Certificate in Emotion Focused and Transpersonal Expressive Therapies with Adult Clients

This Certificate course is designed for those who are drawn to a strength-based, emotion-focussed and person-centred approach. As well as preparing practitioners for a more effective support role, the course provides many opportunities for expanding self-discovery with the emotional intelligence, bringing to life use of self in a heart-centred therapeutic approach. The course introduces a range of Expressive Therapies modalities in each workshop. Each workshop is organised around a core topic and focuses on developing skills with several modalities.

• 10-12 May 2012
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Certificate in Sandplay Therapy and Symbol Work

With Children, Adolescents and Adults

Sandplay Therapy is a hands-on, expressive counselling and psychotherapy modality that has been in use for over eighty years. Sandplay 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.

With an extensive research and literature base, Sandplay is a powerful therapeutic method for use by established professionals. It has been used with children, adolescents and adults, in schools, hospitals, welfare agencies and private therapy practices.

• New Intake Commences May 2012
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Certificate in Expressive Therapies with Children and Adolescents

Somatic Focused, Creative Counselling for Emotional Integration

This highly experiential course offers training in emotionally expressive methods and Inner-Life Skills that promote emotional integration, self-awareness, self-esteem and resilience in children and adolescents. Expressive Therapies (ET) methods are used with children from 6 to 19 years. Research and supervision reports indicate that ET provides substantial long-term benefits such as an increase in resilience, self-motivation, increased attention span, less aggressive behaviour and a better sense of self.

• New Intake Commences at Phillip Island 15 November 2012
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Meditation and relaxation

Learn practical skills to facilitate relaxation and meditation for children, adolescents and adults.

A Workshop for counsellors, social workers, psychologists, guidance officers, therapists, welfare officers, teachers, youth workers and chaplains.

• Thursday 24 November 2011
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• Meditation: There are many forms of meditation and visualisation is just one of them. Visualisation is suitable for young children, adolescents and adults. Visualisation is often described as ‘guided imagery’. Meditation is used for relaxation, developing self-awareness improving emotional wellbeing, fostering spiritual growth and healing. The extraordinary physiological benefits of meditation are well documented. Meditation has been recognised as a means to improve physical health, reduce pain and enhance immune response.
  
• ‘Stress Less’, Relaxation and Meditation workshops for business organisations and groups.
  
• Parent workshops: understanding emotions, how to support your child’s learning, parenting adolescents, parenting pre-school children.
  Art Classes for everyone: absolute beginners and developing artists alike. Improve your self-confidence, develop skills, define your personal style and tap into creativity in a supportive and fun environment.
  
• Reiki Courses: Reiki is a system of natural healing involving the laying on of hands. It is many thousands of years old. The Usui System of Natural Healing, which I teach is a very simple but powerful healing technique that is easily given and received by anyone. Reiki 1 and Reiki 11 (The first and second degrees of Reiki) not only complement other therapies but also actively increase the strength of those healing energies.
  
• School enrichment programs for staff and students: The concept of school enrichment is to set the scene for self-awareness and self-connection for teachers and students. Once you have trained, it is simple to implement with the minimum participation of a daily 10-minute session of quiet time for self-reflection.