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News from the Expressive Therapies Institute of AustraliaCertificate in Expressive Therapies with Children and Adolescents. Somatic Focussed, Creative Counselling for Emotional Integration SUNSHINE COAST, PHILLIP ISLAND, CAIRNS, KUALA LUMPUR
This course has been offered every year since 1989.
Created by Mark Pearson and Helen Wilson.
Widen your skills base! Expand your creativity as a counsellor!
Renew your passion to help young people!
Based on the material in Mark Pearson & Helen Wilson's books:
EMOTIONAL RELEASE FOR CHILDREN (2004)
EMOTIONAL HEALING & SELF-ESTEEM (2004)
SANDPLAY & SYMBOL WORK (2001)
COURSE AIMS
The course aims to equip counsellors, psychologists, guidance officers, educators, parents and child-care professionals to apply Expressive Therapies frameworks and exercises with children and adolescents in their particular area of expertise.
The course assumes that participants already possess some basic counselling training or skills. Although participation in the course is open to all, Certification is awarded only to participants with previous qualifications or extensive experience in counselling, health and welfare, psychotherapy, psychology, education, social work, nursing or child care or a related field. This is a highly experiential course that offers training in emotionally expressive methods and the inner-life skills that promote emotional healing, self-awareness and self-esteem in children and adolescents. The methods that will be presented have been used with children from 6 to 19 years, and many counsellors have adapted them for use with infants and adults with substantial long-term benefit. ET is based on the framework and methods of Jungian, Gestalt, Reichian and Transpersonal Psychology. The course is made up of lectures, demonstrations, experiential work, debriefing sessions, peer facilitation, background reading and assignment writing. This course has been offered annually around Australia since 1989. Individual and small group supervision for course graduates is available throughout the year. Counselling modalities introduced and practiced during the course are: Emotional Release Processes, Symbol Work, Bioenergetics, Art as Therapy, Journal Writing, Body Focus, Visualisation, Gestalt Role-Play, Relaxation and Meditation. There will be a focus on developing client trust, self-discovery, emotional release and integration. COMPONENTS OF THE COURSE
Participants can begin the course at workshops 1, 2 or 3.
CAIRNS QLD: WORKSHOP ONE: MARCH 11 - 13 2010
Support Emotional Expression - Art, Music and Movement
* Theoretical background for client-centred practice.
* Multiple Intelligences in counselling
* New ways to help clients talk about themselves.
* Developing trust and encouraging interest in self- discovery.
* Use of drawing for expressive release.
* Introducing emotional release processes.
* Contra-indications for emotionally activating activities
WORKSHOP TWO: 13 - 15 May, 2010
Exploring Family Issues - Processing Strong Emotions
* Exploring family- of-origin issues using art and symbols.
* Emotional release processing:
- supporting the release of grief
- safe anger release and integration
* Bioenergetics, de-armouring and movement therapy.
* Expressive writing and worksheets for communication and integration.
WORKSHOP THREE: 22 - 24 July, 2010
Symbol Work, Group Work and Transforming Trauma
* Symbol work in contemporary counselling.
* Role-play for a strong sense of self.
* Safe processes for traumatised clients.
* ET in group work and group dynamics.
* Illustrated case study stories
WORKSHOP FOUR: 9 - 1 September, 2010
Balancing Emotional, Cognitive and Somatic Processes
* Foundation principles of Expressive Therapies.
* Dealing with reactivity and anger.
* Body Focus - supporting kinesthetic resolution.
* Music as a therapeutic tool - recorded and live.
* Research and background literature.
WORKSHOP FIVE: 18 - 20 November, 2010
Inner-Life Skills for Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem
* Approaches for teaching relaxation and self awareness.
* Visualisation and imagination for enhancing self esteem.
* Family and group communication games.
* Liaising with parents and carers.
