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CHILDREN'S STORIES, CHILDREN'S SOLUTIONS:
LISTENING FOR OPENINGS AND AMPLIFYING CHANGE
Jeff Chang, Ph.D, R.Psych.
Associate Professor
Athabasca University
European Brief Therapy Association,
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
September 28, 2014
Acknowledgements
Calgary Family Therapy Centre The P family Athabasca University Research and
Study leave
Overview
In this workshop, Jeff will use a client session to distinguish: Using language purposefully to invite
construction of preferred outcomes: What does the family want? When does it happen? What can they do to have it happen more?
Listening for and using relational openings Differences and distinctions Curiosity, wonderment, surprise
Overview
This collaborative approach encompasses five key interlocking activities: Setting the relational stage Listening for clients’ world view, strengths,
and preferences Negotiating a solvable problem or an
achievable project Opening meaningful experiences of
difference Circulating these experiences of difference
Situating myself
Living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Professor of counselling at Athabasca
University Clinical Supervisor at Calgary Family
Therapy Centre
Situating myself
Thirty years’ experience as: Front-line therapist in children’s mental
health Employee assistance program counsellor
and supervisor Director and program developer in
children’s mental health Reflected on the similarities and
differences between SFBT and narrative therapy over the last 25 years: “Are You Solution-Focused or Narrative or What?”
Situating myself
Orienting Ideas
Think discursively and deconstructively Think coherently Think ecologically and systemically Think relationally Think developmentally Think positively
Five Interlocking Activities
This collaborative approach encompasses: Setting the relational stage Listening for clients’ world view, strengths,
and preferences Negotiating a solvable problem or an
achievable project Opening meaningful experiences of
difference Circulating these experiences of difference
The Interview
Context: Summer Externship at Calgary Family
Therapy Centre Consultation/demonstration interview The P family:
Parents: Kelly (F), Krista (M)Kody (12), Kori (9), Kamryn (5)
Violent outburstsKody was in day treatment in Grade 2More responsive to Dad than MomMom had to restrain him at last session
The Interview
Jeff being a “goof”
Seeking a problem description Enough so that we all know why we are
there
Pokemon cards “Getting to know the child apart from the
problem”
The Interview
“Pokemon”
The Interview
Looking for strengths/possibilitiesPersistence/longevityPossibilities for a metaphor?
Unexpected “gem” no. 1… Leads to… Unexpected “gem” no. 2
Bringing up a problem: “The elephant in the room” – last week’s session Unexpected “gem” no. 3
The Interview
“Getting to know the child apart from the problem”
Looking for strengths/possibilitiesPersistence/longevityPossibilities for a metaphor?
Unexpected “gem” no. 1… Leads to… Unexpected “gem” no. 2
Contact:
Presentation available at: http://
familypsychologycentre.webs.com/jeff-s-workshop-schedule
E-mail: [email protected]
The Most Important Thing
Madhav Ghimire, the national poet of Nepal, said:
“When you touch people with compassion, their good characteristics
emerge”