1. Jeff Chang, Ph.D, R.Psych. Associate Professor Athabasca University Beyond the Therapeutic State, Drammen, Norway June 27, 2014

2. Overview In this workshop, Jeff will use an client session to invite conversation. In this conversation, Jeff has made the distinctions of:  Using language purposefully to invite construction of preferred meaning;  Distinguishing relational openings

3. Overview This collaborative approach encompasses five key interlocking activities:  Setting the relational stage  Listening for clients’ world view, strengths, and preferences  Negotiating a solvable problem or an achievable project  Opening meaningful experiences of difference  Circulating these experiences of difference

4. Acknowledgements  Athabasca University (Academic and Professional Development Fund)  Calgary Family Therapy Centre  The P family

5. Situating myself  Living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Professor of counselling at Athabasca University  Clinical Supervisor at Calgary Family Therapy Centre  Thirty years’ experience as:  Front-line therapist in children’s mental health  Employee assistance program counsellor and supervisor  Director and program developer in children’s mental health

6. Situating myself

7. Orienting Ideas  Think discursively and deconstructively  Think coherently  Think ecologically and systemically  Think relationally  Think developmentally  Think positively

8. The Most Important Thing Madhav Ghimire, the national poet of Nepal, said: “When you touch people with compassion, their good characteristics emerge”

9. Five Interlocking Activities This collaborative approach encompasses:  Setting the relational stage  Listening for clients’ world view, strengths, and preferences  Negotiating a solvable problem or an achievable project  Opening meaningful experiences of difference  Circulating these experiences of difference

10. The Interview Context:  Summer Externship at Calgary Family Therapy Centre  Consultation/demonstration interview  The P family: Parents: Kelly (F), Krista (M) Kody (12), Kori (9), Kamryn (5)  Violent outbursts Kody was in day treatment in Grade 2 More responsive to Dad than Mom Mom had to restrain him at last session

11. Contact: Presentation available at:  http://familypsychologycentre.webs.com/ jeff-s-workshop-schedule http://familypsychologycentre.webs.com/ jeff-s-workshop-schedule E-mail: jeffc@athabascau.cajeffc@athabascau.ca