How Narrative Therapy Techniques Can Support System-Involved Youth who are Trauma Survivors

Nicole Kelly, PsyD & Kwonta Phatiphong, PsyD

Training Description

Narrative therapy has been shown to help trauma survivors distance themselves from what has been done to them. The training will provide an overview of what narrative therapy is and how to apply its strategies with system-involved youth and young adults. You’ll learn examples of narrative techniques which can be applied to support improved outcomes with system-involved youth, young adults, and families.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to explain how to offer narrative support for trauma survivors.

· Participants will be able to identify one key component of narrative therapy.

· Participants will be able to apply one narrative technique with a system-involved youth or young adult who is a trauma survivor.

Agenda

1:00-1:15pm  Welcome

1:15-2:45pm  Narrative therapy overview

· Describing narrative therapy

· Narrative therapy overview

· Benefits of narrative therapy

· Core aspects of narrative therapy

· Goals of narrative therapy

· Narrative therapy map – meaningless to meaningful

2:45-3:00pm Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

3:00-4:45pm Implementing narrative therapy techniques

· Narrative therapy map – idealized to deconstructed

· STAIR narrative therapy

· Statement of position map

· Moving through your story

· My life story

· Expressive arts

· Application with system-involved youth and families

4:45-5:00pm Closing & Wrap-up

Meet Our Trainer

Nicole Kelly is a clinical psychologist who has worked with trauma survivors for 14 years. She currently consults with agencies on trauma-informed care, programming for commercially sexually exploited youth, vicarious trauma, and leadership development. Nicole has been training multidisciplinary audiences on trauma-related topics since 2015 and provides guest lectures at local universities on human trafficking.

Kwonta Phatiphong is a Registered Psychological Associate with 6 years of counseling experience in clinical and social service settings. Experienced in supporting trauma and crisis, substance abuse, learning disabled, homeless, and low and high functioning client populations. Trained in substance abuse, Seeking Safety, TF-CBT, Motivational Interview, Crisis Prevention Intervention, Trauma Resiliency Model, and psychological assessments.

This course meets the qualifications for (3.75) BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.