USING METAPHOR AND STORYTELLING IN GROUP WORK WITH VULNERABLE AND MANDATED CLIENTS

Working with vulnerable and mandated clients can present some complexities particularly in relation to engagement and ongoing commitment to the group process. This workshop will assist participants to see how the use of metaphor and storytelling can engage clients and lead them gently and respectfully to a place of change. Using metaphor and storytelling allows participants and facilitators to engage in a dialogue that that moves from the left brain language and logic space into the right brain creative space. Participants will be introduced to the work of Milton Erickson and understand how the briefest of interventions can elicit sometimes profound changes.