Post-Conference Workshop
Dialogical Self Approach in Coaching, Training, Counseling and Education
Monday, October 29, 2012
International Institute for the Dialogical Self
www.dialogicalinstitute.com
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
· Define the dialogical self and its main concepts that are applicable in practice
· Discuss how to use the dialogical self in the practice of coaching, counseling and training.
· Identify methods based on dialogical self theory
· Define features of work with emotions, future positions and art in dialogical way
· Incorporate elements of the dialogical approach in practice
Content Outline:
1. Introduction
2. “The relationship between self and dialogue: Theory and practical implications” by Hubert Hermans
a) Dialogical self as a dynamic multiplicity of I-positions in the landscape of the mind.
b) The self as a “society of mind.”
c) Implications of the dialogical view for the psychology of emotions
d) Implications of the dialogical for the psychology of motivation
3. Composition Work with Dialogical Self as an “artistic road” in practice
a) Artistic view of the self and emotions
b) Space and multiplicity in composition work
b) Making a composition of emotions and different aspects of the self
d) Exploring the pattern of composition
e) Emotions in composition work
4. Work with Future Positions
a) Development of a promoter position
b) Innovative features of the future position
c) Multiplicity of future positions
d) Integration of future positions
Hubert Hermans, Ph.D creator of the Dialogical Self Theory, is author of approximately 200 scientific publications, mainly on the Self-Confrontation Method and Dialogical Self Theory. His work is translated into nine languages. He is author of Self-Narratives: The Construction of Meaning in Psychotherapy (with Els Hermans-Jansen), The Dialogical Self in Psychotherapy (with Giancarlo Dimaggio) and Dialogical Self The-ory: Positioning and Counter-Positioning in a Globalizing Society (with Agnieszka Hermans-Konopka). He developed internationally applied methods, among them the Self Confrontation Method (SCM) and the Personal Position Repertoire (PPR) method. The SCM led to the establishment of a professional association (300 members). For his merits Hubert Hermans received a decoration of Knight in the Society of the Netherlands Lion. His ideas were used in the formation of the government in The Netherlands in 2006. On the basis of his work, biennial International Conferences on the Dialogical Self are organized in different parts of the world.
