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Identify and describe the two major models of change in psychotherapy
Identify each of these models in a variety of clinical cases
Discuss the core process of embracing experience that underlies the process of change across theoretical approaches
Examine their self assessment skills regarding their role in clinical relationships
Discuss how to constructively address difficulties in the therapeutic relationship
Evaluate ways in which therapy is helpful and or harmful more effectively
Differentiate productive tension from non-productive tension in psychotherapy
List interventions appropriate for productive and non-productive tension in psychotherapy
Differentiate productive and non-productive impasses in psychotherapy
Match various personality types with the types of personae that individual tend to adopt in groups
Identify the clinical needs that the various personality types bring to a therapy group
Match an individual’s personality type with that person’s leadership style in a group setting
Describe key aspects of the fear of abandonment and the fear of engulfment
List the benefits of keeping and revealing secrets and the attendant feelings generated
Discuss the liabilities of keeping and revealing secrets and the attendant feelings generated
Identify elements of routinization and deadness that are common among practioners
Discuss the most common types of "professional boredom"
Identify at least three general adaptations to these problems
Identify body cues in order to reduce stress and minimize fatigue
Cite grounding techniques that establish a solid foundation from which to discover one’s authentic self, resulting in self-trust and self- expression
Identify specific grounding techniques which can be useful for encouraging clients to take charge of their daily well-being
Identify several fundamental axioms about the nature and functioning of the human heart
Summarize an “emotional and spiritual plumbing” model of the human heart that defines well-being in terms of connection and flow, and suffering in terms of constriction and clogged-upped-ness
Describe how our hearts get constricted and clogged up – and what can be done to restore our natural state of openness and flow
Identify three issues in email correspondence with clients and be able to describe at least three ways to address these
Name three ways to maintain good boundaries in the use of Internet spaces such as Google, Facebook, and MySpace
Identify two ethical/boundary issues to consider in web page construction
Define and describe experiential psychotherapy
Discuss the psychotherapy relationship and the psychological posture of the psychotherapist in being the growth agent s/he is meant to be
Explain psychotherapy-spirituality synchrony
Identify three important individuals who have had a major influence (positive or negative) on the life of the attendee
Describe the impact of those influences on the development of authenticity
Explain how to apply this knowledge to enhance genuine connection and authentic presence in the psychotherapeutic process
Identify the key elements of the intrapsychic structure of the Schizoid personality
Describe “Schizoid Dilemma” and its manifestation in clinical work
Describe the six facets of the clinical intervention with Schizoid patients
Identify experiences of shame and discounting that they have experienced
Describe the ways in which experiences of shame and discounting impact their responses to clients
Explain how to connect authentically and compassionately when they experience shame or judgmental reactions
Name three techniques that deepen your sense of being present
Describe the impact of the practice of body awareness and meditation on how you relate to yourself and others
Describe how to apply “vertical alignment” and the practice of “present time” relating to your work with clients and in your other relationships
Apply concepts from non-linear dynamic systems theory, neurobiology, and relational psychoanalytic theory to child psychotherapy
Cite creative uses of chaos in fostering therapeutic growth of children
Identify approaches in engaging children in moments of chaos
Describe historical models of training and their embeddedness in changing social context
Identify enduring qualities of effective psychotherapists
Explain how to access and utilize meaningful training and mentoring opportunities
Describe the Buddhist perspective on the cause of suffering
Explain the function of mindfulness in facilitating emotional healing
Name the basic elements in Buddhist meditation practices
Apply the process of embracing experience in both an outside-in and inside-out model of change
Utilize the therapeutic relationship to assist patients with the process of more fully embracing their experience
Utilize the person of the therapist to assist patients to change by further embracing their experience
List interventions appropriate to dealing with both productive and non-productive impasses
Explain how to integrate outside-in and inside-out models of change over the course of psychotherapy
Discuss how to make further use of their own clinical experience to facilitate the patient’s process of change
Identify common obstacles to group development
Explain how to remove common obstacles and how to help others remove them
Differentiate between personal and professional secrets
Identify the appropriate channels to discuss and reveal professional secrets
Identify the ethical and moral issues which relate to keeping and revealing secrets
