Hero's Journey: A Framework in The Treatment of Men Experiencing Trauma and/or Addiction, Giving Heroic Purpose to Men's Struggle with Shame, Vulnerability and Fear

Hero's Journey: A Framework in The Treatment of Men Experiencing Trauma and/or Addiction, Giving Heroic Purpose to Men's Struggle with Shame, Vulnerability and Fear
Dates:  February 1, 2019
Facilitator: Michel Jones, MSW, RSW, RP.
This training is suitable for: Mental Health Professionals: Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Psychologists, Social Workers. Direct Service Workers: Drop in workers, shelter and hostel workers, youth workers, youth justice workers.

Description: Scholar Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey", is a primal story/legend/myth narrative that can be found in many cultures from around the world and through the ages. Harnessing this powerful narrative can help therapists come alongside their male clients in a non-threatening supportive way. This workshop will show how to use this concept as a framework in the treatment of men experiencing trauma and/or addiction, giving heroic purpose to men's struggle with shame, vulnerability and fear. Grounded within narrative therapy tradition, this workshop offers a constructive way to break down negative self-narrative and move to a more positive and realistic narrative. Together the group will be identifying current cultural stereotypes that reinforce unrealistic males’ expectations about self and interfere/stop with the therapeutic process. Michel Jones will review the concept of a hero's journey being about strength through acknowledgement of vulnerability and acceptance of connection to supportive others. Participants will learn to utilize Joseph Campbell's 7 steps of the hero's journey to provide structure to sessions in their own work and be given practical worksheets to support clients between sessions.  

Full Workshop Overview:

Reality:

• Cultural expectations for men emphasize toughness and independence
• Male trauma is under-reported
• Men tend to exhibit their trauma distress through maladaptive behaviour: violence to others, substance abuse, self-harm, suicide
• Many men have trouble opening up to a female therapist
• The vast majority of therapists are women

Possibility:

• Scholar Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey", is a primal story/legend/myth narrative that can be found in many cultures from around the world and through the ages
• Harnessing this powerful narrative can help therapists come alongside their male clients in a non-threatening supportive way

This workshop:

• We will show how to use this concept as a framework in the treatment of men experiencing trauma and/or addiction, giving heroic purpose to men's struggle with shame, vulnerability and fear. Grounded within narrative therapy tradition, this workshop offers a constructive way to break down negative self-narrative and move to a more positive and realistic narrative

Learning Objectives:

• Current cultural stereotypes that reinforce unrealistic males expectations about self
• The concept of a hero's journey being about strength through acknowledgement of vulnerability and acceptance of connection to supportive others
• Joseph Campbell's 7 steps of the hero's journey to provide structure to sessions
• Practical worksheets to support the client between sessions

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