Narrative Walks

The Institute for Narrative Therapy and Community Work in Greece, in the context of its social response in a difficult period for each of us personally and also for our society, decided to organize a series of interactive online workshops, lectures, and discussions under the title “Narrative Walks”. Narrative Walks will try to focus mainly on hot topics that can be addressed through the perspective of a narrative approach in the field of psychotherapy, community practice, organizations, and social responsibility. We start with the idea that Narrative Walks are short in duration (usually half a day), host excellent professionals in their field from all over the world, are offered regularly with an affordable financial contribution, and will inspire, challenge, and create a field of constructive discussion and learning.

 

In the context of INT’s Narrative Walks

 

Interactive Online workshop

on

 

Photography and Narrative Therapy 

 

with

Poh Lin Lee

a Malaysian Chinese Australian social worker, narrative therapist, co-researcher of trauma, writer, teacher, film protagonist and creative consultant

and

Grace Gelder

a photographer, arts educator and PhD candidate based in the UK.

 

 

Saturday 24th of April 2021, 

16:00 PM TO 20:00 PM

(Athens Greece Time)

 

Organized by:

the Institute of Narrative Therapy & Community Work – Greece

 

For information: www.narrativetherapy.gr,

6977-186936, 6955-103581, narrativetherapygr@gmail.com

 

FEES (via web)

– Until Wednesday 21st of April: 45€ 

– After Wednesday 21st of April: 65€   

For information about the payment method check below (C2)

 

WEB CONNECTION:
The event will be held via ZOOM. Look at the instructions below (C3). Connection link will be given to you the day before the online workshop.

 

See below:

1. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONLINE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINERS
3. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
   1. Time
   2. Fees
   3. How to connect for the seminar- workshop
   4. Certification

 

Α. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONLINE WORKSHOP – EVENT

 

This workshop offers a personal exploration of three themes circling us both at the beginning of the year and in the global context of crisis and chaos. Narrative questions to invite us to articulate moments in our current lives and photography to transform experience into imagery from our living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens – shared or alone.

 

We will invite you (as a group) to witness people’s sharing in story and discussion (no images will be shared during the workshop) to appreciate and attend to diverse experiences spanning: culture, language, legacy, place, age, unique current circumstances. You will have time in the workshop to complete different creative invitations under the guidance and support of the facilitators. At the conclusion of the workshop people’s preferred personal photographs and significant stories/expressions will be formed into a collective document and sent to all workshop participants.

 

This workshop is not based on experience, expertise or ability. In the spirit of inclusivity all of you (including the many hats you wear) is invited to show up and participate.

 

What you need to bring:

Paper

Something to write/draw with

Camera or phone with camera

 

Furthermore,  during the workshop the participants will be invited to take photos. It is the participant’s responsibility to select images that they feel comfortable to be shared with facilitators, participants and the Institute of Narrative Therapy and Community practice, who may share at their discretion with the wider public. The facilitators will put all images submitted (with the participant’s preferred name clearly marked) into a collective sketches document.

The intention of the shared document is to visually map the workshop journey, offer a space for people’s images to be witnessed and the chance to witness the work produced in this collective space.

In order to participate in this please, sign the following document, attach and send it to narrativetherapygr@gmail.com.

Consent for Collective Photo Sketches Document

 

What people say…

“Thank you for last night’s workshop. I can’t believe how thought provoking and gently, deeply authentic the whole process is. You hold the space with such poise and humanity and it’s seriously the loveliest zoom experience I have had this whole pandemic.”

“I really enjoyed the experience of thinking and feeling with other media than words.”

“Got some fresh creative juices going for me. Encouraged me to pick up my camera for short bursts without it needing to be too cerebral with what the outcome is. Short burst exercises are quite liberating to be able to do small projects that take five minutes! Thank you!”

 

Β. INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINERS

 

Poh Lin Lee

Poh is a Malaysian Chinese Australian social worker who brings together a thoughtful and intricate practice based on her experience and knowledge as a narrative therapist, co-researcher of trauma, writer, teacher, film protagonist and creative consultant.

www.narrativeimaginings.com

 

Grace Gelder

Grace is a photographer, arts educator and PhD candidate based in the UK. Her personal work explores themes that include heritage, hidden stories and performativity. Her facilitation work explores the use of photography in an arts and health context, often blending photography with other disciplines. Grace’s practice continually seeks to redefine the relational space between herself as photographer and those who are in front of the camera highlighting the ways in which process influences and shapes not only the images produced but people’s personal authorship and relation to their image.

www.gracegelder.com

 

C. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

 

c1. Time 

Saturday 24th of April 2021,

16:00 PM TO 20:00 PM ATHENS GREECE TIME

 

c2. Fees

– Until Wednesday 21st of April: 45€ 

– After Wednesday 21st of April: 65€   

Please deposit the respective registration fee to the IBAN GR54 0172 2280 0052 2806 9522 814 in Piraeus Bank (Greece)[Owner of the bank account is Institute for Narrative Therapy (Greece)]

Your place is reserved once you have paid.
After registering, please send an email to narrativetherapygr@gmail.com with:

• a screenshot of the confirmation of your payment
• your full name, profession, place of living, and a phone number just in case of urgent communication.

