Name: Gift of multiplied learning
Rating: 5

Therapy at ProChoices are provided by supervised practicum students, clinical counsellors, social workers, and other mental health professionals who are learning the Feminist Narrative therapy approach.

Want to become a Learning Therapist at ProChoices? See drop down menus below.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & PRACTICUM OPPORTUNITIES

Feminist Narrative Practice Immersion

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SPRING (jANUARY 2019) COHORT!

Program Overview

The Feminist Narrative Immersion is a customized, practice-based training program that provides rigorous professional development, counselling practice, and experiential learning. It is designed for both practicum students and working professionals who are interested in building advanced fluency in Feminist Narrative Therapy within a supportive collective cohort model.

Throughout the program, you will practice as a Learning Therapist at our clinic and become an active member of the learning community. You will work closely with the clinic supervisor, graduate therapists and your cohort, providing low barrier counselling services to clients from all walks of life. (See client page for our intake criteria)

AREAS OF LEARNING INCLUDE:

Feminist Narrative Counselling, Social Work, Women’s & Gender Studies, Social Justice Studies, Anti-oppressive Practice, Somatic Trauma Therapy, Integrated Arts, Couples Therapy, Group Therapy and more…

THIS PROGRAM OFFERS:

Clinical practice (individual, couples and group counselling hours)
1-on-1 & group supervision
Cohort learning & practice
Mentorship from graduate therapists
Experiential collective learning & practise support
Flexible learning & practice schedule

What are the many returns for the learner and for the community?

A certificate in Feminist Narrative practice
Gained mastery in your therapeutic skills
Qualification for various registration bodies, such as: BCACC, ACCT, RSW
The opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in areas such as research, writing, non-profit management, community development, curriculum design, workshop development and more
Development and expansion into many diverse and creative therapeutic modalities, including somatic work, integrated arts, play therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, and more
Your practice advantages many people who would be otherwise unable to access affordable, quality therapy
Your involvement contributes to social justice advocacy and the promotion of Feminist political therapy
Your involvement supports the ecosystem of this unfunded grassroots social profit organization

Cost:

The cost of the program is $400.00 per month

Why the $400?

ProChoices is an unfunded grass roots volunteer-run non-profit. The immersion program training fees along with client donations and volunteer contributions fund this community clinic. Our board and clinic team are working hard to secure funding opportunities that will give away free training to all practicum students in the future.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Email us at admin[at]prochoices[dot]ca
Download the Feminist Narrative Learning Immersion Brochure
Download the Application Form

Workshops

Informed by the principles of experiential learning and embodied practice experience, our workshops are interactive and facilitated by our learning therapist, graduate therapists, clinic supervisors, and clinic director.

In the custom of Narrative Therapy, we consult the insider perspectives of our clients as well as the therapists learning alongside them. Their stories of discovery and skill development will demonstrate an integration of the theories that inform a Feminist, Narrative Therapy approach.

Contact us to schedule an professional development workshop that can be customized to your organization’s specific focus, needs, and learning goals.

Upcoming Workshops

Doing Polical Therapy – A Feminist Narrative workshop series

Past Workshops

Connection as a Stance: Sustenance through Feminist Narrative Practice ( A Workshop for Downtown Eastside Direct Service Workers )
Supporting Brave Practice – An Introduction to the Feminist Narrative Approach

Booking

If you would like to receive invitations for upcoming workshops, or invite us to present at your organization, please email admin[at]prochoices[dot]ca

Download a sample workshop outline here.

Our University Affiliates

Testimonials

Gift of multiplied learning

“Participating as a student and contributor in a collective environment has both strengthened my confidence as a therapist and my passion for narrative.

Working and learning alongside of these diverse individuals has given me the gift of multiplied learning as every single member brings their own experiences and stories.

This collective and practice opportunity has been unique to any other throughout my training.”

~Tia (Adler University, Immersion Program)

January 29, 2016

Encouraged and inspired

“My internship with ProChoices has been a rich and transformative learning experience. The collective has fostered an environment that is congruent in supporting reflexive learning and practice.

I have felt genuinely encouraged and inspired by the theory underpinning the clinic’s practice, by my fellow members, and by the incredible mentorship provided.

It has been an honour to work in collaboration with our clients in the community, and to work in collaboration with a team of colleagues whom I greatly admire.”

~Anna (Adler University, Immersion Program)

January 29, 2016

A larger practice community

“I joined ProChoices because I wanted more experience in the practice of Narrative Therapy, and as a private practitioner I wanted to be part of a larger practice community. For me the Prochoices collective became that and much more.

