Sue is beginning a four week summer course, 31 January to 21 February on Friday afternoons at PIM from 2 - 5.
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Friday, January 31, 2014
Personal Development for Professionals with Sue Daniel
Mindfulness with Jenny Clifton
Jenny Clifton, psychologist and psychodramatist is co- facilitating a course with her colleague Wendy Paulusz starting February 17 at PIM in Collingwood on a Monday night.
The 8-Week ( 28 hours of training) Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course developed by Dr Jon Kabat- Zinn at the Centre for Mindfulness (CFM) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, has been taught around the world for the past 30 years. As you may be aware this extensively researched program has been shown to help:
• manage stress
• develop greater body awareness,
• better manage difficult thoughts and feelings and
• enhance concentration, relationships and well being.
Jenny is a Counselling Psychologist and the creator of the Six Step Mindfulness for Life program. She is a Mindfulness-Based-Stress- Reduction teacher who has authored and delivered group mindfulness programs for the past five years in organizational and private practice settings. Jenny uses mindfulness meditation in her 1 on 1 counselling work with clientsand has had a daily meditation practice for 20 years.
Wendy is a specialist educator, researcher and ontological coach with over 25 years experience teaching and coaching diverse groups of people in a variety of settings. She is a trained MBSR facilitator who fully utilises the benefits of MBSR in her daily mindfulness meditation practice as she juggles the demands of work and family life
The course is a mix of didactic and experiential learning. It includes amongst other things doing meditation practices followed by discussion of the practices (in pairs or small groups) and some body awareness exercises including some gentle yoga postures. Its suitable for beginners and more experienced meditators. The cost is $490 which includes a 100 page manual and 4 CD's with all the practices on it. Concession price is available. Please refer to Flyer attached or visit website below.
Jenny Clifton (MAPS)
Tel 0412 025 375
Counselling Psychologist
Mindfulness Consultant
www.mindfulnessmelbourne.com
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Happy Christmas to All
Anchoring Hope in the World from India: A Sociodrama.
In response to Monica Zuretti's invitation to all Psychodramatists honoring Zerka Moreno and J L Moreno's ideas for mankind.
On the 21st of December 2013 at 11 am fifteen people created a sociodrama on anchoring hope in the world in New Delhi, India. I led the group of eight women and seven men. The group members were new to psychodrama and did not know each other prior to the commencement of the workshop at 9.30 am. I began with some warm up activities and then presented the idea of each individual being at the centre of their world. We created a sociodrama whereby one person represented an individual in the centre of the room who was then encircled by family and friends. Around these was another circle representing country or nation then a final outer circle representing the world with the outer reaches of space, the universe flowing evermore.
Beginning with the individual all expressed what they hoped for:
Individual: to know the world, be known and loved by the world, unity and peace in the world and no boundaries.
The Family and Friends: individual voices are heard; we need to hear them, love and affection all over the world, love, respect and peace for people in families, society, nation and the world.
The Nation/Country: respect females in India, respect womanhood and women, the government shouldn't focus on stupid issues, which create crime (and these were named) but to focus on real causes, to make our society peaceful and respectful, the greatest drug is religion and money.
The whole world reacted when the nation expressed their views and I had to insist that one person speak at a time. There was a great deal of diversity and dissent until everyone realised they would be better off asking what the person meant by "stupid issues" instead of reacting. It was wonderful to hear such strong viewpoints emerging and to see how much people cared about gay issues and women's safety and a host of other things. As people disagreed we could see the diversity in the group. In the end though, all were talking about the same thing. What was needed was the role of "naive enquirer" and once this role was enacted order was restored.
The Nation: the individual needs to give back to the nation, respect for individuals however different they are and we can then peacefully co-exist, immediately take down the poster depicting Morgan Freeman as Mandela and put the real person up, AAP party to come into power, with Arvind Kejrawal as Prime Minister.
The World: free flow of technology transfer from the top to the bottom, medicine for the poor, distribution of resources, education for all, energise a unified grid of love and light that connects every living being that imparts dignity and respect to every living being, balance, (the room became very quiet as this was expressed) peace and harmony, intelligent debate, diversity, respecting, understanding, learning from this diversity universally (again the room became very quiet), honest attempt at unconditional love which is difficult to give, if there is light in the soul there is peace in the person and harmony in the family, order in the nation and then there is peace in the world.
I asked everyone to look at where they were now standing and at each other. Someone said, we are all joined together now. It's like a tree with branches. We created the tree:
First were the roots on the ground, the trunk, the branches, the twigs, the leaves, fruit and flowers. The group members created this vibrant scene and spoke from the role they had taken. In order for this to grow, water was needed. Someone said the seed was missing and then the sun. These had been omitted. From this picture, we expressed that it was important to ground our ideals, take practical steps and with roots to cling to, we could have wings to fly. Individual choice was important, listening to people was necessary. Someone stated that with all of these the power of love will be stronger than the love of power. With this, the sociodrama of anchoring peace in the world was completed at 12.15pm.
