SUMMER SUPERVISION 2011-2012(click here)

2012 Workshops

Phoenix offers a range of workshops and professional development activities that are designed to enrich and explore themes of personal and spiritual development as well as providing professional development for practitioners. We believe it is important to offer a range of diverse and creative activities in order to explore and amplify our desire for meaning, community building and vision. The benefit of these programs is working together with people who share a common belief in greater communication, sharing and being challenged by new ideas and practices.

We invite you to become involved in our programs and be part of a wider community and network of individuals exploring personal development and spirituality in a safe, fun and creative way with our experienced facilitators. Participants receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the activity. In some cases, workshop and lecture hours can be used as the professional practice requirement for your professional association.

Venue
All workshops and lectures are held at the Phoenix Institute, 314 Queen St Melbourne 3000 (corner of La Trobe and Queen St), unless otherwise stated.

Parking
All day parking is available at City Parking sites: cost all day $12.50 per day.

Enrolment Form
All payments need to be accompanied by a Form here or at the bottom of this page.

Workshops
Our workshops are often full - if you have not booked by making full payment, please do not turn up on the day as workshops have a limited number of participants to ensure the quality of the workshop.

Lectures: Payment must be made in full 3 days prior to each lecture.   

How to Book

**Please note For all AAHTC workshops held at Phoenix, please contact AAHTC directly for enquiries and bookings on the following email: workshops@aahtc.org.au**

No reservations can be made for Phoenix workshops. Payment in full is required to secure a place.
To book a place in a workshop or lecture, the full amount must be paid via:

• Credit card - over the phone. Call 03 9510 4264. Please have your credit card details and the course code at hand.

• Online payment - please pay by debit/credit card via the secure online payment button or enrol online
button on this website.

• Cheque - payable to Phoenix Institute of Australia. Please call or email Phoenix to inform them you have sent your cheque. Send your cheque to Phoenix Institute of Australia, 314 Queen Street, Melbourne 3000, Australia, with your name, postal and email addresses and mobile number. Please send a separate cheque for each workshop.

GOVERNMENT CONCESSION CARDS
If you are claiming a discount for having a Government Concession card, please fax or email a copy of your concesion card remembering to state your full name, the workshop or lecture code when you make your payment to Phoenix,

Fax: (03) 85060182

Email: info@phoenixinstitute.com.au

Refunds are available for cancellations according to our refund policy, listed below. All fees in $AUD.

Refund Policy

The Phoenix Professional Development Refund Form must be completed and submitted for all refund requests.

Fees for Professional Development activities will only be refunded in the following circumstances:

1. A full refund of fees will be made:
(a) If the Institute cancels the nominated workshop or lecture; or
(b) If a cancellation is received up to fourteen (14) days prior to the workshop commencement date.

2. A refund of 50% of the fees will be made where a cancellation is received up to seven (7) days prior to the workshop or lecture commencement date.

3. A transfer of the full fee to a substitute workshop or lecture can be made if a student withdraws from the workshop up to seven (7) days prior to the workshop commencement date.

4. No refund fees will be made:
(a) If a cancellation is received within seven (7) days of the workshop commencement date.
(b) Once the workshop or lecture has commenced

5. In any other circumstance, a refund may be made at the sole discretion of the Institute Director.

The date which the Institute receives the Refund Application Form is the effective date for the purposes of calculating the refund paid.

Who the refund is paid to:
The refund will be paid to the applicant, unless otherwise requested in writing by the applicant.
The refund may be paid by cheque and sent to the student’s address (unless otherwise specified in writing), or credited to your credit card as specified ont he Refund Form.
All refunds will be paid within four (4) weeks of receipt of the written refund application.

Mailing List
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Data Protection
We do not pass on your personal information to anyone. We do not sell our mailing list. We do not give your address to workshop facilitators without your permission.

Please scroll over and click on the event of interest below for full details.

• MARCH

Workshops

"Introduction to Dance & Movement Therapy" facilitated by Linda Murrow, Jane Guthrie & Kim Dunphy

Dream Group 1 facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas

Lectures

"The Body, Sex and Transpersonal Experience: An Invitation to Dionysus" presented by Prof Rafael Locke

• APRIL

• MAY

Workshops

"Introduction to NLP for Transpersonal Counsellors" facilitated by Belinda Bailey

"Introduction to Sandplay" facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas and Judith Ayre

Lectures

"Art Therapy Within the Medical Model" presented by Dr Hassanah Briedis

"Shamanism and Psi - Imagery Cultivation as an Alternative to the Ganzfeld Protocol" by Lance Storm and Adam J. Rock

• JUNE

Workshops

"Using Art Therapy with Trauma, PTSD and Child Abuse" facilitated by Dr Hassanah Briedis

Lectures

"The Silence of the Lambs – The plundering of ‘spiritual crises’ by DSMV and the surrender of naïve transpersonal psychologists" presented by Prof Rafael Locke

• JULY

Workshops

Mindfulness Meditation and Its Therapeutic Application

How to Begin Running Art Therapy Groups

Dream Group 2 facilitated by Martin Peake

Book Launch

Gods and Diseases

Supervision

Supervision Semester 2 Group 1 and 2 facilitated by Carla Van Laar

Lectures

Gods in the workplace presented by Bernie Neville

The Monstrous, Spirituality and Therapy presented by Tra-ill Dowie

• AUGUST

Supervision

Supervision: Semester 2 First Group

Workshops

"Introduction to Transpersonal Art Therapy" facilitated by Carla Temple(***WORKSHOP FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***)

'Introduction to Holistic Counselling" facilitated by Dr Adam Rock

Lectures

"Art Therapy in a Cross-Cultural and International Development"facilitated by Atira Lydia Tan

• SEPTEMBER

Workshops

"Group Therapy Work" (8 Sessions)

Dream Group 3 facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas(***DREAM GROUP FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***)

"Dream Group 4" facilitated by Illana Laps

"Movement, Mandalas & Symbols" facilitated by Anjali Sengupta

Lectures

"Dark Side of the Shamanic Moon: Shamanism and Mood Disturbance"
presented by Dr. Adam Rock

• OCTOBER

Supervision

"Art Therapy Supervision Semester 2 Group 4" facilitated by Jyoti Thomas(***SUPERVISION FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***

Supervision Semester 2 Group 1 and 2 facilitated by Carla Van Laar (***SUPERVISION FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***

Supervision Semester 2 Group 5 facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas(***SUPERVISION FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***)

Supervision Semester 2 Group 6 facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas

Supervision Semester 2 Group 7 facilitated by Martin Peake

Workshops

"Introduction to Transpersonal Counselling" facilitated by Martin Peake

"Global Responses and Vision Building"facilitated by Atira Lydia Tan

"Native Drum Workshop" facilitated by Sharon Byerly(***WORKSHOP FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***)

"Dream Group 5" facilitated by Martin Peake

"Music, Imagery & The Hero/oine's Journey" facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas (***UNFORTUNATELY THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CANCELLED***)

Lectures

"Storytelling"facilitated by Sharon Byerly

“I see dead people”: Contemporary Mediumship Research presented by Dr. Adam Rock

• NOVEMBER

Lectures

"When I get that feeling, I need energy healing: The State of the Art"
– presented by Dr. Adam Rock (***UNFORTUNATELY THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CANCELLED***)

Workshop

"BROKEN BUTTERFLIES � Using Art Therapy techniques when working with clients with eating disorders" facilitated by Bernie Beyer

Lecture

What is paranormal belief and can it be measured?