Together we delved into the theory and practice of Narrative, questioned and deconstructed everything that came up, built and developed new ideas and supported each other in our different processes of learning.

What made ProChoices feel different was that everything happened through practice. This is not an academic program. Each abstract idea becomes intimately grounded in the microlevel of everyday client work.

I don’t think I’ve ever learnt so much, so deeply, in such a short time.”

~Charlotte (Therapist, Immersion Program)

January 29, 2016

Explore Narrative techniques

“This has been a great opportunity to explore Narrative techniques in the kind of setting it was intended – in the community.

The support of the team and the spirit of enquiry has really enriched my practice.”

~Carmen (Therapist, Immersion Program)

January 29, 2016

A real immersion experience

“ProChoices offered me a real immersion experience that has enriched and transformed my practice as a counselling therapist, unlike any classroom or textbook style of learning. It’s a sort of sacred space where narrative feminist and collectivist principles are the foundation, supportive to reflexive and generative practice learning.

I have been guided, inspired and encouraged to continue on in this work through collaboration with clients, by my fellow learning therapists, and by the incredible mentorship provided. I don’t think I’ve ever learned so much, so profoundly, in such a short time. And, its a real privilege to be a part of a social profit movement making therapy accessible to the community.”

~Jenny (Therapist, Immersion Program)

February 25, 2016

Grow, unfold, look deeper

“Humble honor is what I feel reflecting on time spent contributing as a member of this collective. The invitation to grow, unfold, look deeper – all while holding space for and being held within a dynamic community — is exactly what I was looking for in my education and budding practice.

I see this opportunity as one so worth diving into. Deciding to move across the continent to a new country for this, seems small in comparison to what is being created here. It is exciting to know that this opportunity exists for those seeking to connect with therapy in a way that honors the individual story as well as the extraordinary richness of a narrative examined relationally. We are re-storying, in a multitude of ways, through this work. I am grateful for my fellow learners and teachers in this feminist narrative immersion and for having decided to take the leap!”

~ClaireZane (Prescott College, U.S.A., Immersion Program)

March 10, 2016

An alternative, collective learning environment

“ProChoices offers an alternative, collective learning environment, an opportunity to benefit from the supervision of a great therapist and thinker, and its collective learning model allows us all to gain great insights through our practice with our clients, in reflection with each other, and in contribution with each other’s learning.

I am learning to open up a landscape of a richer and broader contexts involving the issues our client face. This expansion of knowing and meaning, is not only happening in the therapy room though, it is happening within myself every day. It is a perfect fit. The more I learn about what Narrative is, the more at home I feel, aligned in my personal philosophy and ethic.

Narrative, and my experience at ProChoices, is changing how I relate to language, my life, and myself. It is a beautiful practice that I hope to further my fluency in, so that I may offer its gifts to others.

~Brie (Therapist, Immersion Program)

March 26, 2016

An entirely new world

“Hilda has opened my eyes to an entirely new world as a learner. My previous experiences of supervision were limited to increasing my knowledge of the work by focusing on what could have been done differently. Although this can be useful, I found myself immersed in a world of self-doubt and questioning myself as an ‘effective’ new therapist. Hilda took an entirely different approach, placing value instead in my experiences as a learner. She took the form of a teacher by using Narrative during our supervision time, allowing me to gain a real sense of what Feminist Narrative therapy looks like.

As a mentor, she enabled me to notice and embrace my growth in this journey. As a feminist ally, she created space to explore the challenges of being a feminist learning therapist striving for social justice, and instilled hope in my capabilities of instigating change beyond the therapy room. I was at a place of hopelessness as a learning therapist, and I am forever grateful to Hilda for carrying a contagious passion that rekindled mine, and am thankful that I was able to work with such a patient, caring and inspiring woman.”

~Alisha Gori (Practicum Student, Adler University)

December 11, 2016

A part of something with so much integrity

“I am so grateful for my time working at ProChoices clinic for the opportunity it gave me to work and be a part of something with so much integrity. So many clients walked through the doors of the clinic while I was there and breathed such a sigh of relief recognizing they had access to this kind of support. It was also an amazing learning opportunity for me as a therapist to be become fluent in feminist-narrative therapy, which I saw providing the clients I worked with, with really valuable skills, perspectives and choices for their lives. These community driven endeavors need all of our support to keep them running and so I hope you will contribute to helping ProChoices thrive!”

~ Cat Main, 2017

September 15, 2017

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