Guided Imagery and Other Approaches to Healing
 

This two-day workshop is designed for those in the helping professions who wish to learn about the uses of guided imagery for healing, and also for psychotherapy. The material is presented in a systematic fashion, and is based on the presenter's book of the same title. 

The workshop is a combination of the didactic and the experiential, with opportunities to experience guided imagery as a group and to create and deliver one in a small group. The main areas covered are:
 

• Introduction to guided imagery; definitions 
• Scientific basis for mind/body work 
• Relaxation methods 
• Components of a guided imagery session 
• Choosing an "image" 
• Language for guided imagery work 
• Demonstrations 
• Preparation for surgery imagery 
• Creating and delivering guided imagery in triads 
• Dealing with unfinished business 
• The bonding and fusion approaches to healing 
• Several group guided imagery sessions

 

This two-day workshop is designed for those in the helping professions who desire to learn about the uses of metaphor for psychotherapy and healing in a systematic fashion. (The content is based on the presenter's new book - Metaphoria - which is due September 2002 from Crownhouse Publishing Ltd.) The workshop is a combination of the didactic and the experiential. 

The main areas covered are:
 

• Introduction to metaphor; definitions 
• Language for metaphor 
• Delivery of metaphor 
• Basic metaphor - structure and development 
• Advanced metaphor - multiple embedded metaphor 
• Richard R. Kopp's Metaphor Therapy - introduction 
• The presenter's Guided Metaphor approach - theory and practice 
• Metaphoric practice as manifested in:

Reframing, Ambiguous Function Assignment,
Ordeal Therapy, AS IF and the Miracle Question,
Narrative Therapy, Art Therapies
• Guided Metaphor for healing 
• Related topics as requested by participants 
• Demonstrations
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The Abduction Phenomena: An Emerging Clinical Paradigm

At the core of the abduction phenomenon are the traumatic and transformative memories of thousands of well-oriented individuals of being abducted and examined in unearthly and non-physical surroundings by Extra-terrestrial Biological Entities (EBE's). 
Coming to grips with this emerging clinical paradigm does not require the wholesale abandonment of conventional therapeutic models, but a re-evaluation of the efficacy of traditional treatment protocols. To limit ourselves, as therapists, to the constraints of the DSM-IV, without further exploring and understanding recent, cutting-edge developments in the physical sciences and other allied fields, impedes our effectiveness and diminishes the quality of care that is needed by those who seek our professional services.

In this Workshop/Masterclass, we will explore the history of this phenomena and the dynamic interplay of the myriad causative factors that impact upon the lives of those we seek to help. The focus will be placed upon the internal (psychological/neurological) rather than external (extra-terrestrial) sources for this phenomenon. New treatment models that exhibit a high degree of success will also be identified, explored and demonstrated.
 

• Bridging the chasm: the emerging role of quantum physics in explaining unusual clinical phenomena 
• Consciousness: an analysis of the holographic and non-local models 
• Psychological profiles of abductees 
• DSM-IV: probative limitations 
• Narrative variants and major psychiatric illnesses in close encounter and abduction narrators 
• Personality characteristics of UFO abductees 
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in abduction scenarios 
• Specific correlates of PTSD and dissociation 
• Treatment of close extra-terrestrial encounter experiences 
• Evidence for abuse 
• Correlations with traumatic childhoods 
• Evidence for abuse among abductees 
• Comparative phenomenology: Near Death Experiences and UFO abductions 
• Resolution of phobias from recall of abductions 
• The fantasy-prone personality hypothesis 
• Misconceptions of the individual mind 
• Why the abduction phenomena cannot be adequately explained by conventional diagnostic protocols 
• Can hypnosis provide evidence? 
• The overstated dangers of hypnosis 
• The use of hypnosis in abduction cases 
• Hypnosis and accuracy of abduction memory 
• Putative dangers of hypnosis 
• Clinical, investigative techniques 
• Technique demonstration 
• Ethical issues in dealing with the abduction experience 
• Can EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) be useful in reducing trauma in abductees? 
• Investigation vs therapy 
• Societal implications 
• Transpersonal treatment approaches 
• What the “experts” have to say 
• An overview of the ET phenomena 
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