The program lasts two years and includes:
A) Three days training events (open event + two-day seminar). 3 three days training events are provided to the participants every year. Key presenters are members of the International Staff of Dulwich Centre, Australia’s international teaching and therapy centre, which has introduced Narrative Therapy.
[The three-day seminars can be attended by anyone independently, as long as they are interested in the specific subject, regardless of attending the specialization program]
B) Group Supervision. 8 group supervision meetings (online) of 3 hours each month are provided to the participants annually. Participants who already work therapeutically will have the opportunity to discuss their experiences applying the ideas and practices of Narrative therapy in their work. For participants who are not currently working therapeutically, there is a special series of tasks designed to put the ideas of Narrative Therapy into practice.
C) Experiential Group: “The Tree of Life”. 8 group experiential meetings (online) of 2 hours each month are provided to the participants in the first year. The narrative practice “The Tree of Life” is used. Information in Greek on this way of working can be found at:
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D) Linking Bibliography to Practice Section. This is provided in the second year and includes two main elements:
a) Reading literature and writing assignments. This process is carried out in close collaboration with a tutor from the international educational staff of the Dulwich Center in Australia and the Narrative Therapy master program of the University of Melbourne, via the internet (online).
The reading of the literature concerns 10 topics and results in 10 small written reflections of about 500 words (which are essentially answers to a series of questions aimed at connecting the theoretical knowledge of the participants with practice).
This practice does not have to be classical psychotherapeutic practice, nevertheless still it should be practice. For example, it may involve the coordination of an educational group, which will be organized and coordinated based on the principles and practices of Narrative Therapy. It can also concern a practice-research (which is a specific narrative methodology of practical supportive research for/with people experiencing specific social, professional or “psychological” difficulties). Such type of practical investigations have been successfully executed organized by participants of previous cycles of our program with our support. The tutor of the Linking Bibliography to Practice Section and the scientific coordinator of the program in Greece will be happy to discuss such and other alternative proposals from the participants.
Along the way one of these assignments will expand to 1000 words.
The entire process will culminate in a larger final paper of 5000 words on a topic of the participant’s choice. This will also be the final work, which will be presented at the end of the two years program.
b) E-supervisions with the program tutor. This process includes two online supervisions with the tutor of this section as well as a final live supervision during the presentation of the papers.
Program configuration logic
Our program is designed so that it gives you a solid practical ability to practice therapy effectively and with understanding. It is a program that clearly clarifies the theoretical framework, but is mainly practice-oriented and aims to provide tools and knowledge so that our graduates can practice therapy with a sense of confidence.
Key advantages, then, are the emphasis on practical applicability and that this is given in a short period of time and in a cost-effective economical way.
