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Workshop Title Storytelling Therapy. The
Workshop Poster is here. Workshop Description Storytelling
Therapy is one of the Creative Arts Therapies (also known as, the Expressive
Therapies). Storytelling Therapy involves
working with stories that relate to clients' experiences. Course participants would learn about, and would receive training in, Storytelling
Therapy methods. In
addition to Psychological Counselling
and Healing, these methods can be
used for 1) Training in Soft Skills, Life Skills, and
Communication Skills; 2) Facilitating Personality Development
(in oneself and others); and 3) Life Coaching. Topics
would include: 1)
Psychological and social aspects of the storytelling process. 2)
Elements, structures, and types of stories. 3) Ways of Speaking (melodic speech,
rhythmic speech, song) in Storytelling Therapy. 4) Ways of Moving (posture, gesture, rhythmic movement, dance) in Storytelling Therapy. 5) Ways
composing, thinking about, telling, and listening to stories can be
therapeutic. 6) One
inspiration for Storytelling Therapy is telling Grandmother Stories to give
comfort and guidance. No
previous study or training is required to join this Workshop. Workshop Days and Time Monday 2
Oct, and Tuesday 3 Oct 2017. 9am to
4pm. Workshop Location 14, 2nd
Avenue, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai. Workshop Instructor Dr Eric
Miller has taught at 6 Colleges/Universities -- 3 in New York City, his
hometown (New York University; Fordham University; and St John's University);
and 3 in Chennai, his adopted home (University of Madras; Indian Institute of
Technology - Madras; and the Image College of Animation, Arts, and
Technology). At these
Colleges/Universities, he has taught 15 courses, including: Writing Essays, Writing about Literature, Creative
Writing, Writing for Animated
Movies and Video Games, The
Folktale, The Modern Short Story,
History of USA Drama, Public Speaking, and Storytelling. Dr Eric
has earned a PhD in
Folklore (University of Pennsylvania, 2010), and is a MSc Candidate in Psychology
(University of Madras). He has
completed a one-year Certificate Course in Psychological Counselling,
conducted by the Chennai Counsellors Foundation. In 2007,
Dr Eric and others founded the World
Storytelling Institute, which he directs.
One project of the WSI is the Chennai Storytelling
Festival: the 6th annual edition of this Festival is scheduled to occur
at Loyola College in Feb 2018. Dr Eric
is also the Assistant Director of the East West Center for Counselling and
Training, and is a Co-founder and Co-facilitator of the Indian Storytelling Network. Dr Eric's CV is here, and his
Life Narrative is here. Links to
approx 65 of Dr Eric's writings -- mostly under the headings, "Tamil
Nadu", "Storytelling", "Storytelling Therapy", and
"Videoconferencing" -- can be found at his personal website, www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com
. Links to his writings relating to Storytelling Therapy (including
Fairytale Therapy) are here. Links to his notes on "Storytelling Workshops for People in the
Business World" are here. Links to
66 newspaper and magazine articles referring to Dr Eric's work are here. For
Additional Info, and to Register Please
contact the East West Center for Counselling and Training: 98847
00135 info@centerforcounselling.org
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