Once we receive your email we will reply confirming your attendance at the online workshop.

You can also pay via PayPal using the same email (narrativetherapygr@gmail.com)

 

c3. How to connect for the seminar- workshop

 

a)Please make sure that you have downloaded the latest version of zoom from here: https://zoom.us/download

b)Try to secure and join from a place where you have a good internet signal and sufficient bandwidth.

c)Use a laptop or computer if you can, because there are some features that do not work well or not at all if you are using an i-pad or your smartphone.

d)Check in your computer that the camera, microphone, and connected or integrated speakers are working well and test all of them in advance as they are necessary for the interactivity that we are inviting during the workshop.

e)Ensure you have good light conditions in the room from which you will connect, and you may want to avoid having a window behind you. Headphones could help prevent background noise.

You are invited to join 15 minutes prior to the official start of the meeting so that we make sure that everything works well technically.

Plan to come having cared for your needs. Bring something to drink or eat if you like. Close all programs/apps/windows on your PC/laptop, including your browser. It’s very useful to turn off notifications, alarms, cell phone ringers, and any other distractions. This is our precious time to be online together, to connect, share, listen to each other, and learn from and with each other.

You will get the ZOOM link the day before the workshop takes place.

 

c4. Certification

All participants will be given a CERTIFICATE.

 

 

 

 

 

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Narrative Walks The Institute for Narrative Therapy and Community Work in Greece, in the context of its social response in a difficult period for each of us personally and also for our society, decided to organize a series of interactive online workshops, lectures, and discussions under the title “Narrative Walks”. Narrative Walks will try to focus mainly on hot topics that can be addressed through the perspective of a narrative approach in the field of psychotherapy, community practice, organizations, and social responsibility. We start with the idea that Narrative Walks are short in duration (usually half a day), host excellent professionals in their field from all over the world, are offered regularly with an affordable financial contribution, and will inspire, challenge, and create a field of constructive discussion and learning.

 

In the context of INT’s Narrative Walks

 

Interactive Online workshop

on

 

Introduction to re-authoring diversity and inclusion

 

 

with

Chené Swart 

a Narrative Therapist from South Africa,

author of the book “Re-Authoring the World”

and

Lungi Molamu 

an Organisational Development Consultant from South Africa,

that has worked for over twenty years in the area of Diversity and Inclusion

 

 

Saturday 6th March 2021, 

15:00 PM TO 19:00 PM

(SAST / Greece Time)

 

 

Organized by:

the Institute of Narrative Therapy & Community Work – Greece

 

For information: www.narrativetherapy.gr,

6977-186936, 6955-103581, narrativetherapygr@gmail.com

 

FEES (via web)

– Until Wednesday 3rd of March: 45€ 

– After Wednesday 3rd of March: 65€   

For information about the payment method check below (C2)

 

WEB CONNECTION:
The event will be held via ZOOM. Look at the instructions below (C3). Connection link will be given to you the day before the online workshop.

 

See below:

1. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONLINE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINERS
3. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

1. 1. Time
   2. Fees
   3. How to connect for the seminar- workshop
   4. Certification

 

Α. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONLINE WORKSHOP – EVENT

 

In this 4-hour introductory virtual workshop with Chené Swart and Lungi Molamu, we will focus on the re-authoring ideas and practices, that can help us have conversations about the positive and negative sides of our cultural identities, as they play into our relatedness with the “other” and sometimes with the “othering”.  These ideas and practices create a re-dignifying space, where our conversations invite stories, that build bridges to the other.

Re-authoring is an invitation into the adventure of being authors and co-authors of our world.

An adventure that speaks of:

• our acts of refusal and protest about the “way things are”
• the folding of the richness of our lives into our identities and relationships
• the invitation to re-member our communities and
• the ignition of hope through alternative narratives, narratives that open up possibilities for dreaming a different future.

Through a lens and set of practices,

1. what is taken-for-granted can be unveiled and re-examined and
2. precious moments can be enriched into narratives that can re-author the future.

Also, practices of welcoming, dignifying and connecting will be discussed. The content of the workshop will be connected with important social issues, like the MeToo movement and the climate crisis.

Come and join our community as we invite you to see, be seen, connect, dignify, listen, question, unpack, enrich, narrate and burst into aliveness!

