The Vidaview LSB Practice Group began after a training workshop at University of Manitoba Faculty of Social Work in Winnipeg in 2023. The practice group has met regularly on Zoom and others have joined elsewhere in Canada and overseas, to share their experience integrating LSB into their setting and practice, and personal approach with clients, in some research applications. Out of LSB Practice Group have come impressions and insights, questions and ideas worth sharing with other users.
The LSB Practice Group holds a Zoom meeting the last Tuesday of every month. with in-person meeting, as may be arranged, at Klinic Health Centre, Winnipeg. Times may change and meetings added. For information contact . Rob Chase.
This is a step toward the Life Story Board Community of Practice and its home on the web https://lifestoryboard.ca
The online Knowledge Base will be the site for resources for trainees, practitioners and researchers using or considering Life Story Board: examples of LSB session with details and commentary; photos of toolkit set ups, webpages for reading, topic threads about ideas, activities, with links.
The LSB Practice Group is for counsellors who are using Life Story Board in their clinical work. Regular contributors are:
Christina Chan MSW, RSW, CPT-S is Registered Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, and EMDR Trained Therapist in her child play therapy and couple counselling practice, clinical practice Courageous Connections Counseling & Consulting in Winnipeg MB. …more about Christina Chan
Josh LeForte MSW RSW is psychotherapist since 2019 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He completed the MSW at University of Manitoba in 2023 where he learned about LSB which he now uses with youth clients as a counsellor in Sagheen First Nations community, with students at a small Winnipeg high school and residence for First Nations, and his part-time private practice. …more about Josh LaForte
Richelle Ready RSW is Registered Social Worker, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She first used LSB as a child and family counsellor she used LSB in transitional housing, before becoming as clinical manager for Crisis Support Services for Shared Health for several years. She is now instructor at Red River College, and counsellor at Ursa Psychology https://ursapsychology.ca/team …more about Richelle Ready