Short Course: Inner Circle Psychotherapeutic
Conversations
Contemplative Psychotherapy
Wednesday 14 May 2008 at Regent's College. 6.00pm-8.00pm
The School of Psychotherapy & Counselling
Psychology presents an evening workshop entitled:
"Contemplative Psychotherapy - An introductory to
intermediate continuing education course for psychologists,
psychotherapists, psychiatrists, social workers & psychiatric
nurses"
Contemplative psychotherapy encourages and
supports practitioners to cultivate "beginner’s mind", to minimise
preconceived ideas and to engage directly with their client’s life
experiences.
In this workshop effort will be directed
toward the development of therapeutic presence by embodying full
unwavering attention, mindfulness, and trust in the integrity of
uncontrived experience, empathic awareness and compassion. For
both client and therapist genuine transformation can be
experienced by opening to and actualising one's potential for a
more fully awakened and embodied existence.
Goals
- Introduce participants to the principles,
metaskills and clinical objectives of contemplative
psychotherapy
- Describe the process of identification in
human development and its contribution toward existential and
psychospiritual suffering
- Identify and experience the basic practice of
mindfulness in the psychotherapeutic process
- Describe and demonstrate the process of
“inward searching”
- Conduct experiential exercises to support
didactic learning
- Demonstrate the application of contemplative
clinical methodology through case presentation
Benefit to Participants
Clinical model offers psychotherapists and
clients a full range of in-depth, existential-humanistic and
psychospiritual possibilities for exploring direct experience.
Dr. Giacalone
Dr. Giacalone is a
clinical/consulting psychologist in private practice in Walnut
Creek, California. He has been a provider of continuing education
for the California Psychological Association Accrediting Agency for
over 14 years and teaches internationally. Dr. Giacalone is the
former chair of the Graduate School for the Study of Human
Consciousness at John F. Kennedy University and is a co-founder and
current Director of the Institute of Contemplative Studies. He
serves as a consulting psychologist for organisations providing
solution focused executive coaching, leadership assessment and
development and mentoring.
Attending This Workshop
If you would like to attend this work
shop please download an application
form.
For more information please contact:
Petros Tsiros
Short Courses, Events & Conferences Coordinator
School of Psychotherapy & Counselling Psychology
0207 487 7840
tsirosp@regents.ac.uk
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