Upcoming Events & Trainings
Registration is open for the following narrative trainings and programs. CEUs are available.
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Linking Therapists’ Lives Through Shared Practice: A Narrative Consultation Group 2026-2027
Dates and Times: Wednesday, September 16, 2026 through Wednesday, May 12, 2027
Location: online via Zoom
Instructors: with Suzanne Gazzolo, PhD and Matt Mooney, PhD
Registration Fees: $1,750, or $1,200 if participant has previously taken Linking Lives
This narrative practice group is for therapy practitioners interested in furthering their relationship with the narrative worldview and building community around shared values and purposes. We are excited to offer a program with a focus on presenting and witnessing each other's work. We ask that you have completed a year-long Narrative training program or an equivalent prior to participation. Matt and Suzanne were inspired to offer this program after over 10 years of weekly learning and consulting together with other colleagues committed to developing skills and relationships aligned with the narrative worldview.
Narrative Certificate Program 2026-2027 - SOLD OUT
Interested in the 2027-2028 Narrative Certificate Program? Email Darcey Surette at narrativetherapyinitiative@gmail to be placed on the waitlist.
Dates and Times: Friday, September 18, 2026 through Friday, May 21, 2027
Location: online via Zoom
Instructors: with Suzanne Gazzolo, PhD; Guadalupe Morelos, LICSW; and Matt Mooney, PhD, LICSW; and ongoing inspiration from the legacy of Stephen Gaddis, PhD
Registration Fees: $3,800; a 10% discount is available if paid in full upon registration ($3,420) - Payment plans are available.
This year-long Narrative Certificate Program is for people interested in developing a rigorous personal understanding of the Narrative Worldview and its social justice ethics and practices. The goal of this course is to help participants establish a solid foundation for their narrative practitioner identity and preferred ways of helping. Drawing from participants' personal and professional lived experiences, the course emphasizes a peer experiential-learning philosophy and community-building orientation.
Next Steps for Narrative Learning 2026-2027
Dates and Times: Friday, October 9, 2026 through Wednesday April 2, 2027
Location: online via Zoom
Instructors: with Suzanne Gazzolo, PhD; and Matt Mooney, PhD,
Registration Fees: $2,000, or $1,750 if participant has taken NTI's Narrative Certificate Program
This year-long advanced Narrative Learning Program is for people who wish to further develop a personal understanding of the Narrative Worldview and its social justice ethics and concepts, with a focus on practice and consultation about clinical work. From our personal experiences and from what we’ve learned from participants in the Certificate Program, when we return to our particular work contexts, we can often become isolated and disconnected from our relationship with the narrative worldview. The goal of this course is to help participants stay connected to and further nourish their narrative practitioner identity and preferred ways of helping.
Working with People Facing Despair, Feelings of Unworthiness, and/or Suicidal Thoughts:
Moving Beyond Risk Assessment Towards Stories of Resistance & Hope
Dates and Times: Friday, November 20, 2026, 10am to 5pm, EST
Location: online via Zoom
Instructors: with Amy Druker, MSW, RSW
Registration Fees: Early Bird Registration Rate, available until 9/301/26 — $130.00, Regular Registration Rate, after 10/1/26 — $140.00
Working with people who are facing Despair, Feelings of Unworthiness, and/or Suicidal Thoughts can sometimes invite worry and panic for therapists, peer workers, and other helping professionals, which can take us away from our preferred ways of being with people who are facing these difficult problems. This workshop is not about how to conduct suicide risk assessments. Rather, it invites a critical exploration of some of the taken-for-granted assumptions, practices, and discourses that shape how suicide risk assessment is commonly understood and enacted. From a narrative therapy perspective, participants will examine how these ideas influence our conversations with people experiencing suicidality and consider alternative ways of responding that foreground people's own knowledges, values, skills, preferences, etc.