* Course Review
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
These include the completion of two short written assignments and attendance at all training days. It is a principle of ET that facilitators personally experience the exercises they will use with clients so as to be able to present them safely and confidently. Be prepared for a rich and intense time of professional and personal development.
RESEARCH ON EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES
Mark has completed a research project on the effectiveness of ET in school settings, finding that in the opinion of guidance officers and school counsellors who have completed this training course, the use of expressive emotion-focused tools is highly effective (Aust. Journal of Guidance & Counselling, Dec 2003). Sandplay Therapy, the use of art in therapy, the use of journal writing and expressive therapies generally have a long history of research and documentation which will be discussed during the course.
NEW INTAKE CAIRNS MARCH 2010 Workshop One: MARCH 11 - 13 2010. Supporting Emotional Expression - Art, Music & Movement Certificate in Expressive Therapies with Children and Adolescents - Somatic Focused, Creative Counselling for Emotional Integration. Times: First day 1 - 7pm, other days 9am - 5pm COSTS:
$745. Early bird discount if paid one month before course starts: $695 per 3-day workshop (includes sensational lunches, morning and afternoon teas, course manuals, GST). Credit card payments incur a 3% fee. EFT and Credit Card facilities are available on site. For registration in Cairns please contact us at birdwingtherapies@bigpond.com
Check out the Expressive Therapies Institute of Australia website for information about Expressive Therapies Certificate courses at Sunshine Coast, Phillip Island and Kuala Lumpur: www.expressivetherapies.com.au
Certificate in Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work With Children, Adolescents & Adults PHILLIP ISLAND, BRISBANE, CAIRNS PERTH, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE Trainer in Perth and Asia: Mark Pearson & Helen Wilson. Trainer in Cairns, Brisbane: Lynette Fox. Trainer in Victoria: Jo Ablett. Trainer in Northern NSW, Sunahine Coast, Qld: Monique Rutherford. Sandplay Therapy is a hands-on, expressive counselling and psychotherapy modality that has been in use for over seventy five years. It has been used with children, adolescents and adults, in schools, hospitals, welfare agencies and private counselling practices. It forms a bridge between verbal therapy and the expressive therapies, combining elements of each. Sandplay allows the deeper aspects of the psyche to be worked with naturally and in safety, and is highly effective in reducing the emotional causes behind difficult behaviours. This course teaches you to use Sandplay Therapy and Symbol Work exercises, along with Dreamwork, active imagination and creating stories in counselling with children. This course is based on the material in Helen and Mark's book: Sandplay & Symbol Work - Emotional Healing and Personal Development with children, adolescents and adults. This is the only major publication on the subject written in Australia and it is sold world-wide as a major learning text.
The training will be a highly interactive and experiential. There will be many illustrated, case study presentations and an extensive manual is supplied.
COMPONENTS OF THE COURSE Perth, Phillip Island, Northern NSW, Sunashine Coast, Qld - 12 days (4 three-day workshops). Brisbane & Cairns - 15 days (4 workshops) Students must work through the workshops progressively. WORKSHOP ONE - Introduction to Sandplay Therapy and Symbol Work - practical experience, history and theory. -Review of research and relevant literature. - Role-play techniques to support integration. The use of drawing in counselling. - Input on sandplay equipment � Contra-indications for use of symbolic work and role-play. - Creating mythological stories for self-understanding.