Zen Counseling: Level 1
(WWP:Module 1 &2)
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On a training level, participants will learn how to respond to the needs of the client’s inner being and to distinguish between individuality and personality. The art of session-giving consists not only in understanding the root of a problem, but also in knowing how to balance confronting a person’s defenses with nourishing his essence. When this is achieved, insights from a session can be integrated easily and the therapist becomes more of a friend than a guide.
As there will be a continuous exchange of sessions under supervision, participants will also have the opportunity to crystallise and dissolve personal problems around life issues such as relationship, work and meditation.Even though we will teach certain techniques, like Gestalt work, our approach will not be technique-oriented. Therefore, everyone will be able to apply his new skills and insights to a wide range of different sessions and situations wherever he or she is in a position of helping people. Real transformation and healing happen not because of our technical knowledge, but as a consequence of our ability to remain in a state of loving presence.
We will cover the following topics:
Communication skills that support self-awareness
Finding presence in oneself and supporting such states in a client
How and when to encourage emotional expression
Recognizing and working with projection, resistance and desire
Estimating what could transpire during a session
Responding to different clients with flexibility
Understanding the dynamics of relationship and the principles of healthy relating
Working with and balancing the polarity between inner-man and inner-woman
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Karakaja Resort
Bodrum, Turlkey
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