You can read more about the work here:

https://transformations.co.za/re-authoring-ideas-and-practices/

and about our partnership here:

https://transformations.co.za/diversity-and-inclusion-partnership/

And there is more: This workshop is an introduction to a series of six workshops that can be attended as a whole or separately with Chené Swart. These workshops address the most important themes of re-authoring ideas and practices over a 6-month period. Learn more here: https://transformations.co.za/journeys/

 

Β. INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINERS

 

Chené Swart is a Narrative Therapist from South Africa who has been translating narrative ideas and practices with organizations, communities and individuals from various cultures and contexts. Her work builds on the gifts of narratives, human connectedness, diversity, moving through and transformation that inspired the book, Re-authoring the World!

For the last 20 years, she has been exploring how we can take back the pen and re-author with dignity and beauty our human presence in this world. The work she brings is an offering to change and challenge the way we look, so that we can see and do differently in our relatedness with ourselves, one another and the world. She believes that “the way things are” can be challenged, re-authored and transformed. She is committed to participate in and contribute to conversations and actions that re-author our world towards the common good, one narrative at a time!

Lungi Molamu is an Organisational Development Consultant from South Africa having worked for over twenty years in the area of Diversity and Inclusion. She completed a two- year Advanced Diploma in Narrative Ideas in 2016 and has been incorporating these ideas in her work.

The gifts she brings to her work on Diversity and Inclusion as a Narrative Therapist drives her to examine and to question the plots we have taken for granted.  Her work gives us the chance to re-examine the various roles that we have created for ourselves and others over time, and to realize that we have choices in re-authoring these narratives. This re-authoring constitutes a new relationship with life and the world. It enables the person to create and recreate the self as a character in one’s own on-going story. This has a transformational character which is critical in Diversity and Inclusion.

The co-facilitators of the journey

Chené Swart and Lungi Molamu started working together in diversity and inclusion projects in 2008. They have combined their love for narrative work in workshops and client work since 2017, while giving Re-authoring Diversity and Inclusion workshops all over the world. Their work is built upon years of working together in this field, a deep friendship and a love for narrative re-authoring ideas and all this continually opens up new ideas and practices.

 

C. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

 

c1. Time 

Saturday 6th March 2021,

15:00 PM TO 19:00 PM SAST

 

c2. Fees

– Until Wednesday 3rd of March: 45€ 

– After Wednesday 3rd of March: 65€   

Please deposit the respective registration fee to the IBAN GR54 0172 2280 0052 2806 9522 814 in Piraeus Bank (Greece)[Owner of the bank account is Institute for Narrative Therapy (Greece)]

Your place is reserved once you have paid.
After registering, please send an email to narrativetherapygr@gmail.com with:

• a screenshot of the confirmation of your payment
• your full name, profession, place of living, and a phone number just in case of urgent communication.

Once we receive your e-mail we will reply confirming your attendance at the online workshop.

 

c3. How to connect for the seminar- workshop

 

a)Please make sure that you have downloaded the latest version of zoom from here: https://zoom.us/download

b)Try to secure and join from a place where you have a good internet signal and sufficient bandwidth.

c)Use a laptop or computer if you can, because there are some features that do not work well or not at all if you are using an i-pad or your smartphone.

d)Check in your computer that the camera, microphone, and connected or integrated speakers are working well and test all of them in advance as they are necessary for the interactivity that we are inviting during the workshop.

e)Ensure you have good light conditions in the room from which you will connect, and you may want to avoid having a window behind you. Headphones could help prevent background noise.

You are invited to join 15 minutes prior to the official start of the meeting so that we make sure that everything works well technically.

Plan to come having cared for your needs. Bring something to drink or eat if you like. Close all programs/apps/windows on your PC/laptop, including your browser. It’s very useful to turn off notifications, alarms, cell phone ringers, and any other distractions. This is our precious time to be online together, to connect, share, listen to each other, and learn from and with each other.

You will get the ZOOM link the day before the workshop takes place.

 

c4. Certification

All participants will be given a CERTIFICATE.

 

 

 

 

Read More

Narrative Walks The Institute for Narrative Therapy and Community Work in Greece, in the context of its social response in a difficult period for each of us personally and also for our society, decided to organize a series of interactive online workshops, lectures, and discussions under the title “Narrative Walks”. Narrative Walks will try to focus mainly on hot topics that can be addressed through the perspective of a narrative approach in the field of psychotherapy, community practice, organizations, and social responsibility. We start with the idea that Narrative Walks are short in duration (usually half a day), host excellent professionals in their field from all over the world, are offered regularly with an affordable financial contribution, and will inspire, challenge, and create a field of constructive discussion and learning.

