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FULL PROGRAM

The Need for Sound Epistemological Foundations
How do our presuppositions lead to the conceptualisations that inform our therapeutic work? How much are we aware of these, and how can we increase that awareness? In this session, participants will learn about the ‘epistemological cycle’ and how to develop appropriate ‘epistemological agility’ to improve therapeutic effectiveness. This involves stepping outside of the usual frame that defines therapy and exploring how one can be therapeutic without following traditional psychotherapy techniques.

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Processing Experiences of Severe Forms of Adversity
Here we will examine the implications of being confronted by realities that are overwhelming, and the constitutive elements of experience when we are exposed to severe forms of adversity. What are the typical reactions that they evoke in us, and what are the effects of such reactions? How are our abilities to process appropriately affected when exposed to overwhelming experiences? In this session, participants will learn how to address the perplexing complexities of overwhelming phenomena, how to discern the importance of the dimension of time, and how to use it therapeutically.

Q&A

The ‘Adversity Grid’
Over the years, Renos has developed the ‘Adversity Grid’, a framework that conceptualises the wide range of adversity responses, which has been used widely in many forms of therapeutic work, such as rapid assessments in humanitarian crises, in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as in other contexts. In this session, using all the learning above, participants will gain practical knowledge about the nature and benefits of this framework, enabling them to discern the complexity of effects that the adversity has on their clients, and by communicating this to their beneficiaries in a therapeutic way, via the ‘Synergic Therapeutic Complexity’ approach which Renos has developed.

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