• DECEMBER

WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO DANCE-MOVEMENT THERAPY

“Dance-movement therapy draws upon the unique power of movement and dance to promote awareness, growth and well being” Dance Movement Therapy Association of Australia
This experiential workshop will introduce participants to dance movement therapy, a growing field of work based on the healing power of movement and the essential interrelationship of ‘body’ and ‘psyche’:

“Mind and body are in constant reciprocal interaction so that whatever the inner self experiences comes to full realization in the body, and whatever the body experiences influences the inner self” Trudy Schoop, 1979

Dance movement therapy emerged as a profession in the 1960s, alongside related developments in humanistic psychology and modern dance, with the establishment of the American Dance Therapy Association. Today there are professional associations around the world, including Australia. Dance movement therapists work in a wide variety of clinical educational and community contexts, with diverse client groups including mothers and babies, children, adolescents, adults and the elderly. Clients present with a wide range of concerns including difficulties with attachment, mental health, anxiety, depression, physical and intellectual disability, learning difficulties, social isolation, cultural dislocation, trauma, rehabilitation and relationship issues. DMT facilitates self-expression, spontaneity, creativity, and interaction that promote a deepening sense of connection with self and other.
This in turn leads to enhanced awareness and an embodied sense of self that can increase confidence, improve communication, and nurture relationships. For some, DMT enables profound experiences of growth, healing
and transformation. This workshop is suitable for counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, healthcare professionals, educators, arts therapists, dancers and others interested in DMT. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing as the workshop is experiential.

Facilitators:

Heather Hill, Prof. Member DTAA, PhD, M.Ed, B.A. Grad. Dip.Movement and Dance, Grad. Cert. Dance Therapy. Heather has worked as a dance movement therapist since 1985, working with many different populations but in particular people with dementia. Her book “Invitation to the dance: dance for people with dementia and their carers” has just been published in second edition by the University of Stirling. She was involved in developing and teaching the dance therapy program at RMIT, and taught for three years at Miecat. She is now using her dance therapy skills in non-verbal communication and the relational realm to train care staff in person-centred approaches to dementia care.

Jane Guthrie Prof. Member DTAA, M.Ed., MCSP; B.App.Sc (Phty); Grad. Dips. Movement and Dance and Rehabilitation Studies, Dance Therapy Cert. (Madden Grove Foundation). Jane is the President of the DTAA (Dance Movement Therapy Association of Australia). She lectured in the dance movement therapy course at RMIT University and runs a private practice as a dance movement therapist. Jane is also a physiotherapist who has used dance movement therapy in physical rehabilitation throughout her career.

Kim Dunphy B.A., Grad Dip Movt Dance, M. Ed, Kim’s interest in the contribution of dance to community life has played out in diverse roles including those of community artist, therapist and educator. She is co-author of the book Freedom to Move: movement and dance for people with intellectual disabilities (Elsevier, 2003). Kim is Vice-President of the Dance-Movement Therapy Association of Australia and has lectured at RMIT, Deakin and Melbourne Universities in dance therapy and dance education. Kim is currently undertaking PhD research examining the role of arts in social change in East Timor.

Course Code: W11 IDMT
Date: 19 March 2011
Time: 9.30 am - 4.30pm
Cost: $100
Venue: Movement Studio, NICA, Prahran campus of Swinburne, University of Technology, 41 Green Street, Prahran.
Limited to 24 Participants

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WORKSHOPS: DREAM GROUPS

Phoenix Institute facilitates regular Dream Groups that explore in depth dream material using insightful and creative methods. The Dream Group is an experience in which all can participate and share their dreams in a safe, supportive and friendly environment.

"A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence;
understood it becomes a living experience". CG Jung

Dreams are a way of listening to the language of the soul. In working with our dreams, we begin an important inner journey into a new and different way of knowing. We are able to better integrate the psyche's message into our conscious life.

The Montague Ullman technique combines spiritual and psychological approaches. It does not intend to provide a substitute for in-depth analytical work, but allows the dreamer and the group to realise the full implications of the dream for themselves.

Facilitator Dream Group 1 & 3: Roman Ilgauskas is a registered Guided Imagery and Music psychotherapist offering transpersonal counselling and psychotherapy for men and women that integrate a range of psychodynamic and expressive therapy approaches including art, music, Jungian Sandplay and dream work. Roman's therapeutic framework has been greatly influenced by his work, personally and professionally, with Dr. Robert A. Johnson, international lecturer, Jungian analyst and author of He, She, Inner Work, and other ground-breaking books. These experiences gained through working with Robert Johnson have been central to his own learning and understanding.In Relationships Australia, working with men experiencing the anxiety and grief of separation and divorce, Roman has co-authored the self-help book Men and Separation: Navigating the Future.

Facilitator Dream Group 2 & 5: Martin Peake Prior to this, Martin lectured and worked as a Senior Consultant at RMIT University and was a researcher for the Australian Drug Foundation. He has an interest in adolescent rites of passage, ethics, shamanism, cross-cultural work and psycho-spiritual approaches to mental health. He was co-founder of the Australian Centre for Archetypal Studies at La Trobe University where he is currently completing his PhD in Transpersonal Counselling Theory and Practice.

Facilitator Dream Group 4: Ilana Laps is a psychotherapist at the Center for Emotion Focused Practice, and the founder of Dream Lab, an organization dedicated to the study of dreams. She teaches Dream Lab’s annual educational program, running workshops, speaking at public events, and hosting dream circles to foster community around dreaming. Ilana began as an academic spreading her education over four countries before settling in New York City after completing her Masters at NYU. She launched a successful advertising career, and later become a professional writer. After going through a major life transition in 2006, she moved to South-East Asia where she received teachings from traditional and progressive thinkers, and practiced healing techniques that transformed her life into what it is today. Ilana returned to Melbourne in 2010, where she completed a Diploma of Transpersonal Counselling at the Phoenix Institute.

Dream group operates in a 10 week cycle for 2 hours.

Dream Group 1 (W11 DG1) - Thursdays 24 March - 26 May Time: 6 – 8 pm Roman Ilgauskas

Dream Group 2 (W11 DG2) - Mondays 25 July - 3 October Time: 2 – 4 pm Martin Peake

Dream Group 3 (W11 DG3) - Mondays 12 September - 14 November Time: 6 – 8 pm Roman Ilgauskas(***DREAM GROUP FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***)

Dream Group 4 (W11 DG4) -Fridays 23 September - 25 November Time: 2 – 4 pm Illana Laps

Dream Group 5 (W11 DG5) - Mondays 17 October - 19 December Time: 2 – 4 pm Martin Peake

Course Codes: W11 DG1, W11 DG2, W11 DG3, W11 DG4, W11 DG5
Cost: $350* for 10 sessions (to be paid in advance)
Note *10% discount for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders
Each Group is limited to 10 participants

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WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO NLP TRANSPERSONAL COUNSELLORS

This workshop focuses on basic Neuro Linguistic Programming patterns and life coaching techniques and ways to integrate these into your Transpersonal Counselling practice. NLP is a powerful tool to create fast healing outcomes.  It can be used content free, without attaching any power to the old story, allowing the person to move on without continuing to get stuck in the old loop.

