Individual offerings are available both in-person and on-line. We provide customized programs that include individual offerings, offsite training seminars, speaking engagements, and custom tailored packages. Any individual offering can be adjusted and new programs developed to accommodate specific areas of interest and preferences.
Individual offerings are available both in-person and on-line. We provide customized programs that include individual training, group work, offsite training seminars, speaking engagements, and custom tailored packages. Any individual offering can be adjusted and new programs developed to accommodate specific areas of interest and preferences.
Bringing more Depth to the Clinical Setting
Group Processing to Mitigate Professional Burnout
The Power of Fairy-tales, Myths, Legends, and Story-telling
Understanding the Forces that Drive Thought, Behavior, and Emotions
An Introduction to Depth Psychology
Bringing more Depth to the Clinical Setting
OVERVIEW
Depth psychological perspectives will be introduced and pragmatic techniques explored so you can bring more depth to your clinical practice. This course will bring fresh and creative tools to facilitate more productive and engaging encounters in your clinical process. Through the art of inquiry and a depth psychological frame of reference, this course will promote ways to reveal psychological material that might be neglected, ignored or otherwise overlooked. Creative Depth shifts the focus from goals and objectives to meaning and purpose so you can bring more soul and interest to the therapeutic process.
TOPICS WE WILL COVER...
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What is Depth Psychology?
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A Jungian Map of the Psyche
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A New Perspective on Symptom and Suffering
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The Art of Inquiry
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Techniques for Digging Deeper
An Indirect Approach to Healing
The Power of Fairy-Tales, Myths, Legends and Story-Telling
OVERVIEW
Universal stories have the power to transform because they transcend age, race, culture and time. This universality allows patients of all backgrounds to identify with the story and provides a non-threatening way for you to challenge existing belief systems that may otherwise be rejected or defended against. This program aims to connect personal problems to mythic encounters in order to demonstrate alternative methods and ways of dealing with human suffering and day-to-day challenges. In addition, the concept of the 'Shock Factor' will be introduced in order to assist you in effectively disorienting the psyche, opening new possibilities. During this course you will learn the art of utilizing stories in relation to specific presenting concerns. Additionally, you will explore a mythic story in depth to facilitate a lived-experience of this process.
TOPICS WE WILL COVER...
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Understanding the Power of Fairy-Tales, Myths, Legends and Story-Telling
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How an Indirect Approach Works
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How and When to Tell a Story
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The Value of the 'Shock Factor'
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Connecting Case Examples with Mythic Tales
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A Lived-Experience for In-Depth Exploration
Shouldering Archetypal Burdens
Group Processing to Mitigate Professional Burnout
OVERVIEW
Professional Burnout is often discussed from an individual perspective, yet rarely is there discussion, awareness or treatment that addresses the more profound archetypal weight of clinical work. This program will address the depth psychological effects of projection, abjection and archetypal forces such as the devouring mother that manifest in the therapeutic container. Group Processing will afford you, the clinician, the opportunity to share, explore and analyze the surprising, unusual, perplexing or otherwise unexplained interactions that occur in the clinical setting. During this program, you will gain a clearer understanding of the deeper psychological effects of clinical work. In addition, you will learn amelioration techniques to provide personal and professional restoration and rejuvenation.
TOPICS WE WILL COVER...
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The Process of Professional Burnout
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Uncovering the Gravitas and Impact of Clinical Work
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Projection of Gold and Shadow
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Abjection: What is it and How does it affect you?
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Signs and Symptoms: Beneath the Surface
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Group Processing: Experiential Exercise
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Amelioration Techniques and Rejuvenation Planning
The Power of Suggestion
Understanding the Forces that Drive Thought, Behavior, and Emotions
OVERVIEW
Suggestion is a powerful force that controls inner narratives, dictates perception, and colors reality. In this module, you will learn the underlying mechanisms behind how suggestion works and the factors that drive them. In addition, you will gain greater understanding and tools to assist releasing the powerful hold suggestions have over thought, behavior and emotions. The relationship between the power of suggestion and inner states of being will be discussed and creative methods to elevate inner moods and re-evaluate perceptions will be explored, so you have more power to facilitate change in the therapeutic setting.
TOPICS WE WILL COVER...
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Inner Workings of Suggestion
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The Four Forces
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Deeper Exploration of Inner States of Being
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Creative Methods to Effect Change
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Wielding the Power of Suggestion in the Clinical Setting: Experiential Exercise