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Workshops 2010 Schedule

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Play of Life
4-5 (Thursday, Friday) & 8-9 (Monday, Tuesday) February 2010
The Play of Life® is a practical, hands-on methodology designed to rapidly affect positive transformational change in individuals, families, teams and organisations.
The Play of Life allows people to present issues, feelings and goals three-dimensionally; going beyond verbal descriptions and explanations to literally “see” relationships and situations clearly. Play of Life technology combined with Strategic Relationship Management Model® techniques bypass the neo-cortex, where language is located to directly connect with the limbic system; that part of the brain that deals with emotions and memory. Only by linking the limbic system with the neo-cortex is sustainable behavioural change possible. This is the cornerstone of the Play of Life.
The methodology is applied extensively in the fields of psychotherapy, counselling, coaching, family dispute resolution, corporate consultancy, leadership and self-analysis. Very simply, the Play of Life makes communication easier and transformation faster.
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Brief Therapy for Effective Parenting

A Solution Oriented Therapy
24 - 26 February 2010 (Wednesday to Friday)
It's about exploring and regaining parents' strengths and resources; through this solution oriented process, parents can gain better insights in becoming more effective parents to their children, to achieve better outcomes
1) In their relationship with children
2) better able to engage their children
3) better equipped with parenting skills in helping their children change their undesirable behaviours

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Working Effectively in Groups - Yalom Interpersonal Model
9 - 10 March 2010 ((Tuesday & Wednesday)
At some point in our working lives, we either find ourselves as a participant in a group or in the position to lead one. This might be directly related to our counselling or coaching practice or in a workplace team environment. Learning how groups function and how best to facilitate them, can be of great benefit in a variety of situations. This two-day workshop introduces participants to Irvin Yalom’s Interpersonal Model, focusing on important qualities and skills of group leadership. It will include an overview of the model with an existential focus and reflect upon other group theories.

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Dealing with Depression
29 - 30 March 2010 (Monday & Tuesday)

Based on the book Existential Time-Limited
Therapy by Drs Freddie & Alison Strasser.

An individual suffering from depression will question the meaning of life, often feeling a sense of despair, loneliness and meaningless.
We all have different experiences of time depending on our mood. People in a depressed state often talk about how time slows down, the present is meaningless, their sense of future becomes lacking in hope, and the past is full of regret. By working with time itself in the Time-Limited framework created by Drs Freddie and Alison Strasser, the practitioner and client can work with depression where time itself becomes the cornerstone of working with clients. How we engage in our living and how we find meaning by questioning our existence lies at the heart of our living a fuller, more purposeful life.

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Relationships Counselling for Parent-child, Couples and Families Relationships
An experiential and Creative Arts Therapy Approach
6 - 9 April 2010 (Tuesday to Friday)
We are all in some forms of intertwining relationships, be it parent-child, couple or family relationship. Some make us feel loved, safe and happy, some break our hearts, spirits, drain and trap us. Although all of us have both positive and negative experiences, unfortunately most clients in counselling allow the negativity to impair them and cause them to be dysfunctional in their general being. This workshop will help clients to clarify their situation in order to generate solutions. Although clarity on what different relationships impact or impair our lives may not result in solutions or resolutions, however, such understandings do empower clients to make sensible choices on “what can I do about it” as compared to remain entangled in perplexity.
Interested in a Certificate and/or Diploma in Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy? read more ...

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Working Creatively with "Denied" Child Abuse
The Resolutions Approach
20 - 21 May 2010 (Tuesday & Friday)

Situations where parents dispute child abuse allegations made against them are often deemed to be impossible or untreatable by statutory and treatment professionals. These cases can consume enormous amounts of professional time and energy and they frequently become bogged down by ongoing mistrust and disputes between professionals and the family. Often the decision to close such cases comes about not because the children are safe, but rather because the professionals run out of ideas, time and energy to make any positive difference.
The Resolution Approach - an innovative, safety-focused, partnership-based approach (was created and developed by English family therapists Susie Essex, John Gumbleton and Colin Luger) is design specifically to address the frustrating & intense battle among the parents / perpetrator and the helping professionals with the aim of providing “safety first” to the children.

