understanding voice dialoguing through the healthy adult self
"A really useful and informative theoretic approach."
-Clare - psychotherapist
course description
Talking to the voices is a technique that can be used to engage a client's voices in a therapeutic conversation. Within the structural model of dissociation, voices are not signs and symptoms of mental illness or pathology. They are manifestations of dissociated parts of the self that need to be re-integrated into the adult identity. They should not be ignored, dismissed, or made to shut up; they should be accepted, welcomed, and blended into the psyche. Through presentation and discussion, participants consider the rationale for voice dialoguing in the structural model of dissociation, consider the principles of voice dialoguing, and explore the elements of the healthy adult self through which re-integration of the voices occurs.
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course objectives
Briefly, the course's objectives are to help you:
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1) Understand and explain the rationale for voice dialoguing
2) Take a system's perspective on the voices in which not any individual voice but the communication (interaction) between the voices is the treatment focus
3) Understand the core principles of voice dialoguing in increasing a) internal awareness of or communication with the voices and b) cooperation among voices
4) Articulate with confidence the key elements of healthy adult self in respecting and listening to the voices, becoming compassionately curious about and interested in the voices, and working with voices as a team
5) Understand the concept of dual awareness between the healthy adult self and his or her voices, and the basics of working in a "parts" paradigm
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Course length: 4 hours approx.
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