This workshop aims at uncovering the myths around the practice whilst offering an introduction to valuable tools that you can use immediately.  NLP is a science of understanding how we do the things we do, the way that we process thoughts and states and it enables us to replicate these things at will. When used in conjunction with the integrity and deep experiential understanding of the transpersonal it becomes an invaluable tool in healing and evolving.

You will discover ways to blend the tools within transpersonal counseling and coaching through NLP, to create a dynamic and holistic approach that will enhance your own practice.

Workshop outcomes
- General understanding of NLP
- How NLP can be used as a potent healing tool
- Some foundation NLP patterns and skills that you can use in your own life and with clients
- A basic understanding of the difference between counselling and coaching
- How to blend the two skills of coaching and counselling working with clients
- 6 step reframe
- circle of excellence
- perceptual positions
- unconscious signals

*suitable for Transpersonal Counsellors, Transpersonal Art Therapists, both practice or learning, and anyone interested in the healing arts.

Belinda Bailey is a Transpersonal Counsellor, New Code Neuro Linguistic Programmer and life coach and has been in private practice since 2001, and has been teaching yoga and Meditation since 2002.   Over the last 10 years she has facilitated workshops and retreats for groups in discovering deep authentic connection to the self.  She believes that at the heart of each being is a centre of unconditional love and potential and it is her passion and honour to assist individuals and groups in uncovering and relishing working within this centre.

Course Code: W11 NLP
Date: 7 May 2011
Time: 10 am – 5pm
Cost: $150
Limited to 24 Participants

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WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO SANDPLAY

A two day experiential workshop assisting therapists in exploring approaches and applications in the use of sandplay with varied therapeutic contexts and client groups. Sandplay is a therapeutic method that helps to resolve life issues and restore balance to the psyche. It is a profound and deeply transformative process of soul work. Sand is moulded to form a landscape in a sandbox, into which miniatures representing symbols of inner experience are placed to become the landscape of the whole of our being.

Current developments in sandplay therapy are being successfully used with traumatized groups such as refugees, children in the aftermath of natural disasters and socially disadvantaged groups. Sandplay has its origins in depth psychology and the work of CG Jung and Dora Kalff, with its home in Zurich, Switzerland. The practice has now expanded to include ideas from Gestalt therapy, psychodrama, experiential and arts-based approaches as well as family therapies. Topics will include assessing suitability and contraindications, introducing the process to children, adolescents and adults, phenomenological approaches to symbols and healing, mapping the cycle of the sandplay process. Participants are expected to work with the sand tray in pairs as well as in experiential group activities.

Facilitator: Judith Ayre is a transpersonal and depth psychotherapist working with sandplay since 1997 and been working with traumatized adults and children for the last twenty years. She has been teaching sandplay as well as counseling, psychotherapy and art therapy for the last ten years. She is on the register of PACFA and the Society of Counseling and Psychotherapy Educators (SCAPE) She is also a candidate for the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST).

Facilitator: Roman Ilgauskas is a registered Guided Imagery and Music therapist and a professional transpersonal counsellor and art therapist in private practice since 2000. In 2002 he co-authored a self-help booklet "Men and Separation: Choices in Tough Times" at Relationships Australia to help guide men through constructive choices when experiencing separation and divorce. Roman has taught transpersonal art therapy and counseling to students since 2004. In his private practice he works with guided imagery and music, ritual and dreams using sand play and other expressive art based processes to assist clients with exploring and discovering the many varied levels of human experience. He continues his Jungian studies in sandplay therapy for adults with the International Institute for Sandplay Therapy. He is a clinical member of the Australian Counseling Association.

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WORKSHOP: USING ART THERAPY WITH TRAUMA, PTSD & CHILD ABUSE – Understanding the Biological Nature of Trauma and Why the Body-Centered and Creative Therapies are so Important in Healing and Recovery from Trauma.

This two-day workshop will introduce participants to the growing and important field of trauma treatment and recovery, and the crucial role that art therapy should be playing in this field. The traumatic consequences of devastating experience are being increasingly recognized within the mental health field, but there is limited understanding of the mechanisms within the brain that make an experience ‘traumatic’ and why some go on to develop PTSD. This workshop will provide answers to those questions from the latest research in neuropsychology, and will demonstrate how and why the creative arts can assist in the healing process, especially when presented in a therapeutic context.

Participants will learn some basic neurobiology and neuropsychology, to provide a foundation for understanding what survivors of trauma really need for recovery, after which practical exercises in art therapy will be demonstrated and practiced in a small group setting.

The workshop aims to provide:

• A basic understanding of brain anatomy
• A basic understanding of the neuroscience behind psychological trauma, including the brain’s memory system, central nervous system and information processing system.
• Knowledge of the cause and symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex PTSD (childhood trauma and/or abuse)
• An understanding of the brain processes that are affected by performing creative activities and why this leads to healing
• Hands-on practice using art therapy techniques

This workshop is suitable for any student or therapist who is interested in learning about and practising body-centred and sensory therapies, such as art therapy, creative arts therapies (movement, dance, drama, sandplay, music, art and narrative), emotional-release therapy, gestalt, expressive and transpersonal therapies. Any therapist working in mental health will encounter the effects of trauma and/or abuse at some time.

Facilitator: Dr Hassanah Briedis (PhD, MCAT) is a clinical psychotherapist and Master of Creative Arts Therapy, working in private practice. She was a clinician at The Victoria Clinic psychiatric hospital, running the art therapy department and offering unique PTSD programs for survivors of adult trauma. Currently she is the Project Officer managing the Childhood Abuse Collection at the Cunningham Dax Collection in Parkville. Hassanah has been working and researching in the field of trauma and abuse since the early 1990s, when researchers such as Bessel van der Kolk and colleagues first began to demonstrate the biological underpinnings of the human response to traumatic phenomena. Through public talks, videos, lectures and workshops, Hassanah works to educate the public about trauma and abuse, hoping to create a bridge between the medical/ psychiatric world and the more numinous spiritual areas of experience, through the medium of creativity.

Course Code: W11 UAT
Date: 4-5 June 2011
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $315*
Note *10% discount for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders
Limited to 15 participants

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MINDFULNESS MEDITATION AND ITS THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION

Mindfulness is one of the major influences on current Western Psychotherapy.

Research shows the presence of the therapist and how the therapist genuinely connects with the client are the key factors impacting the client's healing process. Mindfulness meditation cultivates these important qualities which are the foundation for establishing a positive therapeutic alliance.
 
Roger Walsh, a leader in the field of Transpersonal Psychology views meditation, as the royal road to the transpersonal. He points out that spiritual teachings assert that our ordinary consciousness is frequently dreamlike. The metaphor of transformation of consciousness is awakening, that is becoming mindful. As we shift from automatic pilot and disengage from habitual patterns we experience the healing power of Mindfulness.
  
This workshop will include Mindfulness meditation practices, theoretical presentation and case examples, and provide an introduction for therapists interested in learning how to integrate these practices into their own work.

Facilitator: Michelle Morris Michelle Morris is a counsellor/psychotherapist with a M.A. in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (USA) and Diploma of Family Therapy. Meditation has been an integral part of her life for the last 30 years. Michelle has trained as a teacher of Mindfulness meditation and runs Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programs. She uses Mindfulness practices in her therapeutic work with adults and children.