This workshop is based on the following books by the Trainer: Dr Andres Turnell

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Clinical intervention with MEN who use Violence in the Home - working with the complex and traumatic experience of family violence
17 - 18 June 2010 (Thursday & Friday)
This workshop is about Domestic Abuse but only focus on how to work with the MAN who is the perpetrator in an individual or group counselling setting. The adverse impact of violence on the family members are well understood and documented. This workshop aims to highlight: The recent research on the psychic behind Why Man use Violence. The current practice standards, treatment models and outcome variables in working with violence. The effectiveness of using group behaviour modifications

Participants are welcome to bring their current case situation for assistant and for group learning - hence this is a very practical and hands-on approach for helping professionals who are nervous and/or fearful in working with the “male” perpetrator.

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Companioning Children Using Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy
An Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy Approach

6 - 9 July 2010 (Tuesday to Friday)
One major different between couselling children & adult is that, with children, counsellor Must establish a relationship with the child before any therapeutic work can begin. Furthermore counsellors also need to cultivate skills in listening & talking as well.
Experiential & creative arts therapy is great tool to work with children because the method is about how to use drawing, playing, sandtray, music & drama to communicate and build relationship. This is not only very creative, fun and enticing, also this is what children would know how to do. This workshop is very comprehensive, you will learn:
* Using Sandtray
* Working with Traumatise Children
* Conducting Group Work for Children
* how to work with Challenging Behaviour with Children

Interested in a Certificate and/or Diploma in Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy? read more ...

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Attachment Theory
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Assessment & Treatment
27 - 30 July 2010 (Tuesday to Friday)
Attachment theory provides a descriptive and explanatory framework for discussion of affectionate relationships between human beings. When children experience abuse or neglect inflicted by a primary caregiver this will usually disrupt the normal development of secure attachment which could result in life long psychological issues and disturbances. As the number of children growing up in residential settings, single parent families, dysfunction families and adopted families are on the rise, this very specialised skill would be very useful for helping professionals who are working in this area.

Get Dr Arthur Becker-Weidman Latest Book:
"Creating Capacity for Attachment" @ US$38.00 nett (including shipment)

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Emotion Focused Therapy - CANCELLED

Dear Valued Customer

The workshop on Emotion Focused Therapy is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We sincerely apologised for the inconvenience caused and we will keep you posted on the new date.

Introduction to Family Therapy - Theory and Practice
18 - 22 October 2010 (Monday to Friday)
Running a family therapy session can be both challenging and intimidating. This workshop aims to provide knowledge of the prevalent theoretical framework in family therapy and how to use it. Hence participants are expected to participate in group activities to practice theoretical ideas, role plays to experience both the dynamics of clients behaviors and therapist interventions, and other creative experiential activities congruent with effective learning principles.

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Application of Clinical Supervision

How to be an Effective and Collaborative Supervisor
25 - 28 October 2010 (Monday to Thursday)
Clinical supervision is of course more than mere “meeting”. It is a process that encourage and enable reflective practice; by doing so, both supervisors, colleagues and/or peers can learn from the experiences and improve their respective competency with the ultimate goal of better servicing the community and quality of care to clients. This workshop aim to equip participants with:

* Different supervision model where you can identify your own style of management to ensure successful outcome

* Identify and strategies to overcome personal roadblocks to effective supervision

* Enhance skills for working with supervisees form diverse professional and or personal backgrounds

* Self-care which is very essential for supervisor in staying saint and remain helpful

* ....... and more

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Drama Therapy

An Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy Approach

9 - 12 November 2010 (Tuesday to Friday)

What is Drama Therapy
It is "the systematic and intentional use of drama /theatre processes, products, for physical integration and personal growth."
Why Drama therapy is useful?
Drama therapy evolved from the experience and research of psychotherapists, teachers, and theatre professionals who recognized that sometimes traditional verbal therapies were too rigid to permit clients to confront and work through individual disturbances. The balanced of verbal and non-verbal components of drama therapy with its language of metaphor allow clients to work productively within a therapeutic alliance. This active approach that helps the client tell his or her story to solve a problem, achieve a catharsis, extend the depth and breadth of inner experience, understand the meaning of images, and strengthen the ability to observe personal roles while increasing flexibility between roles.
Interested in a Certificate and/or Diploma in Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy? read more ...

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CBT Approaches to Depression, Anxiety & Anger
23 - 26 November 2010 (Tuesday to Friday)

Class size: 12 - 14 pax only.
Participants are expected to participate & contribute fully for all the afternoon supervision session. This is a highly experiential, practice based workshop

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The above are subjected to changes due to unforeseen circumstances.

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