How to tell stories that heal – master the art of therapeutic storytelling

This popular and empowering day explores stories that have a powerful beneficial effect on the mind/body system and teaches you how to source and tell such therapeutic tales yourself.

What will you learn

A powerful way to stimulate optimism, hope and independence in
distressed people
How and why our brains work through ‘pattern-matching’
How to use this profoundly useful tool for getting through to people stuck in the black-and-white thinking of emotional distress
Increased ability to source and tell therapeutic stories yourself
Ways to enhance your own problem-solving capacity, as well as being better able to help others with theirs
A new way to motivate and engage people
Insights into the mind/body communication system and how useful this tool can be for promoting healing and recovery
A great way to build rapport and bypass resistance
How to choose the appropriate stories and metaphors for different people, and when to use them
Practical ways in which therapists, teachers, GPs, managers, policy planners etc can apply this knowledge to their work
The ability to enhance flexibility of thought, creativity and confidence in your clients
How stories and metaphor can also help us diagnose where problems lie
A new love and deeper understanding of the value, resonances and resources within stories
Greater confidence in dealing with a wide range of people – and a solid understanding of, and practise in, the therapeutic precision of metaphor and more…