Many people consult therapists in their efforts to address the consequences of trauma in their lives.  These consequences usually include a diminished sense of identity, pervasive feelings of emptiness, worthlessness and personal desolation.  This is associated with a loss of a personal agency; with a loss of a sense that one is able to affect the shape of one's own life, and with a loss of a sense that the world is in some ways responsive to the fact of on'es existence.

In this workshop, Michael will review these and other consequences of trauma from a Narrative perspective.  He will then describe and illustrate approaches to the restoration of a sense of personal agency, and to the reinvigorating of an experience of self that provides people with a sense of personal intimacy, with a basis for relating intimately to others, and with a foundation upon which to proceed with their lives.

This focus on approaches to the restoration of a sense of personal identity will provide an opportunity to review special applications from a range of narrative practices.