-8 learners (larger groups than 8, speak to us)

(Multiply and pay custom amount. Please use normal EFT.

B. Existing Coram Deo community members or students

B1. CURRENT STUDENTS

Students of PNT1, PNT2, or Supervision students: R290 per person. Please pay via EFT with reference MNT26 and your name and surname.

B2. FORMER STUDENTS

Former PNT or SUP students / Alumni members: R420 per person

EFT payment is preferred but Payfast is avaialb.e

C. Fee exclusions

The material that informs the programme comes from an easy to read introduction to narrative therapy and situated in the experiences and practices of the various lecturers. For those who continue after the short course material and class recordings are provided but the book must then be purchased as part of the material for the PNT programme.

Certification fee: Please note that all fees exclude the cost of the University of Pretoria certificate at R400-R800 impacted by interest and payable only upon request).