- Illustrated case studies. WORKSHOP TWO - Psychological mechanisms activated by sandplay. -Concepts from Jungian Psychology supporting sandplay. - Use of mandala artwork for integration. -Interpretation of spatial arrangements in the tray.- Categories of tray types. - Early research of the pioneers.- Dr Lowenfeld's theoretical framework. - Skills practice and case illustrations WORKSHOP THREE. Use of sandplay with special client populations.- Use of Symbol Work in group programs.-Review of Dora Kalff's theoretical framework.-Indications for analysis of sandpictures.-Working with dreams in the sandtray.-Co-transference in the sandplay session.-Refinement of facilitation skills WORKSHOP FOUR - Case presentations by students - Group supervision - Beyond the Shadow - completion trays - Skills development Participants' Comments: Thank you for the introduction to Sandplay - the gentle way you as facilitators approached our learning, I believe, had a huge impact on how excited I am to have knowledge of this therapy. I have used it with a few of my young clients and the impact it has had on them is incredible. - Carol Long, Centacare. I want you to know that your training changed my work practice and also my life practice. The biggest thing I learned was to trust the process. - Katherine Soper The course last week was fabulous! - Margaret Smeaton, Dept. of Juvenile Justice. Thanks for the excellent sandplay course. It was an extremely beneficial experience for me, both from a personal and a professional perspective. I thoroughly enjoyed the highly professional and informative, yet relaxed and collegial facilitation. - Fiona Pienaar MIT, New Zealand. DATES AND LOCATIONS VICTORIA Phillip Island 2009 COURSE FULLY BOOKED Into Blue Studio, Ventnor, Phillip Island, Victoria Contact: Jo Ablett - Phone: 03 5956 8306 Email: ablett@waterfront.net.au Trainer: Jo Ablett Workshop 1: 12 to 14 November, 2009 Workshop 2: 10 to 12 December, 2009 Workshop 3: 11 to 13 February, 2010 Workshop 4: 18 to 20 March, 2010. Next Phillip Island course: December, 2010 Brisbane 2010: Trainer: Lynette Fox: Contact Lynette at: lynettefox@bigpond.com DATES: WORKSHOP 1: 4 to 7 March, 2010 WORKSHOP 2: 13 to 16 May, 2010 WORKSHOP 3: 15 to 18 July, 2010 WORKSHOP 4: 7 to 9 August, 2010.VENUE: Mercy Place, Bardon, Sunshine Coast, QLD 2009 - 2010 Trainer: Monique Rutherford Contact Monique at: monique@insideout-counselling.com.au DATES: WORKSHOP 1: 1 - 3 December, 2009. WORKSHOP 2: 17 - 19 January, 2010 WORKSHOP 3: 26 - 28 February, 2010 WORKSHOP 4: 29 - 31 March, 2010 . VENUE: McKees Rd., Palmwoods. Perth 2010 Trainer: Mark Pearson and Helen Wilson. Contact Mark at: info@expressivetherapies.com.au Workshop One: Foundation Skills 3 days 12 - 14 February, 2010 Workshop Two: 3 days 18 - 20 June, 2010 Workshop Three: 3 days 13 - 15 August, 2010 Workshop Four: 3 days 8 - 10 October, 2010 ASIA: Singapore St Andrews Lifestreams Contact: connie@lifestreams.org.sg Course starts 28 - 30 September, 2010. Malaysia Malaysian Psychology Centre Contact: avis@psychology.com.my Course starts 24 - 27 June 2010, TRAINERS: Mark Pearson & Helen Wilson (Perth and Asia)
Lynette Fox (Brisbane, Cairns), Jo Ablett (Phillip Island) Monique Rutherford (Northern NSW, Sunshine Coast, Qld) TIMES: 9am to 5pm each day (last day ends at 4pm) VENUES: Brisbane - Mercy Place, Simpsons Rd. Bardon. Perth - A Place Just to Be, East Fremantle Phillip Island- Into Blue Studio, Ventnor Sunshine Coast - Palmwoods
Accommodation information: Bris: Mercy Place - 07 3369 4569 Phillip Island: Info via "Into Blue Studio" contact Jo: 03 5956 8306 WHAT TO BRING: Digital camera, 1 large art pad (A3 size), crayons; journal or notebook; biro. Other: An old towel; camera. Wear loose, comfortable casual clothes. The Institute has a book on this subject available for purchase. For more info, click here. For more information please contact us. Phone 0419 492 713 or email: info@expressivetherapies.com.au
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