Healing Stories: Transforming Emotions in the Classroom and Fostering Teacher Creativity

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Course language

Course overview:

This 5-day course is designed to provide teachers with the theoretical knowledge and practical tools to help children manage and transform their emotions through therapeutic storytelling. Teachers will learn how to address common emotional challenges in children—such as fear, anxiety, sadness, anger, and low self-esteem—using stories as a powerful tool for emotional education. The course integrates child psychology, emotional intelligence, and storytelling techniques, providing educators with strategies to foster emotional growth in their classrooms and enhance their own creativity.

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  1. Create Therapeutic Stories:
    Develop their own therapeutic stories using metaphors, symbols, and emotional themes to address specific emotional issues faced by students.
  2. Use Storytelling Techniques:
    Master various storytelling techniques—such as voice modulation, body language, and suspense—to effectively communicate therapeutic stories and engage students.
  3. Integrate Stories into Classroom Practices:
    Design and implement classroom activities, such as role-playing and guided reflections, to enhance the emotional impact of the stories.
  4. Foster Teacher Creativity:
    Unlock their own creative potential through reflective exercises and creative activities designed to inspire fresh approaches to storytelling.
  5. Address Specific Emotional Challenges:
    Apply the skills learned to address real-world emotional problems in students, such as anxiety, social rejection, and fear of failure.
  6. Promote Emotional and Social Skills in Students:
    Teach students key emotional skills like empathy, resilience, and conflict resolution through stories that reflect and resolve their emotional struggles.

Methodology:

The course combines both theoretical learning and hands-on practice to equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to integrate therapeutic storytelling into their classrooms.

  • Theoretical Foundation:
    Participants will be introduced to the role of storytelling in emotional management. This theoretical grounding will help them understand the deep connection between stories and children’s emotional growth.
  • Practical Application:
    Through creative activities, participants will learn to unlock their own creativity and use stories to address specific emotional challenges in children. Activities will include group storytelling, story adaptation, creation of puppets and analysis of therapeutic tales.
  • Peer Collaboration:
    Teachers will collaborate in groups to create, adapt, and present therapeutic stories. The collaborative approach encourages shared learning and feedback, enriching the creative process and deepening the teachers’ understanding of the storytelling techniques.
  • Reflection and Feedback:
    The course will feature reflection periods where teachers share their experiences and receive feedback from their peers, ensuring that every participant leaves with actionable ideas and tools for the classroom.

This course might be interesting for you if you are:

  • Teacher of primary Education.
  • Teacher of secundary Education
  • Teacher of vocational Education

Standard daily program:

Sunday: Welcome and presentation of the week

Monday: Introduction to Child Psychology and Therapeutic Storytelling

  • Introduction to Emotional Intelligence and Basic Emotions
  • Introduction to Therapeutic Stories
  • Creative Activity: Morning Pages
  • Analyzing Therapeutic Stories
  • Group Creation of a Story

Tuesday: Designing and Creating Therapeutic Stories

  • Elements of a Therapeutic Story
  • Creative Activity: The Artist’s Walk
  • Symbols and Metaphors in Stories
  • Step-by-Step Story Construction
  • Integrating Emotions and Values into Stories

Wednesday: Storytelling Techniques and Activities for Telling Stories

  • Networking
  • Fundamentals of Storytelling
  • Creative Activity: Inspiration Collage
  • Storytelling Practice
  • Post-Story Activities

Thursday: Resolving Specific Emotional Problems with Stories

  • Working with Fears and Anxiety
  • Creative Activity: Dream Journal
  • Practical Workshop on Adaptation
  • Creating Personalized Stories

Friday: Integration, Evaluation, and Practical Application

    • Review of Concepts
    • Creative Activity: Date with the Inner Artist
    • Puppets’ workshop
    • Final Reflection and Application
    • Certification and course wrap-up

Destinations and dates:

From 20th April to 25th April 2025 – Istanbul (Türkiye)
From 3rd August to 8th August 2025 – Athens (Greece)
From 10th August to 15th August 2025 – Malta
From 17th August to 22nd August 2025 – Istanbul (Türkiye)
From 24th August to 29th August 2025 – Valencia (Spain)

Price 500€

What is included in the price:

Presentation day

5 days of clases (25h)

Course materials

Certificate of attendance

Administration costs

…and what is not included:

Accommodation

Transport

Extra activities