KSA 2007 Conference proposal workshops, by Paschal

Using Stories for Healing and Change 101 and 102

Presenter: Paschal Baute, Ed. D Pastoral Psychologist

Program Length: Each is ninety minutes

Demonstration and practice

(KSA Board: Please edit as needed for program). .

Stories map our inspirations, our hopes, our memories and our dreams. Story is the most powerful method of influence, persuasion and change. We are storied people with many levels to our storied lives.. .

Story, from Bible times on, has been employed to inspire, guide and even give identity to a people. The narrative and metaphor in story elicits an authentic response on one’s own terms. Paschal’s stories invite wonder and awe about the mysteries of life, love and faith. In these workshops we learn to design stories. perhaps even using our own stories.

Healing Story Workshop # 101 provides an overview of how story has shaped civilization, our society and individuals; also covers how story can blind us to reality, and how a new story can heal and transform. Also how to make stories more effective. Limit: 12 participants..

Healing Story Workshop # 102: Recognizes therapeutic challenges. Each participant chooses a favorite or personal story or folktale to share in dyads, with coaching and feedback. Participants learn how to listen and coach and to shape stories. .Limit 12 participants

Participants will:

1) Value STORY as a powerful avenue for transformation and change.

2) Explore how stories speak to emotional and spiritual needs of others.

3) Understand some of the dynamics of effective storytelling.

4) Practice accessing some of the transforming aspects of storytelling. This objective is for those who complete workshops, 101 and 102.

About the Presenter:

Paschal Baute taught a version of this workshop for Ohio Psychologists for continuing education credits in February of 2007 and references are available. He has been creating stories and developing storytelling as a tool for building bridges and changing worlds since the 1980s. He is a member of the national Healing Story Alliance, the Kentucky Storytelling Association and the Lexington Spellbinders storytellers group. He coordinates the Human Resource Management program at Midway college and has various ministries.

His most recent book, "Win - Win Finesse, The Art of Dealing Positively with Negative Feelings ," uses story to illustrate 17 spiritual values as well as a work -changing creative method of dealing with negative feelings at work. He has led these workshops at a recent retreat for Ohio Psychologists with rave reviews.

telephone 859.293-5302. Email pbbaute@paschalbaute.com. Or see web page at www.paschalbaute.com.

His storytelling blog is AMAZEMENT

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Evaluations collected anonymously from Storytelling workshop participants, OPA

OPA retreat, Camp Akita, Feb 23-24, 2007,
Union of Psychology and Spirituality

Feedback 101. Storytelling for healing and change,

These were the anonymous evaluations I collected at the end of each workshop. They are more detailed than the Ratings given to workshop sponsors.

Breaking into dyads, then coming back to the group and sharing (if you wanted to) was helpful. Many resources. Maybe once you get some practice and feel more comfortable , break into larger groups of 3 or 4 with shorter stories so you can get more feedback.

Plus: Flexibility to meet the needs of the participants. Dyadic activities. Opening exercise.
Minus: confusion bout personal stories and cultural stories when talking about storytelling.

Handouts to take notes on. Outline of structure of purpose of a story. Very good workshop. Informative. Useful. Provided new tools for therapy.

Paschal. I fully appreciate your soul and the manner in which you communicated the simple truths. Using your drum has given me some ideas on how to use drum in working with people. Looking forward to the second session.

I thought this was a great experience and allowed for self-exploration and thoughts about working w/ clients. It allows for another tool to use to try to reach individuals. A suggestion maybe to use some more examples of how each story may be used for difference types of clients . Than you for sharing you knowledge and experience w/ us. I really enjoyed it!

I enjoyed this program very much. I liked closing my eyes and listening to your stories / poem ;guidance. I wish more time was allowed to pair off w./each person.

I was surprised to learn a couple of new things about myself in recalling some new lessons from old stones. Workshop unconventional and unexpected.

Final workshop 201 Storytelling for healing and change.

Paschal: I appreciate your openness and examples. My “given” name which I received during a retreat with a dear friend who has much native American influence. “Asanama” Asana = Balancing Ama = mother. Thus “Balanced Mother.” You have helped me once again remember Who I am. .

I found that the 4 client types we discussed were helpful I will remember: Rescuer, Victim, Persecutor, and Avoidance - Rebellion. I will use stories w. metaphors with my clients

I liked meeting in groups of three to develop stories in the second session. Dyads were good in the first session. I found it useful to brainstorm stories to illustrate the TA roles, - good organization. Avoidance - rebellion sounds more compassionate than Passive Aggressive.

I liked your concise questions. What would be boring in it? for others....as other (unclear word) for me from other questions Congratulations for excellent work. A modern man/person.

I will tell you what every psychologist says: " I knew everything you said but you said it well” Seriously don’t change anything."

New Storytelling Experience. March 2, Journal.

Journal, May 2, 2007

New storytelling experiences.

Although I have been using stories, writing stories and telling stories since the middle 1980s, and leading a few workshops on storytelling for the Spiritual Growth Network of Kentucky for several years, I risked taking this focus to a new level this past month.

