Emotional skills, ethics and boundaries for life story professionals

Self-paced materials + live workshop + replay

Workshop date: To be announced

This training is included as part of our professional membership. Others may also enroll.

Course Summary

This quick course provides essential training for any life story professional such as oral history interviewers and biographers. The self-paced material should take less than an hour to complete. It covers emotional skills, boundaries, and ethics and is delivered by a licensed therapist, Patrick Butler. He is a professional educator, licensed therapist, and memoir author. He is thoughtful and empathetic.

In addition to the self-paced materials, we offer an annual live workshop, which will be recorded and the replay posted within the course. Check back for the next date.

Course Curriculum

Introduction
2 Lessons
- What to expect from this short course (less than an hour)
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- Introduction by Patrick Butler
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How to navigate emotional skills
12 Lessons
- Ethical tenets for life story professionals - video
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- Ethical tenets for professional interviewers - written
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- Confidentiality
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- How emotionally aware are you?
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- Download the emotional awareness self-test
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- Reflections on the self test
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- Working with vulnerable populations
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- Emotional skills and strategies
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- Additional strategies such as writing a disclaimer
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- Emotional boundaries
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- Conclusions for this topic
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- An additional word about sensitive subjects
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Live workshop: Date TBA
2 Lessons
- Zoom link(5:00-6:30 p.m. Mountain time)_copy
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- Replay - placeholder until after the workshop
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Course Pricing

Emotional skills & ethical tenets
$99 USD
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