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Stories and metaphor are a powerful way to stimulate hope and by-pass resistance – they can also enhance problem solving and creativity, beneficially impact the mind/body system and much more…

Accredited CPD Certificate : 6 hours

Length 1 day (9.30am - 4.00pm)

Wonderful – inspiring, informative and empowering communication skills masterclassJENI NELSON, PSYCHOTHERAPIST / HYPNOTHERAPIST

Why take this course

Stories can be incredibly powerful therapeutic tools. They help bypass rigid views about life, enhancing the listener’s flexibility of thought. And by suspending ordinary constraints, they help people reclaim optimism whilst fueling their imaginations with the energy necessary to attain goals. In the physically ill, they can also stimulate the immune system and speed recovery.

All successful psychotherapy and counselling involves storytelling and the use of pertinent metaphors, both of which tap into the natural way our brains work.

We can’t know what goes on in another person’s mind but, if you perceive the ‘pattern’ of a story and understand that it could be useful to them at a specific point in their life, that is reason enough to tell it. Their unconscious, creative imagination will seek and find the ‘meaning’ relevant to their situation. No explanation, no direct statement of a story’s meaning can substitute for the way it acts on the hearer’s mind.

Join us to discover more and learn how to source and tell such therapeutic tales yourself…

Gareth was fantastic, brought a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm as well as stories to the course...PROJECT MANAGER

Wonderful practical skills - I was entranced the whole day...PSYCHIATRIST

What will you learn

How and why our brains work through ‘pattern-matching’

How to use this profoundly useful tool for getting through to people stuck in the black-and-white thinking of emotional distress

A powerful way to stimulate optimism, hope and independence in
distressed people

Increased ability to source and tell therapeutic stories yourself

Ways to enhance your own problem solving capacity, as well as being better able to help others with theirs

A new way to motivate and engage people

Insights into the mind/body communication system and how useful this tool can be for promoting healing and recovery

A great way to build rapport and bypass resistance

How to choose the appropriate stories and metaphors for different people, and when to use them

Practical ways in which therapists, teachers, GPs, managers, policy planners etc can apply this knowledge to their work

The ability to enhance flexibility of thought, creativity and confidence in your clients

How stories and metaphor can also help us diagnose where problems lie

A new love and deeper understanding of the value, resonances and resources within stories

Greater confidence in dealing with a wide range of people – and a solid understanding of, and practise in, the therapeutic precision of metaphor and more…

So informative and relevant to my everyday work..SCHOOL COUNSELLOR

Pat Williams, creator of this course, talks you through its benefits

Course Programme

The ‘How to tell stories that heal’ course starts at 9.30am and runs until 4.00pm.

From 8.30am

Registration (Tea and coffee served until 9.25am)

9.30am How and why stories help people

11.00am Discussion over tea/coffee

11.30am How to find the right story for each situation

1.00pm Lunch (included)

1.45pm How to use stories as therapy

2.45pm Discussion over tea/coffee

3.00pm How to tell stories well: the three simple rules

4.00pm Day ends

This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training.

On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.

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How to tell stories that heal

By Human Givens College

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