List at least three personal manifestations of their own professional vulnerability to stuckness and boredom
List at least one idiosyncratic manifestation of each participant
List at least three personal adaptations that apply to themselves
Summarize the “Moven Warmup"
Examine how they perceive themselves and how others perceive them through a movement exercise
Create their own interactive statements in a group movement project
Identify risk taking conversations
Identify their own narcissistic injuries and defenses that occur in the context of emotionally risky conversations
Describe how to exercise empathic curiosity about other participants’ narcissistic injuries and defenses
Specify the potential therapeutic benefits of cultivating mindfulness in interpersonal relationships
Describe the guidelines for Insight Dialogue, an interpersonal meditation practice
Identify ways in which mindfulness can enhance the capacity for connection and compassion in psychotherapy
Explain the approach of Authentic Movement
Discuss the approach of Body-Mind Centering
Describe the approach of Sound & Movement Story Theater
Discuss the causes and effects of shame
Explain how embracing tnhier own spirituality them allows deeper curiosity and community
Identify ways to use their creativity and apply their unique creativity to given case presentations
Describe what an embodied state of unconditioned awareness and radical acceptance feels like ( ie: the felt sense) within their beings
Apply various approaches, practiced in workshop, to remove obstacles to above, eg. embodied pain, fears, desire
Explain how the practice of ‘Being Together’ with another can comprise ‘sacred mirroring’ within psychotherapy
Name the key elements of Therapeutic Presence as described in the Integrative Psychotherapy literature
Explain how the elements of Therapeutic Presence manifest in the clinician's professional practice
Identify issues of diversity and professional ethics as they apply to Therapeutic Presence
Differentiate values, attitudes and behaviors between alpha and beta individuals and consequential implications in couples’ relationships
Explain how and why alphas have barriers to compassion and connection, and how to address these in working with alphas
Describe several pivotal illusions which underly neuroses
Identify the major paradoxical and kindly principles of therapy to address these illusions
Discuss the compassionate role of medications used to enhance and integrate with psychotherapy
Discuss the concept of Authentic Presence and other therapist’s variables necessary for creating connection within the psychotherapeutic relationship
Describe the relationship between the therapist variables of compassion, respect, accurate empathy and warmth and effective therapeutic outcomes
Describe how various approaches to psychotherapy conceptualize and apply the notion of therapist use of his/her personal experience and self disclosure in the psychotherapeutic process
Explain how to utilize Buddhist mindfulness and compassion practices in addressing difficult emotions such as shame and fear
Assess the appropriateness and therapeutic value of applying meditation techniques in varying clinical situations
Explain how to apply meditation practices to their clinical work for the purpose of enhancing Therapeutic Presence
Discuss the use of collaboration interventions in the working alliance with patients
Evaluate the conflicts and differences that arise in the context of ongoing risky conversations
Explain how to productively work through conflicts and differences
Discuss how, in the working through process, to achieve compassion, deepened authenticity and connection in a group
Explain how mindfulness can facilitate the cultivation of personal therapeutic qualities
Identify ways in which interpersonal mindfulness might reduce compassion fatigue and other occupational stressors
Explain how to apply the guidelines/components of interpersonal mindfulness practice
Describe how Authentic Movement is used in a psychotherapeutic context
Describe how Body-Mind Centering is used in a psychotherapeutic context
Describe how Sound & Movement Story Theater is used in a psychotherapeutic context
List several ways the psychotherapist promotes emotional, spiritual and healthy living
Create clear, measurable goals for themselves in the following life domains: relationships, social life, joy, health, career, creativity, finances, education, spirituality and home environment
Explain how to apply the information from the workshop to their daily lives
Name ways in which yoga and loving kindness practices can increase positive emotions including compassion
Identify at least two strategies for incorporating yogic or loving kindness practices into psychotherapy
Cite research findings indentifying at least two types of personal resources increased through loving kindness practices
Discuss sexual issues pertaining to the 50 and over population
Describe the consequences of STDs, including HIV, in this population
Describe how to educate therapists, caregivers and family members as to how to better handle sexual issues in the 50 plus population
Identify their relationship to receiving compassion in their personal & professional lives
Identify their relationship to experiencing connection in their personal & professional lives
Explain how to be authentically present in their personal & professional lives
Identify methods to evaluate the effectiveness of our self-care
Identify methods for improving our self-care
Explain how we may enhance our ability to help one another
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