Course Code: W11 MM
Date: 2-3 July 2011
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $300
Limited to 20 Participants

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SUPERVISION

Phoenix offers supervision to current students and graduates in order to assist them with their client work and case study work.  Supervision is conducted in groups of between 8-12 students for 2 hours per session.  During this time students and graduates share issues, problems, case study management and difficulties that may arise as students gain confidence working in a therapeutic setting. It is extremely rewarding and powerful work and it brings together the various techniques leant in the course.

During a Phoenix supervision session you can discuss recent sessions and have the opportunity to share information and utilise the group as a sounding board for ideas on how to work with clients.

The Phoenix Supervision Program is open to Phoenix Graduates as well as Students who have completed more than 50% of their course and wish to start supervision as part of their placement.

Facilitator: Supervision Group 1 Martin Peake

Supervision operates in a 5 week cycle for 2 hours.

Supervision Semester 2 First Group (S11 MP1) - Fridays 19 August-14th October
Time:2-4 pm Martin Peake
Venue: Phoenix Institute of Australia
314 Queen Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000

Course Codes: S11 MP1
Cost: $180 for 5 sessions (to be paid in advance)
Each Group is limited to 8 participants

***SUPERVISION FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***

Facilitator: Supervison Groups 1 & 2 Carla Van Laar   With twenty years experience in working with people through the arts, Carla is a committed advocate of the arts as healing, empowering and delighting for the body, mind and spirit. After studying fine arts (painting) as a young woman, Carla became interested in Community Arts and completed a number of public artworks and artist in residencies with local councils and schools. Carla's interest in the Arts in therapy was sparked by exposure to art therapy at the Royal Children's Hospital when visiting with her son. Carla completed her Master of Creative Arts Therapy in 2001 and since then has worked in full time positions in community, education, health and justice institutions as a Project Co-ordinator, Clinician and Manager. Carla has co-authored chapters in "Healing the Inner City Child" (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) and "Knowing Differently - Arts based and collaborative research" (Nova Publishers) and is the author and illustrator of "Bereaved Mother's Heart", an arts therapy resource for working with loss and grief. Currently completing a Professional Doctorate at MIECAT and working in private practice based at her Brunswick Arts Therapy Studio 'aHa', Carla remains committed to the promotion of well-being and happiness through relationships and the arts.

Supervision operates in a 5 week cycle for 2 hours.

Supervision Semester 2 Second Group (S11 ND2) - Wednesdays 12 October – 7th December
Time: 6 – 8 pm Carla Van Laar
Venue: Phoenix Institute
314 Queen Street, Melbourne-3000

Course Codes: S11 ND2
Cost: $180 for 5 sessions (to be paid in advance)
Each Group is limited to 8 participants

**SUPERVISION FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list**

Facilitator Supervision Group 5: Roman Ilgauskas is a registered Guided Imagery and Music psychotherapist offering transpersonal counselling and psychotherapy for men and women that integrate a range of psychodynamic and expressive therapy approaches including art, music, Jungian Sandplay and dream work. Roman's therapeutic framework has been greatly influenced by his work, personally and professionally, with Dr. Robert A. Johnson, international lecturer, Jungian analyst and author of He, She, Inner Work, and other ground-breaking books. These experiences gained through working with Robert Johnson have been central to his own learning and understanding.In Relationships Australia, working with men experiencing the anxiety and grief of separation and divorce, Roman has co-authored the self-help book Men and Separation: Navigating the Future.

Supervision operates in a 5 week cycle for 2 hours.

Supervision Semester 2 fifth Group (S11 RI5) - Tuesdays 11 October – 6th December
Time: 5 – 7 pm Roman Ilgauskas
Venue: Phoenix Institute
314 Queen Street, Melbourne-3000

Course Codes: S11 RI5
Cost: $180 for 5 sessions (to be paid in advance)
Each Group is limited to 10 participants

Facilitator Supervision Group 6: Roman Ilgauskas is a registered Guided Imagery and Music psychotherapist offering transpersonal counselling and psychotherapy for men and women that integrate a range of psychodynamic and expressive therapy approaches including art, music, Jungian Sandplay and dream work. Roman's therapeutic framework has been greatly influenced by his work, personally and professionally, with Dr. Robert A. Johnson, international lecturer, Jungian analyst and author of He, She, Inner Work, and other ground-breaking books. These experiences gained through working with Robert Johnson have been central to his own learning and understanding.In Relationships Australia, working with men experiencing the anxiety and grief of separation and divorce, Roman has co-authored the self-help book Men and Separation: Navigating the Future.

Supervision operates in a 5 week cycle for 2 hours.

Supervision Semester 2 sixth Group (S11 RI6) - Wednesdays 19 October – 14th December
Time: 5 – 7 pm Roman Ilgauskas
Venue: Phoenix Institute
314 Queen Street, Melbourne-3000

Course Codes: S11 RI6
Cost: $180 for 5 sessions (to be paid in advance)
Each Group is limited to 10 participants

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Facilitator: Supervision Group 7 Martin Peake

Supervision operates in a 5 week cycle for 2 hours.

Supervision Semester 2 Seventh Group (S11 MP7) - Mondays 24th October-19th December
Time:5-7 pm Martin Peake
Venue: Phoenix Institute of Australia
314 Queen Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000

Course Codes: S11 MP7
Cost: $180 for 5 sessions (to be paid in advance)
Each Group is limited to 10 participants

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ART THERAPY SUPERVISION

**SUPERVISION FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list**

Facilitator: Supervison Group 4 Jyoti Thomas Associate Diploma in Social Science (Com Dev), Diploma in Transpersonal Art Therapy, Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy, Cert IV in Workplace Training and Assessment, Qualified Member of the Australian Counselling Association. Jyoti has worked extensively for the past 10 years running Therapeutic Groups in a range of settings. In this time she has run Art Therapy groups for women struggling with Depression; Women and Children who have experienced Violence and abuse; Grief and Loss; Teenage mothers; Adolescent groups; young adults with Disabilities; and children not attending school. She also works with organizations for staff support, schools and with Individual clients.

Supervision operates in a 5 week cycle for 2 hours.

PLEASE NOTE THIS SUPERVISION IS FOR ART THERAPY STUDENTS ONLY

Supervision Fourth Group(S11 JT4)
Date: Thursdays 6 October-December 1
Time: 6-8 pm
Venue: Phoenix Institute
314 Queen Street, Melbourne 3000

Course Code: S11 JT4
Cost: $180 for 5 sessions(to be paid in advance)
Each group is limited to 8 participants

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Phoenix Institute is offering a series of one day intensive supervision groups over the Summer period. Please note that bookings for group two will not commence until group 1 is full and each group requires a minimum of 8 people to run.

