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Description: The Fateful Story: How Narratives Shape Health, Growth and Resilience

  • 05 Dec 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • American International College, 1000 State Street, Springfield MA 01109

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  • The event is free to attend but if you would like the 10 PDPs, you will need to pay $25.
  • The event is free to attend but if you would like the 10 CEs, you will need to pay $50.
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As counselors we are called upon to witness pain, loss and upheaval and enable our students to make sense of that suffering such that it can, one day, become integrated into a more healthful living. Much of what is disturbing is captured in story:  the narratives our students have developed that represent their understanding of themselves and their place in the world. Yet narratives often, over time, become rigid and stuck in limited understandings both of what had occurred and what was still yet possible; of who one was, and who one might yet become. When this occurs, we lose sight of our capacity, resilience, and worth. In this day-long program we explore the power of narrative to shape our understandings of self and self-in-relation. We examine the value of asking questions that stem from an appreciative or benefit-finding perspective and determine how we might encourage others to construct more productive perspectives using practices that establish a growth, learning-oriented mindset. 

This session will be presented by Maria Sirois, Psy.D.   Dr. Sirois has spent more than three decades in the boardrooms of business, bedsides of the dying and everywhere in between to do one thing:  offer the data, stories, tools and perspectives that enable us to cultivate resilience, health, wisdom and a greater capacity to lead ourselves and others well, no matter the strain or suffering of the moment. As a resilience expert, positive psychologist and international consultant, she is known for her authenticity, wisdom and compassion. She is the author of three books: the newly released, The Generous Exchange:  How Attention to Beauty, Goodness and Excellence Restores Us and Our World, A Short Course in Happiness After Loss (And Other Dark, Difficult Times) and Every Day Counts. Learn more about Maria at  www.mariasirois.com

The event is free for all thanks to the generosity of AIC's School of Education.  Breakfast and lunch will be provided. However, if you would like 5 CEs, you will need to pay $50 and if you would like 10 PDPs, you will need to pay $25 and complete an additional assignment.

SNOW DATE - December 12


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