Therapeutic storytelling — the clinical use of narratives, metaphors, and story-based activities — is a powerful tool for engaging children in therapy and facilitating insight and change. Stories allow children to explore difficult themes at a safe distance and develop new perspectives.

This course provides structured guidance on how to use storytelling therapeutically within CBPT, including how to construct therapeutic stories aligned with a child's case conceptualization and how to use narrative techniques for cognitive and emotional processing.

Course objectives

1. Apply narrative techniques as evidence-based clinical tools in CBPT
2. Use storytelling for emotional processing and cognitive restructuring
3. Construct therapeutic stories aligned with the child's case conceptualization
4. Adapt storytelling interventions to different presentations and age groups

Course requirements

• Psychiatrists
• Psychologists
• Clinical Social Workers
• Licensed Professional Counselors
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
• Licensed Mental Health Clinical Nurse Practitioners

The delivery of the certificate of attestation at the conclusion of the course will be tied to the evaluation of participants' requirements. In the absence of the requirements, the course hours will not be certified.