Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work

Please note: This course will run 100% online for the 2021 intake.

The Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work is a postgraduate specialist qualification for professionals interested in enhancing their clinical and practice-research skills.

Narrative therapy is a respectful, non-blaming approach to counselling and community work, which centres people as the experts in their own lives. It views problems as separate from people and assumes people have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values, commitments and abilities that will assist them to reduce the influence of problems in their lives.

Narrative approaches to therapy and community work are used by social workers, psychologists, community development workers, nurses, teachers, doctors, and other health professionals in a wide range of practice settings.

The degree is delivered as a joint initiative of the Department of Social Work (The University of Melbourne) and The Dulwich Centre, Adelaide. The Dulwich Centre is an international centre for narrative therapy training, established by internationally-renowned social worker and narrative therapist Michael White in 1984.

This course prepares graduates for narrative therapy and community work.

The course:

• Provides graduates with the theoretical and advanced skill base for working with narrative approaches with individuals, families and communities across the life course, particularly in the areas of trauma and recovery.
• Prepares graduates for narrative practice in diverse cultural contexts
• Introduces the specific theories and advanced skills of narrative therapy
• Engages students in critical reflection of their own practice development
• Engages students in practice research and writing for publication.

It takes about 20 minutes to complete the form using the online application system.

You can save your work in progress and complete the application at a later date.