How to tell stories that heal – therapeutic storytelling workshop
Stories and metaphors are a powerful way to stimulate hope and bypass resistance – they can also enhance problem-solving and creativity, beneficially impact the mind/body system and much more…
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.
- counts towards part 1 of the Human Givens Diploma
- expert tutor
- CPD certificate: 6 hours
- price includes lunch, refreshments and course notes