What is Narrative Practice? A free course

G’day and welcome to this free online course about narrative therapy and community work!

This course is a gateway to free papers, videos and extracts to enjoy at your own pace. Across 9 ‘lessons’ or ‘chapters’ we have brought together papers, videos, images, interviews and questions.

This course is freely available to anyone, although we think it might be particularly relevant for those interested in counselling/psychology/community work/social work. We hope it is relevant for those seeking a ‘refresher’ working with narrative ideas and those looking for new ways of working with people in their context. Included are materials that are relevant for those working in therapeutic and/or community work contexts. Wherever you come from we hope you will find something interesting here!

By no means will this course answer all your questions – rather we hope it inspires more!

Along the way, your host will be Phillipa Johnson, who is a member of the Dulwich Centre International Faculty and completed her Masters in Narrative Therapy and Community Work in 2014. Thank you Phillipa for all your work in creating this course!

If after completing this online course you would like a certificate of completion this is also possible by taking the ‘certification module’ which involves completing a quiz and short essay and posting a number of reflections on the course forums. This certification module costs AUD$77.

But the course itself and all its resources are freely available to all! This course has been created by Dulwich Centre Foundation with the assistance of Community Benefit SA (Government of South Australia).

We hope you find it helpful!

 

Certification Module

Please note, an optional certification module is available at the end of the course. Click here for more details.

 

 

This Post Has 57 Comments

  1. tr234001

    I work with trauma clients and am really pleased to be learn about Narrative Therapy, as from my readings on the approach, it algins with mine as that being the client centred nature of the approach and that knowing there are different ways we can understand ourselves and our story, is essential to the healing process.

  2. John Hankins

    I’m very grateful for this course and the work of the Dulwich Center. I am 72 years old and restarting a career in clinical social work after 35 years of work in other areas. I believe that deeply listening to and supporting the stories of those seeking our help is a fundamental part of the healing process. This course in Narrative Therapy is, for me, the first step in incorporating Narrative principals and tools in my work in understanding and helping others.

  3. Sandra Kalamara

    I am very excited and grateful for the opportunity to do this course. Thank you

  4. Teresa Wheeler

    Good morning, I’m Teresa and I am an education, child and community psychologist working in the UK. I use a lot of story, narrative activities and approaches during my work and am really excited to refresh my knowledge and ideas. I am really keen to cement my knowledge of the terms used so that I can always accurately describe what I am doing.

  5. fraser.jessica1

    Hello! I am a masters of social work student in Canada. This course is a great option (and free!) for an introduction to Narrative Therapy.

  6. dhranpob.boonkumswadi

    Hello!!

    I’m a postgraduate in counselling from Monash University. I’m interested in narrative therapy, especially in externalising conversation and tree of life techniques.

    Thank you for this wonderful course

  7. mindmapcounselling

    Thankyou for this learning opportunity!

  8. Cambo

    Cambo. Looking forward to solution focused

  9. Ivan

    My name is Ivan and I have a private practice in Hobart.
    Narrative therapy is a therapy I would like to know more about to help my clients who are traumatised through no faut of their own.
    Thank you for the opportunity to have a better understanding of Narrative therapy. I look forward to the free modules and will consider the other paid modules.

  10. Linda

    Thank you for offering this free course in Narrative therapy, I am in Toronto, Canada, and have worked with the marginalized populations, and homeless populations, with a degree in Social Work, and registration in Social Work with Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Workers, I have worked many years in front-line work in various supportive housing environments and in the shelter system with the City for Homeless prevention Initiatives and Interventions Services (HIPS)

  11. Neda Shavandi

    Thank you for this overview I found navigating this course simple and easy to follow. I much appreciate it.

    1. Minu Dubey

      Hi Neda
      this is Minu from New Delhi India. Want to know more about the course.

  12. dyc123

    Greetings and warm wishes from Toronto, Canada! I would like to thank the Dulwich Centre for providing such insightful information in this free course. I plan on taking more courses through this venue. I resonate the most with Narrative approaches to clients because they are founded on client-centred, experiential, relational, and self-discovery theories. I love how becoming a de-centred and influential guide will help clients to find alternate ways of viewing their problems. The therapeutic alliance is a primary focus of Narrative practice and cannot be over-stated enough.
    I am looking forward to a life-long relationship with the Dulwich Centre.

  13. Neda Shavandi

    Thanks for this overview and information

  14. blancosandrams

    Kia Ora everyone

    This is Sandra Blanco from Colombia, but living in Auckland, NZ. I am happy to be here with you, learning about Narrative Therapy and recognising that my healing journey was through narratives we always make in my family; my mom was a fantastic narrator.

    Now it has become an essential part of professional practice. I am glad to be in this moment when we understand the importance of looking at different ways to understand ourselves.
    Thanks for the free course; this is an amazing opportunity.

    Good thoughts

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