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Therapeutic Shamanism

Where shamanism and psychotherapy meet. The advanced training courses allow those with an interest in counselling and therapy to take their shamanic work much deeper level, and eventual to train as an advanced shamanic practitioner.

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The Advanced Shamanism Courses:

Shamanic counselling and psychotherapy.

Coming in 2013. These advanced courses are for those who...

• already have a basis in shamanic work
• wish to take their understanding and experience of shamanic work much deeper
• have an interest in counselling and psychotherapy
• have good interpersonal skills
• have a willingness to face their own stuff and work on themselves

There is no hard and fast rule as to how much prior experience is necessary for doing these workshops, but a rough guideline would be to have already done at least ten of the foundation weekends (or, possibly, an equivalent training with other core shamanic teachers). Prior experience in counselling and/or psychotherapy, although not necessary, also greatly helps and will be taken into account along with any other shamanic experience.

The courses are modular, and people are free to do the workshops they feel drawn to. However some modules may have specific entry requirements in terms of prior experience, and may involve doing other workshops first.

The main focus of the modules will be to explore the interface between shamanism and psychotherapy, and how the two approaches can enhance and enrich each other. Much of the work will involve going into the Underworld - the fourth shamanic realm. Different to the Lowerworld, the Underworld is actually an aspect of the Middleworld. It is the shadow realm of our own unawareness; of our mental constructs and thought forms, and the place where we store bits of our self that we deny and have not integrated.

Each module will usually be between 4 and 6 weekends long. The modules will include:

• The Art of Listening: exploring the key skills in shamanic counselling. Covering the essential and most-important skills of shamanic counselling, this module will explore the interface between shamanism and person-centred counselling work. It will include the art of ‘sitting in council’ - the creation of a respectful and healing listening space.

• The Art of Tracking: uncovering processes, symptoms, and meanings. Exploring the interface between shamanism and process-orientated psychotherapy, this module will explore how work at depth with messages, images, metaphors and symptoms.

• The Art of Mapping: exploring models and maps of processes. A module exploring the links between shamanism and types of psychological terrain, including working with Reichian character analysis, and sub-personality theories (including Voice Dialogue work).

• The Art of Repatterning: working with patterns, constellations and relationships. Using shamanic variations on constellation work, to heal dysfunctonal family patterns, groups, relationships between body organs and systems, and more.

More details to follow...

Date: To be announced.

Venue: Lancaster.

The Advanced Courses will form part of what will be an Advanced Practitioner (Shamanic Therapist) training. More details to follow.