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

21 May 2025

Join us to discover more and learn how to source and tell such therapeutic tales yourself…

What will you learn: 
- 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
- A powerful way to stimulate optimism, hope and independence in
distressed people
- 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…

Accredited CPD: 6 hours
Length: 1 day (9.30am - 4.00pm)
Venue: Broadway House, located in central London, at the heart of Westminster and within a few metres of St James’s Park tube station.
Tutor: Dr Gareth Hughes
Price: £198 per person - Price includes lunch, refreshments and course notes


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