Course & Training:

The Diploma in Holistic Counselling

’Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, ’Who am I to be brillant?’ Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There¹s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just some of us; it is everyone. And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.’
Marianne Williamson

The Diploma in Holistic Counselling course began in 2008 due to demand from students wanting more on completing the Certificate in Holistic Counselling course, The Diploma is designed to end suffering through embodying these dynamic counselling skills in students own lives and in their practices.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
For all health practitioners, therapists, counsellors, caring professionals, or persons whose hearts desire is to help others find peace as well as deepen their own personal practice through honesty, responsibility and compassion.

This is a unique opportunity to create in-dependence (self mastery). From this position true healing happens both personally and as a professional. Our holistic approach ensures transformation emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually thus manifesting your vision of life naturally.
The Diploma course is aimed at transforming practitioner’s personal patterns and experience of Self, enabling deeper insights, understanding and experience of the true nature of healing and Self. This enables practitioners to truly facilitate clients personal transformation from the depth of knowing and experiencing the divinity of themself.
For all health practitioners and therapists, caring professionals, or persons interested in enlightening their experience of life.

COURSE CONTENT
PART I: The Big Picture
Sunday 9am to 5pm Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

The Big Picture: How Reality is Created
Mapping one’s Lifestream: Identifying issues & their point of creation
Aligning self judgment
Moving beyond the past to the present. Being the future.
HUM: How U Manifest: Thought embraced by emotion
Soul communication: Laying the foundations to learning to trust oneself
Who am I Really beyond the thoughts: Freedom from our neuroses

Part II: Healing the Wounded Healer
3 Weekends Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

Role of parents in psychological development
How the psyche recreates to resolve
Acknowledging unresolved parental needs
Connecting with inner child, journeying to recreate a supportive inner reality
Addressing anger, hurt, fear, obligation, grief, guilt, abandonment, betrayal
Direct experience: aligning emotional - turning anguish into bliss
Embracing the Shadow self
Aligning personal issues to experience the peace and Truth of self
Connecting with our lineage

Part III: Beliefs: The Work of Byron Katie
3 Weekends Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Rosie Stave

The Work of Byron Katie –The Great Undoing: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life.
Time magazine called it: Four Questions to Inner Peace
“An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering” Byron Katie
Learning and Experiencing the Inquiry
The Worksheet
4 questions and Turnarounds
Literal Listening
The Gift of Criticism

Study Group:
2 Study groups at this stage Saturday 3pm – 6pm

Questions and Answers
Emotional Freedom technique

Part IV: Essentials to Counselling
4 days 9am - 5pm Trainer: Judith Richardson

The Therapeutic Relationship
Introduction & practice of counselling skills: Learning the helping Skills
Who Owns the Problem
Roadblocks to Communication
Active Listening: Lead Ins, Common Mistakes, Statements & responses,
Feelings Inventory
I Messages
Feelings Needs Inventory
Developing empathy using micro-skills
Identifying the Issue(s)

Part V: Family Constellation (Systemic Constellations)
3 Weekends Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Catherine Ingram

Introduction to the Principles of Family Constellation, by Bert Hellinger
Key components of Family Constellation work: Family History, The Family Soul, Orders of Love, Function of Conscience, Belonging, Balance of Giving & Taking
Movements of the Soul
Personal Constellations
Experience being a representative in this phenomenological approach
Addressing issues such as adoption, abuse, illness, belonging etc

Study Group:
6 study groups at Saturday 3pm – 6pm

Questions and Answers
Case studies
Assessment presentation

Part VI: Creative Counselling
One Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

Creative visualization: a simple and powerful tool reconnecting sub-personalities ie: wise self, sensual self, inner child, sexuality etc.
Combining Systemic Constellations with Creative Visualization and other techniques in one to one sessions
Dissolution and Freedom technique: Clearing dis-ease, pain and emotional patterns in the body
Learn ways to connect with guidance
and trusting yourself as a counselor through
- Inner guides
- Soul communication
- Muscle testing (Kinesiology)
- Spiritual Cleansing Technique

Part VII: Love, Sex & Relationships
3 days 9am - 5pm Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

Initiation of the Senses: Awakening Ones Sensual Self
Enhancing Intimacy (In to Me See) in relationships
The Masculine & Feminine in Relationship: Balancing them within
Orders of Love in Relationships
Meeting in Love: A Return to Innocence, a new way of connecting without the goals
Issues arising in relationships and what to be aware of
Enlivening and learning about sexual energy in the body: Transforming sexual energy into meditation

Part VIII: Physically Speaking
One Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Ana Lamaro

Your Disease is keeping you healthy: Speaking to illness and letting illness speak to you
A Holistic Approach
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Stress, Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Symptoms of: prevention & cure
Biology Becomes Biography: Energy Psychology
Case studies and working with illnesses

Professional Development session
3 PD sessions 3pm – 6pm Trainer: Judith Richardson or Brenda Sutherland

Up-skilling regularly for past students and current students on various topics.
Held twice a year (not included in course cost)

Part IX: Putting it All Together
One Sunday 9am - 5pm Facilitator: Brenda Sutherland

The Intuitive Approach
Client Questionnaire and Interviewing process
Ethics
Who Am I Beyond the Story and Processes?
Defining Oneself and Intention as a Counsellor

Please note the order each unit is offered may change.

TRAINERS
Trainers have been chosen from across Australia due to being leaders in their field. Train with the best so you become the best.

Brenda Sutherland
Judith Richardson
Rosie Stave
Ana Lamaro
Catherine Ingram

COURSE LOGISTICS

Dates:Melbourne course starts 22nd March 2009 and runs every second weekend or Sunday for 6 months.
Brisbane course starts 26th July 2009 and runs every second weekend or Sunday for 6 months
Please note The Work of Byron Katie and Family/Systemic Constellations units are open to other students to join the weekend. See courses for more info

Cost: $4395 full course cost, $3995 earlybird price if paid in full 2 weeks prior to the course starting.
A $350 nonrefundable secures your place. The cost includes: Includes classes, manual, CDs, DVDs, study groups, little Loving What is booklet, certificate, two individual sessions, mentoring etc.
3 other sessions are required with a number of the trainers at approx $85 - $130 & texts.

Text books: Cost is approximately $150 for text books. Student may borrow texts from our student library.
Texts are:

Venue: Melbourne: Australian Shiatsu College, 3 Evans St, Brunswick
Brisbane: Junjarina 1260 Wynnum Rd, Tingalpa, Map

Assessment: Case studies, take home questions, class presentation, autobiography, unit & literature review questions, recordings, supervision, journaling, placement or project,

Accreditation:
The Effectiveness training unit is nationally accredited.
The Diploma course is Australian Holistic Healers Association (AHHA) accredited. For more details on benefits of AHHA membership see www.ahha.org.au Insurance available. Practitioners are able to use call themselves a Holistic Counsellor on completion of course due to accreditation.
The course is over 500 hours training over 18 months.

Enrolments: The number of enrolments are limited per year. A deposit secures your place. On enrolment an individual session is made to ensure we create the course to suit your needs and career direction, whilst supporting your personal growth.

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