CBPT Tools: Therapeutic Storytelling in Clinical Practice — by Maria A. Geraci
In CBPT the child is no longer a passive subject but the active promoter of his own improvement: narrative builds a shared “story of care”, and therapeutic stories and bibliotherapy turn experience into coping strategies.
What you will be able to do
Retelling the child's story with an adaptive ending IS cognitive restructuring. A character who models positive self-statements IS self-instruction training. In CBPT, the story is not a warm-up — it's the intervention itself. This course gives you the structured methodology: a 4-level self-disclosure framework that moves from fictional characters to stories about the child's own life, precise mapping of CBT techniques to story formats, and a generalization tool the child takes home at the end of therapy.
A structured method for the intervention you're probably already improvising.
About this course
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
- Apply narrative techniques as evidence-based clinical tools in CBPT
- Use storytelling for emotional processing and cognitive restructuring
- Construct therapeutic stories aligned with the child's case conceptualization
- 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.
Curriculum · 9 lessons + Learning Test · 2h 56min
Instructor
Frequently asked questions
What is therapeutic storytelling in CBPT?
Therapeutic storytelling is the clinical use of narratives, metaphors and story-based activities to engage children in therapy, allowing them to explore difficult themes at a safe distance and develop new perspectives.
What will I learn in this course?
You will learn structured guidance on using narratives and story-based activities as a clinical tool within CBPT, to facilitate insight and behavioral change in child clients.
Who is this course for?
Child psychologists, psychotherapists and mental health professionals who want to add therapeutic storytelling as a structured clinical tool within a CBPT framework.
Who teaches this course and how long does it take?
The course is taught by Maria A. Geraci, CBPT Tools Specialist at the CBPT Research Center. It includes 9 lessons plus a learning test, for a total of about 2 hours and 56 minutes, and is self-paced online with a certificate of completion.
Who this course is for
Psychologists and psychotherapists · Psychiatrists · Clinical and licensed independent social workers · Licensed professional counselors · Marriage and family therapists · Mental health clinical nurse practitioners.
A certificate of attendance is issued on completion, tied to the final learning test.