I volunteered to lead three workshops on "Building Bridges between Faith and Psychology, Use of Story to Change" for Ohio Psychologists at their annual retreat on the Union between Psychology and Spirituality (where I have twice presented before but not on this subject). So this was my first attempt to persuade professional care-givers, a group of psychologists about the power of story to heal and to change. This had never been mentioned in their graduate school education.

I presented three workshops, a 101a, 101b, and 102, each three hours. I designed them to be participative and active learning. I collected brief evaluations from participants at the end and these are summarized elsewhere on this blog. OPA retreat evaluations.

Today I received the official evaluations reported to the OPA sponsors. I am very pleased with the results reported. Most every person rated the workshops highly, and there was not a single negative response. Most gave me a "5" Strongly Agree, to all 8 statements on Content, and to all 6 statements on Instructor. Comments added were: "Great topics and presentation. Lots of good practice," and "Please get him next time again.".

All but two checked Overall Rating as "Met My expectations and the other two were "Exceeded my expectations." Psychologists, whether young or very experienced can be tough raters for their peers presenting. I did not expect this degree of positive evaluations. Several present had deeply moving experiences of inner reconciliation of parts of their own story. I am very happy with these reports..

I am also pleased that I risked stretching myself in planning and leading these workshops. I enjoy pushing my own envelope. I am now ready to repeat these kind of workshops for other care-giving professionals. In fact, I have already offered to do so for the Kentucky Storytelling Association of which I am a member. Maybe in Lexington and elsewhere. I am scheduled for storytelling at a church conference for women and another at Natasha’s café in downtown Lexington, both in April. I am also enjoying helping others to tell their own stories and learning to discern what kind of story someone might need for a new window for themselves.

This is allowing me to integrate a great deal of my experience and passion, building bridges between faith, spirituality, wellness and science, to empower others. Thanks for listening.

Remnder: Our SGN monthly workshops and quarterly retreats focus on the power of story and the shadow side of story. Our next one is March 12-14. Knobs Haven, Loretto Motherhouse, Nerinx, Ky..

Namaste

Paschal Baute.

My storytelling blog is AMAZEMENT on my writing page.

Www.paschalbaute.com

“Truth used to run around the world naked. Everyone was frightened and avoided him. He saw someone dressed in beautiful robes surrounded by friends.

Truth asked her name. She answered, "I am story. I could dress you."

And from that day forth Truth and Story traveled mostly together, but not always."

--A Jewish tale

OPA Retreat: Using Stories for Change, outline.

UNION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY RETREAT 4, Feb. 22,23. Camp Akita, Logan, Ohio. OPA

Using Stories for Change 101 and 102
Presenter: Paschal Baute, PhD
Program Length: Each is three hours. 101 is offered twice during the Retreat.

People of ancient civilizations have all known a wisdom via storytelling. Stories map our inspirations, our hopes, our memories and our dreams. There is a wisdom in each of us we do not even know we have. We introduce a creative collaborative process to access and recapture this wisdom: relearning how stories can guide, summon and empower us.

People resist and sabotage direct help, advice or counsel for many reasons. Many prefer not to relinquish their personal drama. Story bypasses conscious resistance. Story hooks the creative imagination to allow the other to transform the situation on one’s own terms - authentically. In these workshops we learn to design stories to do this, perhaps even using our own stories. The renaissance in storytelling found in much recent literature supports and describes this process. Narrative therapy is only one expression; there’s also Erickson’s use of the therapeutic metaphor, Clarissa Pincola Estes and others.

The workshops are offered in a progression, with two 101s being introductory. For completion of Objective 4, a practice session, workshop 102 is necessary. Coaching is offered only in second workshop.

Story Workshops # 101a and # 101b: Provides an overview of how story has shaped civilization, our society and individuals; also covers how story can blind us to reality, and how a new story can transform. Also deals with making stories more effective. Limit: 12 participants each..

Story Workshop # 102: Recognizes therapeutic challenges. Each participant chooses a favorite or personal story to tell, in dyads or group, with coaching and feedback. Participants learn how to listen and coach, and design stories are reviewed. Requirement: complete Story 101.

Participants will:
1) Value STORY as a powerful avenue for transformation and change.
2) Explore how stories speak to emotional and spiritual needs of clients and organizations.
3) Understand some of the dynamics of effective storytelling.
4) Practice accessing some of the transforming aspects of storytelling. This objective is for those who complete workshops, 101 and 102.

About the Presenter: Paschal Baute has been developing storytelling as a tool for building bridges and changing worlds.. He is a member of the national Healing Story Alliance, the Kentucky Storytelling Association and the Lexington Spellbinders storytellers group. He is semi-retired from thirty years of clinical work as a psychologist. He coordinates the Human Resource Management curriculum for the School for Career Development at Midway College, Midway, Kentucky and has a prison ministry program for men and women with volunteers. His most recent book, “Win - Win Finesse, The Art of Dealing Positively with Negative Feelings ,” uses story to illustrate 17 spiritual values as well as a world changing creative method of dealing with conflict at work. He has led workshops at two previous OPA retreats like this one. For more information, telephone 859.293-5302. Email pbbaute@paschalbaute.com. Or see his web page at www.paschalbaute.com/writing. Then scan down right sidebar to “Amazement” storytelling blog/. His curriculum vitae and current writings are found at www.paschalbaute.com.

Bibliography will be offered to participants.