Group 1 Date: Saturday 3rd December( **SUPERVISION FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list**)
Time: 10am - 4pm
Supervisor: Carla Van Laar
Venue: Phoenix Institute 314 Queen Street, Melbourne, 3000

Course Code: S11 ODI1
Cost: $90
Each Group is limited to 10 participants

Group 2 Date: Saturday 10th December( **SUPERVISION FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list**)
Time: 10am - 4pm
Supervisor: Carla Van Laar
Venue: Phoenix Institute 314 Queen Street, Melbourne, 3000

Course Code: S11 ODI2
Cost: $90
Each Group is limited to 10 participants

Group 1 Date: Saturday 14th January
Time: 10am - 4pm
Supervisor: Carla Van Laar
Venue: Phoenix Institute 314 Queen Street, Melbourne, 3000

Course Code: S12 ODI1
Cost: $90
Each Group is limited to 10 participants

Group 2 Date: Saturday 21st January
Time: 10am - 4pm
Supervisor: Carla Van Laar
Venue: Phoenix Institute 314 Queen Street, Melbourne, 3000

Course Code: S12 ODI2
Cost: $90
Each Group is limited to 10 participants

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HOW TO BEGIN RUNNING ART THERAPY GROUPS

***WORKSHOP FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***

This workshop is for those wanting to begin facilitating Art Therapy groups for children or adults, in private practice and/or for organizations. This workshop will cover all aspects of running Art Therapy groups. The workshop covers the following:

what to consider when starting a therapeutic group; dealing with different client groups; setting up, maintaining and holding a group in a safe and respectful way; coping with challenging client behaviours and the types of situations you may find yourself in; how to negotiate in a professional way with organizations about what you need to run a successful and satisfying group; working with children and much more. There will be time for group discussion and some practical Art Therapy exercises around this topic.

Facilitator: Jyoti Thomas Associate Diploma in Social Science (Com Dev), Diploma in Transpersonal Art Therapy, Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy , Cert IV in Workplace Training and Assessment, Qualified Member of the Australian Counselling Association. Jyoti has worked extensively for the past 10 years running Therapeutic Groups in a range of settings. In this time she has run Art Therapy groups for women struggling with Depression; Women and Children who have experienced Violence and abuse; Grief and Loss; Teenage mothers; Adolescent groups; young adults with Disabilities; and children not attending school. She also works with organizations for staff support, schools and with Individual clients.

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WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO ART THERAPY

***WORKSHOP FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***

An experiential taster day of Phoenix Transpersonal Art Therapy practices; the where, how and use of Art Therapy.

An opportunity to experience:
• Art therapy processes by engaging with emerging imagery and symbols
• Use of ritual
• Reflection and integration of practices
• Time for your questions to be addressed

“Since ancient times, art has served as a means to repair and renew the self, and the world’s traditions have affirmed imagery as a remedy for what ails body and mind. In essence, imagination is both medicine for the
soul and a wellness practice that helps us create new ways of seeing and being in the world.”
Cathy Malchiodi

Facilitator: Carla Temple. Dip Trans Art Therapy, NLP, Dip Prim Teaching, Grad Dip Spec Ed, Cert IV Workplace Training Carla has been in education for 25 years. In conjunction with her business partner she has run an educational consultancy practice for the last 10 years, designing and presenting workshops for students, parents and educators nationally and internationally. She is coauthor of two books on education, and is a lecturer on Transpersonal Art Therapy at Phoenix Institute.

Course Code: W11 IAT
Date: 13 August 2011
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $100
Limited to 20 Participants

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WORKSHOPS: INTRODUCTION TO HOLISTIC COUNSELLING

This workshop introduces students to holistic counselling, particularly the theory and practice of working with clients from a holistic perspective. The workshop will be of great value to any person considering this type of counselling as a vocation or current professionals who may want to add to their existing practice. Participants will also be introduced to the Holistic Degree and the range of areas and subjects that will be covered over the three years. 
This will be a very exciting and fulfilling workshop that will be both practical and conceptual. It will also challenge conventional healing modalities. Holistic and transpersonal work will become the counselling of the future.

Facilitator: Dr Adam Rock is Head of Research and Development at Phoenix Institute of Victoria. Dr. Rock is a Founding International Board Member of the International Transpersonal Association, a Special Topics Editor and Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, an Associate Editor of Anthropology of Consciousness, and an Editorial Board Member of the Australian Journal of Parapsychology. Dr. Rock has published dozens of articles in prestigious academic journals such as the Journal of Scientific Exploration, Transpersonal Psychology Review, and the Journal of Parapsychology. In addition, he has presented or co-presented over 30 papers or posters at national and international conferences. His research interests include shamanism, altered states, and psi.

Course Code: W11 IHC
Date: 20 August 2011
Time: 9:30-4:30pm
Cost: $50 " Revised Intoductory Offer"
Limited to 26 participants

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LECTURE: REACHING OUT GLOBALLY: Art Therapy in a Cross-Cultural and International Development

This presentation will cover issues working as an art therapist with Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in a cross-cultural setting in developing countries. Atira Lydia Tan, director and founder of the Art2Healing Project will draw from her 8 years of experience working as an art therapist in these settings, and sharing her knowledge from working in an international setting from her work with sex trafficked survivors, refugees and internally displaced people, and marginalized women and children in Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Japan and Nepal.

This presentation will include:

• Setting up international art therapy projects

• Client groups

• Working with NGOs and CBOs

• Limitations and boundaries in cross-cultural setting

• Working with the Transpersonal approach in developing countries

• Case Studies and Methodologies

This talk will support art therapists and Counsellors who are interested in working in international, cross-cultural settings with individuals at risk.

Course Code: L11LT1
Date: 25 August 2011
Time: 7:30-9:00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders/$35 Public
Limited to 26 participants

An experiential taster day of Phoenix Transpersonal Counselling practices. This workshop will explore:

• What is a transpersonal approach to therapy and how is it different from other therapeutic modalities.

• Understanding the importance of symbols myths and metaphors in transpersonal work.

• Transforming verses transcending. Looking into vision and meaning making that is grounded in a holistic approach.

• The importance of psychotherapeutic exploration and its gift to all spiritual work.

• Exploring why using experiential processes is both theraputic and transpersonal.

Participant will be required to bring with them to the workshop a symbol, object, picture, or ornament that inspires them and reflects qualities they value.

Facilitator: Martin Peake BA, Dip Education, M.Ed, Dip Transpersonal Counselling, Dip Shamanic Studies, Dip Transpersonal Art Therapy, Cert lV Assessment and Workplace Training, ACA, AAHTC Prior to this, Martin lectured and worked as a Senior Consultant at RMIT University and was a researcher for the Australian Drug Foundation. He has an interest in adolescent rites of passage, ethics, shamanism, cross-cultural work and psycho-spiritual approaches to mental health. He was co-founder of the Australian Centre for Archetypal Studies at La Trobe University where he is currently completing his PhD in Transpersonal Counselling Theory and Practice.

Course Code: W11 ITC
Date: 1 October 2011
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $100
Limited to 20 Participants

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WORKSHOP: GLOBAL RESPONSES & VISION BUILDING

The workshop will support creative art therapists in their professional development, with an emphasis on vision building and working in cross-cultural and international settings. It will focus on exploring the following questions: What do I want to offer as an art therapist? What are the blocks that are stopping me in reaching my goals? Where am I now? In addition, the workshop will also impart skills of how to set up larger projects, working internationally, and art therapy exercises that can be used in a cross cultural context.

It will be suited to all creative art therapists who are already working in the field, or art therapy students who are interested in using the workshop as a platform for professional development.