I can share that from this activity our group continued over two days full of diversity, understanding, listening and respect for self and other.
Namaste.
Sue Daniel
New Delhi, India
Saturday, November 30, 2013
"PIECES OF EIGHT" by Lorraine Michael
Lorraine Michael announces the publication of her first book. If you're interested in purchasing a copy ($20) contact Lorraine on 0401 445 862 or email: lorrainem.books@gmail.com
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‘Pieces of Eight: Stories of Encounter and Tele’ is a collection
of tales of allure and intrigue from the author’s work in psychotherapy
within acute psychiatry. The phrase, ‘Pieces of Eight’, used to refer to the
most famous of all forms of pirate coins of treasure is chosen to depict
the treasure trove of people, lives and stories – rich, precious, sacred and
exquisite! Written in a dramatic, literary story-telling manner, the author
demonstrates in living colour the premise of the ‘I-I’ mutual relationship
and brings alive and to life the human being who is in the forefront of
the work together. In this, she invites us all to examine how we relate to
our own existence as well as the existence of others and how we honour,
celebrate and restore humanity in each other.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
From Helen Baker: The Spirit of Abundance
The Spirit of Abundance
This story began its life as a future projection drama at a
psychodrama weekend; where I spoke of my plans for the therapy centre of my
future. This centre is in a small gold mining town in Central Victoria and is
located in a three-bedroom miners cottage. The cottage is renovated to include a large open space group
room, I told the audience. This is the space where I will run psychodrama groups;
offer art therapy and also 1:1 counselling. I will also have available a room for a
massage therapist to rent. I set the scene
beautifully, as I lay out cushions to represent the floor plan, discussed the
name chosen for the group room and also what artwork I have for the walls. The
scene setting showed everyone in the audience that this place has been so
lovingly created over a number of years.
The director asked a question this day. What does the spirit of your centre look like?
This question, in that moment seemed straight forward and an easy question to
answer. However it is a question, which I didn’t realise at the time, would
have such a deep impact upon my future and me. ‘She is a spirit of abundance’ She
is a new spirit. She resides in the new section, I arrogantly responded. For me
it was all about the new purpose of this building, the addition of the new
space and the creative possibilities to come.
This day at psychodrama, I neglected to recognise that the
spirit did not need to dwell in the building but could be the ‘spirit of the
place’. And when such arrogance and certainty is present then there is always a
lesson to be learned. This lesson was served to me on ANZAC day this year. I arrived at the house to be greeted by ‘the
spirit of the place’, on this cold sunny morning after the town ANZAC day
parade; I instantly recognised what I had failed to see before, that the
abundant spirit of my therapy centre is a big old beautiful apple tree in the
yard.
It is a majestic tree which has stood the test of time. It
has survived droughts, floods, long hot summers, a mini tornado and current
tenants who barely notice it or give it any care. They do not see the tree as I
do, as a unique and ever present, yet ever changing part of this house and its
surrounds. Also that it is a significant
part of it’s future.
This ‘abundant spirit’ is old and wise. She has many limbs,
which branch out. She gives comfort on a hot day to those who sit under her
canopy. She gives sustenance from the fruit she bears. Her aged trunk shows
strength. She remains dormant for many months then springs to life, showing her
resilience; retreating again at the end of the season in order to renew and invigorate
herself for when the time and season is right to spring to life again.
The ‘spirit of my therapy centre’ is ever growing, ever
changing and she will be nurtured, honoured and celebrated. I am very grateful
that I was asked ‘what does the spirit of your centre look like?’, and that I was
finally able to recognise the ‘spirit
of the place’ many, many months later on this crisp autumn morning. She certainly is a ‘spirit of abundance’.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
'Art of Child Psychotherapy' Symposium
From Di Kearney:
In collaboration with the Dax Centre, the Victorian Child
Psychotherapy Association invites professionals who work with children and/or
those who have an interest in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to attend this
symposium, which explores the art of child psychotherapy. The day will focus on
how psycho-analytic perspectives can help professionals understand and
facilitate the creative expression of infants and children. A collection of creative works made by
children in psychotherapy with notable pioneer child psychotherapist Margaret
Ericksen, which is on display at The Dax Centre, will be central to the day’s
exploration.
Bookings are online: www.daxcentre.org/whats-on/
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Theatre of Spontaneity, 27 October 2013 with Phil Smalley
Time Line
Guest Presenter: Phil Smalley, Psychodramatist and Poet
Where have you come from? Where are you now?
The THEATRE of SPONTANEITY
Gather together for a cup of tea or coffee from 6 p.m for a 6.30 p.m sharp start at the Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne, 155 Langridge St, Collingwood.
$20.00 ($15.00 MPS Members) SUPPER provided!
www.psychodrama-institute-melbourne.com
Early Announcement:
MPS Christmas Party - "Miracle on Langridge Street"
Sunday 24 November, straight after the November Theatre of Spontaneity
8.30 - 10 p.m BYO DRINKS - Supper provided
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