The goal of the Process Therapist is, without agenda or outcome, to invite the client to connect deeper and more completely to his experience in the moment. This connection provides an opportunity for the client to complete the experience. Completion leads to resolution and expanded consciousness. With expanded consciousness comes more choices.

The Process Therapist is a client-centered therapist. He joins the process and while inviting its completion, always focuses and works with the client's reaction to the invitation. It is like a dance where the client leads and the therapist follows.

The Process Therapist follows the client's processes and reactions within the experiential focus of the mind, body, psyche, and spirit. The Process Therapist knows how to make invitations that allows guidance for the client from all inner messengers.

The Process Therapist becomes more and more able to transcend his/her own values and expectations of the client, and learns how to use countertransference as a tool rather than let it dilute the therapeutic environment.

This class is composed of two very distinct and essential components:

Attitude (being)

Action (doing)

Connection to Self Introspection Mindfulness Transcendence of Self Releasing Observing Expanding Connection to Client Flowing love Expanding love to include clients Staying open

Exploring the Process Share, Invite, Name, Guess(SING-ing) Choosing the Medium Bodywork, Imagery, Dialogue, Expressive Arts, etc. Discovering the Realm Working with focus on the EXTERNAL world Working within the RELATIONSHIP Encountering INTERNAL self Accelerating and Decelerating Process Brief therapy Non-Direct to Indirect to Direct Intervention From play therapy to Rogerian to Strategic Working with the Reaction Identifying the Reaction Intervening with the Reaction

To see a more detailed diagram of these components, click here.

Other concepts and techniques to be presented:

Moving out of the content trap.
Working with resistant clients.
Working with the body, mind, psyche, and spirit.
Assisting the client to deepen the connection with their experience
Staying with the experience to resolution.
Working with systems; including couples, families and groups.
Setting up and using structures to enhance the therapeutic environment of discovery.

Continueing Education Units: 12
Cost: $95,
Audit= $60

Dates: Saturday, June .7, 2008, 9am-4pm and Sunday, June.8, 2008, 9am-4pm.

Registration: Call Heather at 408358-2218x432 for more information or to register on the phone. or register online: http://www.processes.org/ceus_processclass.php.

Location: Los Gatos, CA. Directions sent upon registration.

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This course meets the qualifications for 12 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Provider# PCE231.

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