We will be using art therapy processes exploring:

• Vision – Building

• Exploring setting up international projects

• Exploring the individualistic and collective paradigm

• Art Therapy tools and resources for working cross-culturally

• Reflection and integration of exploration

Course Code: W11 GRVB
Date: 1 October 2011
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $150

WORKSHOP: GROUP THERAPY WORK (8 SESSIONS)

***UNFORTUNATELY THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CANCELLED***

Group Therapy is about group process. These workshops are designed to be beneficial for both personal and professional development. The group will give all participants ongoing opportunities to participate in therapeutic processes. All group members will be encouraged to do some personal work in the 8 weeks.
 
Group work gives participants an opportunity to develop skill and confidence to;
Relate authentically through difficult and painful material.
Ask questions and give feedback. (Refining therapeutic skills.)
Work through ruptures, misunderstandings and confusion with honesty integrity and acceptance.
Gain experience in working with resistance, deflection, and defensive behavior in a respectful and inclusive manner.
 
The group aims are to;
* To experientially explore, deepen and integrate, our relationship with self and others.
* To co create a safe context for growth and change.
* To find support guidance and inspiration within the group to face pain and life challenges.
* To explore new ways of being, relating and learning about ourselves from interaction with others.
 
All groups start with an experiential exercise for all participants, to bring to the surface and connect with current life issues. These issues will be explored, as chosen participants delve more deeply into the substance of the material with the care, support and inquiry of the group.
 


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WORKSHOP: MOVEMENT, MANDALAS & SYMBOLS

***UNFORTUNATELY THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CANCELLED***

Movement and art allow us to express deep feelings, thoughts, dreams and aspirations that are hard to describe in words and often fleeting or just at the edge of our awareness. When we let go of an “ego directed consciousness”, through spontaneous movement, dance and art making, we open the door to discovering long forgotten or unknown aspects of ourselves and hidden potentials. This is an integrating experience that can often be transformative, healing and empowering.

When we surrender to the wisdom of our body and freely express our inner experience through movement, we embody the deepest parts of the self- we bring our mind, body, emotions and spirit in alignment and become present and alive in the moment. Where movement is fleeting and transient, an image can communicate and hold the essence of an experience. Every image that we create is a mirror that reflects some aspect of our experience. An image gives us something outside ourselves that we can look at and literally as well as metaphorically examine from different perspectives. Imagery that arises from the depths of our psyche often bring along with them messages of meaning and inner wisdom.

In this workshop, we will draw on movement and art therapy, using the symbols of the elements as a starting point to explore our inner nature through movement, meditation and the creative arts. Earth, Water, Fire and Air are age old symbols that have existed since ancient times, in all cultures and not only represent our external world but also resonate with aspects of our inner environment. We will create a dialogue between mind, body, emotions and spirit; between inner and outer; and explore movement and art as a way of self knowing, increasing self awareness and discovering new ways of being.

In this workshop, we will:
• explore the use of breath, guided visualisation, movement, art and symbols as tools to reconnect with inner experience and access the unconscious.
• meditate on, dance and reflect on the earth, water, air and fire within us and how these come together to create a fifth element- ether, metal or quintessence.
• explore the meaning of symbols that arise in spontaneous dance and art.
• experience movement and the arts as well as art making itself (the creative act) as an integrating experience that brings into dialogue the physical, emotional, psychological and transpersonal dimensions of the individual.

Facilitator: Anjali Sengupta is a Transpersonal Art Therapist and Dance/ Movement Therapist. She is originally from India. Her background in dance and choreography lead her to explore the therapeutic benefits of movement and dance through Dance/ Movement Therapy. Art Therapy provided a deepening of her personal and professional development. She continues to teach dance and perform as well as facilitates art and movement therapy workshops in Melbourne and in India. She is passionate about exploring the creative potential and of human beings through the arts. She believes that the journey to self awareness not only empowers us to live with greater authenticity and freedom.

Course Code: W11 MMS
Date: 24 -25 September 2011
Time: 10am - 5-pm
Cost: $300
Note *10% discount for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders
Limited to 20 participants

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LECTURE: STORYTELLING

Sharon was the first person to intern with one of the thirteen indigenous grandmothers. During her intern she lived on the Cheyenne Indian reservation with Red Spider Woman (Margaret Behan). On the reservation she helped grandmother Margaret council young women with the sweat lodge ceremony. She also embraced the power of the all night prayer peyote meetings. Join Sharon Byerly and hear her amazing spiritual journey during one evening of storytelling.

Facilitator: Sharon Byerly is of Alaskan Aleut descent. She is a seasoned traditional Native American drum-maker, drummer, singer, dancer and story-teller. Sharon has performed in these mediums nationally and internationally, sharing Native American cultural and spiritual traditions with millions of people throughout America, Australia, and the Far East. The magic of Sharon�s drums have led her around the world.

Course Code: L11 SB1
Date: 7 October 2011
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00PM
Cost: $20 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$30 Public
Venue: Phoenix Institute of Australia, 314 Queen Street, Melboune, 3000

***WORKSHOP FULL - Please call us if you would like to go on a cancellation waiting list***

WORKSHOP: NATIVE DRUM WORKSHOP

Build your own 15� Native American hand held drum. This one day workshop includes all materials and hands on instructions. The frames are hand crafted from NW American Cedar and the drum heads are made from deer hide. The workshop will be conducted in ceremony.

�March to the beat of your own drum�

Facilitator: Sharon Byerly is of Alaskan Aleut descent. She is a seasoned traditional Native American drum-maker, drummer, singer, dancer and story-teller. Sharon has performed in these mediums nationally and internationally, sharing Native American cultural and spiritual traditions with millions of people throughout America, Australia, and the Far East. The magic of Sharon’s drums have led her around the world.

Course Code: W11 NDW
Date: 8 October 2011
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
Cost: $290 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$340 Public
Venue: Phoenix Institute of Australia, 314 Queen Street, Melboune, 3000

WORKSHOP: MUSIC, IMAGERY & THE HERO/OINE'S JOURNEY

***UNFORTUNATELY THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CANCELLED***

The program offers an opportunity for therapists to battle their own personal limitations. The hero/oine’s
journey is a psychological one; symbolical of that divine creative & redemptive image which is hidden within us all, only waiting to be known and rendered into life. As therapists we need an experience of the journey so that we not only understand the meaning of its images for contemporary life, but also the singleness of the human spirit in its aspiration, powers, vicissitudes and wisdom. This cannot be found in a theoretical or descriptive writing; but in our own experience of the inner life and through the archetypal images often found in our client’s and our own art therapy and expressive creativity.

By having ourself experienced its challenges, we can then hold on to the hope needed by our clients, as they navigate the soul’s difficult and dangerous task of self-discovery and self-development in order to cross to the furthest shore, and to be transfigured and reborn anew.

Using the focus of the stages of the Hero/oine’s Journey participants can expand their own awareness and understanding of this spiritual journey, and access deeper unconscious resources that support their own healing and psychological development. Each of the five weeks will have as a focus one or more of the stages identified by Joseph Campbell (Campbell 1968):
Week 1: Hearing the Call
Week 2: Setting Out
Week 3: Obstacles and helpers
Week 4: Reaching the Goal
Week 5: Bringing back the gifts

What is the process being used?

The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery & Music
Developed by Helen Bonny in the seventies, the method is a music centred, transformational therapy, which uses specifically programmed classical music to stimulate and support a dynamic unfolding of inner experiences
in service of physical, psychological and spiritual wholeness.

