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Making genograms more enriching, creative, meaningful and relational

A workshop brimming with practical and creative ideas for using visual representations of family in your work with children and young people, with Dr Karen Treisman MBE.

Tickets: free for members, £50 for non-members.

Karen Treisman

Award-winning psychologist and bestselling author, Dr Karen Treisman MBE, will show how you can integrate genograms and visual representations into different types of support, assessment and interventions.

You’ll learn how to create more meaningful and enriching genograms, as well as a range of questions and reflective exercises to use alongside them.

Find out how genograms can be adapted for children, teens and adults, or used within reflective spaces and supervision.

What will I take from this Live Classroom?

  • Creative ideas for enriching and making genograms more relational, child friendly, and meaningful
  • A range of enriching and thickening questions to add layers to your assessments or interventions
  • An awareness of the usefulness and richness of integrating genograms into your practice
  • Ideas of different contexts where genograms might be useful
  • Ideas for how to create your own genograms in the future

What people have said about our Live Classroom sessions

“Love the Live Classrooms – they are so accessible, practical and always provide lots of thoughts and ideas to take away.” Training participant.

Preparation required

This Live Classroom assumes that attendees have some of the baseline therapeutic and direct work skills.

Although we won’t be making genograms in the session, you might like to select some materials to experiment and explore with.

About Dr Karen Treisman MBE

Dr Karen Treisman MBE is a highly specialist clinical psychologist who has worked in the national health system and children’s services. Karen has also worked cross-culturally in both Africa and Asia with groups ranging from former child soldiers to survivors of the Rwandan Genocide. She is the author of 10 books, including the bestselling book, A Therapeutic Treasure Box.

Karen has extensive experience in the areas of trauma, parenting, adversity (ACEs) and attachment, and works clinically using a range of therapeutic approaches with families, systems, and children in or on the edge of care, unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people, and adopted children.

She specialises in supporting organisations and systems to implement adversity, culture and, trauma-informed, infused, and responsive practice.

Karen is the founder and director of Safe Hands and Thinking Minds and is a TEDx speaker on the power of relationships and viewing behaviour as communication.

Zoom Access to the Live Classroom

  • You will receive a zoom link to access the live classroom at least 48 hours before the live classroom takes place.
  • Our Live Classrooms are delivered via Zoom. If you haven’t used Zoom before, or need a refresher, take a look at this guidance. If you are planning on attending via a work device, to ensure access is not blocked you may need to seek permission in advance.

Tickets and membership

  • Already a member? This Live Classroom is included in Creative Life Story Work members’ 12 free events per year.
  • Not yet a member? This Live Classroom costs £50 for non-members.
  • Interested in becoming a member? Find out about becoming a member here.

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Live Classroom

Venue information

This session will be held via Zoom.

We would encourage you to read this document for advice on how to access zoom particularly if you haven’t accessed zoom before. If you are planning on attending via a work device, you may need to seek access permission in advance.

You will receive a zoom link to access the live classroom at least 48hours before the live classroom takes place.

Accessibility

Feel free to contact us prior to the scheduled event date if you have any specific questions or requirements relating to access.