Cheque payments only. Please make payable to “The SEL Network LLP”

For further information please contact Amaria Ponniah or Andrew Ponniah at 62588739

or 98200904 respectively. For more information, visit: www.theselnetwork.sg

Speaker’s Profile

Vivian Navaratnam is a registered social worker and counsellor. She is trained in Social Work in Family and

Systemic Psychotherapy at postgraduate level. As her passion for Narrative Therapy grew, she went for further

training in Illinois, USA and later in Adelaide, Australia in Narrative Therapy. Her specialization in Narrative

Therapy consists of:

- One year Intensive Narrative Therapy training ( Dulwich Centre, Adelaide)

- Post Graduate Advanced Certificate in Narrative Therapy (Dulwich Centre)

- Post Graduate Diploma in Narrative Approaches to Therapy and Community Work

Her work has brought her on journeys with families, children and adolescents who struggle with the effects

of anxiety, depression, stress and anger arising from a variety of relationship problems, in school, work and family contexts. She is

currently the Counsellor at Barker Road Methodist Church. Vivian is married with 2 teenage children.

Suitable for : - Care Teachers in Government & International Schools

- School/ITE/Polytechnic Counsellors

- Youth Workers and Pastoral Staff

Course Outline :

Would you be curious to discover more about narrative

ideas and practices? The workshop will offer an experience

into the narrative worldview and focus on the tools narra-

tive therapists use. Participants will be given opportunities

to journey through experiential exercises, group discussions

and live demonstration interviews, illustrating the different

kinds of ideas of Narrative Theory and Practice.

Course Objectives :

An awareness of the assumptions of narrative therapy

An overview of the different practices used by narrative

therapies

Course Contents :

What is Narrative Therapy?

Narrative Assumptions and Ideas

Introducing Narrative Practices such as:

- Externalization

- Re-Membering Conversations

- Out-sider Witnesses

- Therapeutic Documents and Letters

Date: 24th Oct - 25th Oct 2011

Time: 9.00a.m to 5.00p.m

Venue: Golden Landmark Hotel

Life is a story. Our stories are unique. No two stories are the same. For many young people, they

struggle with their stories —interpreting it and making sense of it.

This course opens up a new way of helping the young - Narrative Ideas and Practices.

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Registration fee

$500.00 per participant (inclusive

of notes, refreshments and lunches)

Limited to 20 participants only!