Participants in a relaxed state, listen to music, carefully chosen by the facilitator, which evokes and supports the emerging flow of images experienced by individual group members. This experience offers the individual participants the potential for creative problem solving, self-discovery, and personal growth. It is also encouraged that participants may wish to take their experience further through journaling, further art work or include it in their current therapy sessions.

Facilitator: Roman Ilgauskas is a psychotherapist in private practice registered as a Guided Imagery and Music Therapist, with a Graduate Diploma in Guided Imagery and Music from Melbourne University and diplomas in art therapy, transpersonal counselling and shamanic studies. He is a clinical member of the Australian Counselling Association since 2006, a Fellow of the Music and Imagery Associations in the U.S. and Australia, a Professional Member of the Australian Association of Holistic and Transpersonal Counsellors and is currently a candidate for membership of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST) Zurich. ISST is affiliated with the C.G. Jung Institute where Roman attends intensive training in Jungian analytic psychology.

Since 2005 Roman continues working at the Phoenix Institute as a lecturer. He teaches expressive therapy
using music, imagery, art, dreamwork, sandplay and movement. He has facilitated dream groups at Phoenix for the last three years, and continues offering workshops in personal growth and development. Prior to teaching,
his background has included wilderness therapy, community development and peer support, and varied areas of Human Resources particularly management training and development.

Course Code: W11 MIHJ
Dates: 3,10, 17, 24 November & 1 December 2011
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: TBC
Cost: $315*
Note *10% discount for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders
Limited to 20 participants

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LECTURE: THE BODY, SEX AND TRANSPERSONAL EXPERIENCE: AN INVITATION TO DIONYSUS presented by Professor Rafael Locke

Transpersonal psychology and psychotherapy has had very little to do with human sexuality and embodiment. Perhaps there is a distancing from psychoanalysis in this. Perhaps the new ‘spiritual’ emphasis in transpersonal scholarship finds things earthy just too much to handle. Enter Dionysus, god of ecstasy and wine, to invite us to another way of being. The walls fall in the city of Apollo and something pungent, erotic and dangerously vital arises from its ruins.

Course Code: L11 RL1
Dates: 9 March 2011
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$35 Public

LECTURE: GODS IN THE WORKPLACE presented by Bernie Neville

Carl Jung had several different ways of talking about archetypes. Sometimes he spoke of them as transcendent realities which are manifested in the world as we experience it, including their manifestations in human behaviour. Sometimes he spoke of them as patterns of behaviour which are hard-wired in our bodies. However he explained them, he was impressed by the evidence that our behavior is patterned, that these patterns persist across history and across cultures. He pointed out that these archetypal patterns, energies and value systems have been personalized as gods by many cultures.
Just as an individual’s experience and behaviour may be dominated by one or other of these archetypes, we can also see them dominating the experience and behaviour of groups, whether they be families, corporations, nations or mobs. We can use the same language of gods in distinguishing between the cultures of organizations and workplaces. We can examine a patriarchal organization and label it the way the ancient Greeks would have — as on organization dominated by Zeus. Or we can imagine another group to be dominated by Apollo, the god of science, law and clear thinking.
This talk will examine workplaces from an archetypal perspective, focusing on sixteen different gods which are openly or secretly worshipped in different workplaces.

Lecturer: Bernie Neville is Adjunct Professor of Education at La Trobe University where he has been involved for many years in the professional education of both teachers and counsellors. He is the author of Educating Psyche: Emotion, Imagination and the Unconscious in Learning and Olympus Inc: Intervening for Cultural Change in Organizations and numerous papers on Education and Counselling. He is president of the Australian Association for Holistic and Transpersonal Counselling.

Course Code: L11 BN1
Dates: 13 July 2011
Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$35 Public

LECTURE: THE MONSTROUS, SPIRITUALITY, AND THERAPY presented by Tra-ill Dowie

The transpersonal has often been described as a psychology that is inclusive of the spiritual.  Yet it is also often criticised as a psychological approach that pays scant attention to the darker dimensions of human experience.  A pressing concern for the modern day person living in this secular age is to think about how the inclusion of spirituality can be understood in the context of human horror.  Furthermore, when attempting to conceive of a transpersonal psychotherapy it is critical to evaluate such questions as they apply to the clinical dimension seeking to uncover the hidden, convert and political dimensions of psychotherapeutic exchange.  This talk seeks to address the interrelationship of these three disparate, yet important modern dimensions: the monstrous and horrific, spirituality and psychotherapy.

Lecturer: Tra-ill Dowie has worked of a number of years in various settings as a psychotherapist. Tra-ill’s Major practical interests have centered around and group psychotherapy and Existential approaches to therapy. Intellectually Tra-ill interests are broad covering topics such as the politics of therapy, the body in therapy, existential philosophy and phenomenology, Psychoanalysis, Consciousness and applied Anthropology. Tra-ill’s Masters thesis was conducted on Nietzsche and Therapy and his Ph.D in Psychiatry is exploring Merleau- Ponty’s phenomenology and its relationship to Immanence, the body and psychotherapy. His Social Theory PhD topic is 'the politics of being'.

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Course Code: L11 TD1
Dates: 27 July 2011
Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$35 Public

Book Launch: "Gods and Diseases"

Author: Dr David Tacey
To be launched by Bernie Neville, Phoenix Institute lecturer & author

 There are many problems in today’s society that cannot be resolved by the applications of reason, logic or medical science.  These include child abuse, alcoholism, drug addiction, and suicide.  Numerous mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, and phobias, are rising dramatically and there seems to be no solution in sight.

In this book, David Tacey argues that the answer lies in breaking free from the confines of modern medicine.  Instead we must turn to spirituality, and to what Tacey calls ‘meaning-making’, to make sense of our physical and mental wellbeing.

Dr David Tacey is Associate Professor in Humanities at La Trobe University, Melbourne. His special interest is the search for meaning in the contemporary world. He is the author of twelve books on culture, spirituality and depth psychology. His books include Re-Enchantment: The New Australian Spirituality (2000), The Spirituality Revolution (2003) and Edge of the Sacred (2009). His books have been translated into several languages, including Cantonese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese and French. 

Dates: 7 July 2011
Time: 6:45pm
Cost: FREE

Drink and nibbles available.

Please RSVP Kirsty at: support@phoenixinstitute.com.au
by 29th June 2011.

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LECTURE: ART THERAPY WITHIN THE MEDICAL MODEL - How to Communicate with Knowledge & Authority about the Practice of Creative Arts Therapies presented by Dr Hassanah Briedis

Art therapists need to be familiar with some medical-model language, but can discuss their craft on their own terms if they understand some of the neuroscience behind creative therapy. Brain science (neuroscience) is beginning to validate the work art therapists have been doing for decades but which has been devalued as non-medical and therefore unscientific!

Using trauma and its effects on the brain as an exemplar, the lecture will

• demonstrate how and why art therapy can assist in dealing with severe stress and its aftermath.
• provide you with language and terminologies that will be understood by the medical establishment.
• inform you on thevalue of creative processes in mental health treatment

Effective communication between the various fields of allied health may improve the standing of therapists who practice with an arts/creativity orientation.