 

In the context of INT’s Narrative Walks

 

Interactive Online workshop

on

 

“Story as an intervention for

managing polarities and conflict”

 

with the narrative strategist, faicilitator, warm data lab host

Yiannis Angelis

co-author of the books

“Transforming Organizations”, “Beyond Storytelling” & “Re-authoring Futures”

 

Saturday 23th January 2021, 

16.00 – 19.30 Athens Greece Time

(15.00 – 18.30 CET)

 

Organized by:

the Institute of Narrative Therapy & Community Work – Greece

 

For information: www.narrativetherapy.gr,

6977-186936, 6955-103581, narrativetherapygr@gmail.com

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FEES (via web)

 

WEB CONNECTION:
The event will be held via ZOOM. Look at the instructions below (C3). Connection link will be given to you the day before the online workshop.

 

See below:

A. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONLINE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP

B. INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINERS

C. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

1. 1. Time
   2. Fees
   3. How to connect for the seminar- workshop
   4. Certification

 

Α. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONLINE WORKSHOP – EVENT

Professionals all over the globe, find themselves operating in highly complex, trans-contextual (term introduced by Nora Bateson) environments. In these environments, they often have to deal with unprecedented challenges, which more than often have to do with themes that are controversial and polarized.

Most of the time, the whole field becomes an arena of problem-saturated narratives. This kind of narratives affects negatively our capabilities and energy towards connection and prosperity.

In such a field working with the whole spectrum of the respective stories that emerge is an essential skill. Working with polarities brings more and better awareness of our differences, and leverages diversity, which are essential elements for igniting a community spirit.

Yannis Angelis will guide us in how:

1. Polarities can be understood as a forming including two ends of a continuum, with the in-between middle space staying underdeveloped and/or underrepresented.
2. Stories in various formats can shape a safe enough container that could smoothen any complex and highly polarized field.
3. Deep and non-judgmental listening, primes mainly the underdeveloped in-between space with alternative narratives. This allows conversations to emerge in a respectful way that makes meaning for both poles’ identities. In this way, it opens up the field for a multiplicity of new perspectives and possibilities.

In this interactive workshop,

• we will work with various Multi-pοlarities, Pole Stories, Trojan Stories, Middle Ground Stories, and much more.
• we will get familiar with a model on storifying polarities,
• we will reflect on how this kind of work can be implemented in your work not only for balancing existing or imagined polarities and differences but also as an intervention for creating a safe enough space for intentional dialogue and meaning-making.

 

 

Β. INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINER

Yannis Angelis is a Narrative Strategist, a Facilitator, a Trainer, and an Artist. His work is informed by the principles of Narrative & Gestalt Therapy, Theory U, Community Work, and the Art of Hosting. He is the co-author of “Transforming Organizations” and “Beyond Storytelling”, two books that elaborate on how to work with story-based approaches for individual growth, community building, and organizational transformation.

Amongst others, Yannis facilitates teams in physical and online spaces. He is a trainer on the pedagogy, philosophy, psychology, and technology of online spaces and meetings for optimal engagement, efficiency, and wellbeing. He has co-founded “Beyond Storytelling”, a global network of Story Practitioners who work with the narrative approach as a transformational catalyst for leadership, learning, change, communication, and community building.

 

C. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

 

c1. Time 

Saturday 23th January 2021,

16.00 – 19.30 Athens Greece Time

(15.00 – 18.30 CET)

 

 

c2. Fees

 

c3. How to connect for the seminar- workshop

Dear workshop participants,

Thank you for taking the decision to join this workshop. With a lot of care, thinking of how could we all have a good time, enjoy and make the most out of it, I would kindly invite you to pay attention to the following and prepare yourself accordingly:

a) Please make sure that you have downloaded the latest version of zoom from here: https://zoom.us/download

b) Try to secure and join from a place where you have a good internet signal and sufficient bandwidth.

c) Use a laptop or computer if you can, because there are some features that do not work well or not at all if you are using an i-pad or your smartphone.

d) Check in your computer that the camera, microphone, and connected or integrated speakers are working well and test all of them in advance as they are necessary for the interactivity that we are inviting during the workshop.

e) Ensure you have good light conditions in the room from which you will connect, and you may want to avoid having a window behind you. Headphones could help prevent background noise.

You are invited to join 15 minutes prior to the official start of the meeting so that we make sure that everything works well technically. Then, when you arrive on-site, please be ready to offer yourself these 3,5 hours of uninterrupted spaciousness.

Plan to come having cared for your needs. Bring something to drink or eat if you like. Close all programs/apps/windows on your PC/laptop, including your browser. It’s very useful to turn off notifications, alarms, cell phone ringers, and any other distractions. This is our precious time to be online together, to connect, share, listen to each other, and learn from and with each other.

You will get the ZOOM link the day before the workshop takes place.

We will be waiting for you, in our virtual space with joy and care.

Warmly
Yannis and The Institute of Narrative Therapy & Community Work

 

c4. Certification

All participants will be given a CERTIFICATE.

 

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