Lecturer: Dr Hassanah Briedis (PhD, MCAT) is a clinical psychotherapist and Master of Creative Arts Therapy, working in private practice. She was a clinician at The Victoria Clinic psychiatric hospital, running the art therapy department and offering unique PTSD programs for survivors of adult trauma. Currently she is the Project Officer managing the Childhood Abuse Collection at the Cunningham Dax Collection in Parkville. Hassanah has been working and researching in the field of trauma and abuse since the early 1990s, when researchers such as Bessel van der Kolk and colleagues first began to demonstrate the biological underpinnings of the human response to traumatic phenomena. Through public talks, videos, lectures and workshops, Hassanah works to educate the public about trauma and abuse, hoping to create a bridge between the medical/ psychiatric world and the more numinous spiritual areas of experience, through the medium of creativity.

Course Code: L11HB1
Dates: 26 May 2011
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$35 Public

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Phoenix is proud to present the launch of the book:

SHAMANISM AND PSI - IMAGERY CULTIVATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GANZFELD PROTOCOL
By Lance Storm and Adam J. Rock

Dr Lance Storm and Dr Adam J. Rock will be launching their latest book and delivering a presentation about their ground breaking research into the link beween shamanism and the paranormal. After the talk, Phoenix will be holding a book launch and signing for anyone interested in the newly released Shamanism and Psi. Copies will be available ($25) and complimentary refreshments will be provided. Shamans voluntarily enter altered states of consciousness and travel to ‘spirit worlds’ in order to serve their community. It is often alleged that shamans have paranormal (i.e., ‘psi’) abilities. Psi includes telepathy (mind to mind communication), precognition (‘seeing’ into the future) and clairvoyance (viewing distant objects or events). In this controversial new book by Dr. Lance Storm and Dr. Adam Rock, the authors present an innovative theory designed to account for the link between shamanism and the paranormal. The authors also report the successful results of their recent experiment that explored the effect of shamanic-like ‘journeying’ (i.e., soul-flight) on clairvoyance. This cutting edge book will be of value to any one interested in transpersonal studies, shamanism and parapsychology.

Facilitator: Dr Adam Rock is Head of Research and Development at Phoenix Institute of Victoria. Dr. Rock is a Founding International Board Member of the International Transpersonal Association, a Special Topics Editor and Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, an Associate Editor of Anthropology of Consciousness, and an Editorial Board Member of the Australian Journal of Parapsychology. Dr. Rock has published dozens of articles in prestigious academic journals such as the Journal of Scientific Exploration, Transpersonal Psychology Review, and the Journal of Parapsychology. In addition, he has presented or co-presented over 30 papers or posters at national and international conferences. His research interests include shamanism, altered states, and psi.

Facilitator: Dr Lance Storm is a Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide where he conducts research in psychology and parapsychology.

Dates: 4 May 2011
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: FREE

Drink and nibbles available.

Please RSVP Kirsty at: support@phoenixinstitute.com.au
by 2nd May.

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LECTURE: THE DARK SIDE OF THE SHAMANIC MOON: SHAMANISM AND MOOD DISTURBANCE - presented by Dr. Adam Rock

Shamanism may be defined as “a family of traditions whose practitioners focus on voluntarily entering altered states of consciousness in which they experience themselves, or their spirit(s), travelling to other realms at will and interacting with other entities in order to serve their community” (Walsh, 1989, p. 5). Shamanic practices have formed the basis of indigenous healing ceremonies since antiquity, and have recently begun to generate interest as a complementary therapeutic strategy in the traditional medical and psychological arenas. In this presentation I will discuss recent research that has revealed a link between shamanism and mood disturbance. I will also demonstrate how shamanic methods might be used to reduce mood disturbance and how transpersonal counsellors might integrate these findings into their therapeutic practice.

Lecturer: Dr Adam Rock is a Founding International Board Member of the International Transpersonal Association, President of the Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research, a Special Topics Editor and Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, an Associate Editor of Anthropology of Consciousness, and an Editorial Board member of the Australian Journal of Parapsychology. Dr. Rock is also an expert reviewer for 10 scholarly journals. He has published dozens of scholarly articles in prestigious academic journals such as the Journal of Scientific Exploration, Transpersonal Psychology Review, and the Journal of Parapsychology. He has been awarded over $200, 000 in research grants. In 2010 he published a book entitled Constructivism and Shamanic Experiences. In addition, he has presented or co-presented over 30 papers or posters at national and international conferences. His research interests include shamanism, altered states, mediumship and psi.

Course Code: L11AR1
Dates: 13 September 2011
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders/ $35 Public

LECTURE: "I SEE DEAD PEOPLE": CONTEMPORARY MEDIUMSHIP RESEARCH presented by Dr. Adam Rock

Mediumistic experiences are transpersonal encounters with the dead. Over a century of mediumship research tells us that certain mediums are able to repeatedly obtain accurate information about deceased individuals under strict laboratory conditions. However, what is the source of the information that mediums receive? Are mediums really communicating with the deceased, are they communicating telepathically with the loved ones of the deceased, or are they accessing some kind of cosmic store of information that is located somewhere is the universe? This presentation will review contemporary mediumship research with special emphasis on what mediums experience when they perform a reading and the source of their anomalous information.

Course Code: L11AR2
Dates: 18 October 2011
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$35 Public

***UNFORTUNATELY THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CANCELLED***

LECTURE: WHEN I GET THAT FEELING, I NEED ENERGY HEALING: THE STATE OF THE ART presented by Dr. Adam Rock

Have you ever experienced the positive effects of energy healing? The effect of energy healing on people, animals, plants, organs, blood, and cells has been widely replicated in experiments. However, in the case of people, how do we know if a ‘healing’ effect is really due to the transmission of energy or just a placebo effect (i.e., “power of suggestion”)? This presentation will review the distant healing literature in an attempt to determine whether an energy healing is simply a placebo feeling!

Course Code: L11AR3
Dates: 22 November 2011
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$35 Public

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WORKSHOP: BROKEN BUTTERFLIES � Using Art Therapy techniques when working with clients with eating disorders

Disordered eating has become an epidemic and has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. There are several categories of eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Eating Disorder not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). In this one day workshop participants will be given valuable insight and information into the clinical management of eating disordered clients in crisis and recovery. Through a series of drawings and case studies this workshop will explore some of the beliefs that exist around treatment of eating disorders and how practitioners can use art therapy and other forms of creative expression with this client group. The workshop will also include valuable, first hand material on how an eating disorder presents in clients, barriers to recovery and insight into the personal mindsets of this client population.

Course Code: W11 BB
Date:12 November 2011
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
Cost: $150
Venue: Phoenix Institute of Australia, 314 Queen Street, Melboune, 3000

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LECTURE: What is paranormal belief and can it be measured?

Psychology has a troubled relationship with the paranormal, and arguably the most comfortable way for mainstream psychologists to associate with the field is through the study of superstitious and paranormal beliefs, rather than actual paranormal experiences. This presentation briefly discusses the history and variety of paranormal belief questionnaires, how they are administered, and the sometimes-heated arguments over research outcomes. This lecture is based on Dr. Tony Jinks' newly released book, An Introduction to the Psychology of Paranormal Belief and Experience, which can be purchased on the night.

Course Code: L11 TJ1
Date: 29 November 2011
Time: 7:00-8:00pm
Cost: Free

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