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,15 Chatham Street, Prahran VIC 3181, unless otherwise stated.

Parking
All day parking is available at Kings Parking (King Street, off Chapel Street – see Melways) at a cost of $10.50 per day, or at the Prahran Market at cost of approx $8.50 per day. Free all-day parking (Sundays only) is available behind the Court Jester Hotel, opposite Chatham Street.

Enrolment Form
All payments need to be accompanied by an 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 all Phoenix workshops. Payment in full is required to secure a place.
To book a place on 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 Victoria. Please call or email Phoenix to inform them you have sent your cheque. Send your cheque to Phoenix Institute of Victoria, PO Box 1137, Windsor 3181, 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.

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.

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

Download the 2010 Professional Development Summary with titles, cost and dates.

• MARCH

Workshops

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

"Shamanism for Women Traversing the Worlds of Self; East - Birth" facilitated by Maria Elena & Maria Elena Appeldorff

• APRIL

Lectures

"Dyadic Work with a Child and a Parent" presented by Yoni Schur

"Art and the Evolution of Consciousness" presented by Dr Rafael Locke **LECTURE FULL**

Workshops

Dream Group 1 facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas** WORKSHOP FULL **

• MAY

Workshops

"Shamanism for Women Traversing the Worlds of Self: East - Birth" facilitated by Maria Elena Bravo & Maria Elena Appeldorff **CANCELLED**

"Shamanism for Women Traversing the Worlds of Self: North - Courage and Strength " facilitated by Maria Elena Bravo & Maria Elena Apeldorff

"Movement, Mandalas & Symbols" facilitated by Anjali Sengupta **PLEASE NOTE: DATE CHANGE FROM 12TH MAY TO 21st AUGUST 2010**

• JUNE

Workshops

"Using Art Therapy with Trauma, PTSD and Child Abuse" facilitated by Dr Hassanah Briedis
**WORKSHOP FULL. Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list.**

Lectures

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

"Shamanism, Medicine, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy" presented by Dr Rafael Locke **LECTURE FULL**

• JULY

Workshops

AAHTC "Self Hypnosis" facilitated by David Frank

"Family Constellations" facilitated by Dr Chris Walsh** WORKSHOP CANCELLED**

• AUGUST

Workshops

"Introduction to Transpersonal Art Therapy" facilitated by Carla Temple

"Movement, Mandalas & Symbols" facilitated by Anjali Sengupta **WORKSHOP FULL** Please contact Phoenix to be on te waiting list.

Dream Group 2 facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas ** WORKSHOP FULL** Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list

Lecture

"Transpersonal Analysis: New Directions in Transpersonal Work" presented by Dr Rafael Locke

• SEPTEMBER

"Introduction to Transpersonal Counselling" facilitated by Jane Holmes

"Shamanism for Women Traversing the Worlds of Self: West - Healing and Compassion" facilitated by Maria Elena Bravo & Maria Elena Appeldorff

Lectures

"Spring Series: "The Incest Epidemic and the Psychopathology of Rebirth" presented by Dr David Tacey

• OCTOBER

Workshops

"Vision Quest for Women" facilitated by Maria Elena Bravo & Maria Elena Appeldorff **DATE CHANGE Postponed until Autumn 2011, location to be announced soon***

"Music, Imagery & The Hero/oine's Journey" facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas **WORKSHOP FULL** Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list**DATE CHANGE no session on 2nd November, additional date 23rd November instead**

Dream Group 3 facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas **WORKSHOP FULL** Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list

Lectures

"Spring Series: Sexuality, Psychic Energy and the Sacred" presented by Dr David Tacey

• NOVEMBER

Workshops

"Introduction to Sandplay" facilitated by Roman Ilgauskas and Judith Ayre **WORKSHOP FULL** Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list **TIME CHANGE FROM 9.30AM - 4.30PM TO 9.00AM - 5.00PM**

"Shamanism for Women Traversing the Worlds of Self: South - Questing for a Vision" facilitated by Maria Elena Bravo & Maria Elena Apeldorff **PLEASE NOTE: DATE CHANGE TO 26-28 NOVEMBER 2010****CANCELLED**

Lectures

"Spring Series: The Midlife Crisis at Any Time of LIfe" presented by Dr David Tacey

• DECEMBER

Lectures

"The Transpersonal and the Paranormal: Some correspondences between Transpersonal Psychology and Parapsychology" presented by Dr Adam Rock - FREE

“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 that
is 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:

Linda Murrow Prof Member DTAA, M.A. completed her Masters in Expressive Art in the US, where she became a registered dance movement therapist and subsequently completed post-graduate training in couple and family therapy. She has taught dance therapy at Melbourne University, and played a central role in developing the Masters of Creative Arts Therapy and Graduate Diploma of Dance Therapy at RMIT. Linda currently works for Relationships Australia, teaches at the Phoenix Institute and maintains a private practice.

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: IDM110
Date: 13 March 2010
Time: 9.3 am - 4.30pm
Cost: $100
Venue: Movement Studio, NICA, Prahran campus of Swinburne, University of Technology, 41 Green Street, Prahran.

**WORKSHOP FULL. Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list.**

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WORKSHOP: SHAMANISM FOR WOMEN - TRAVERSING THE WORLDS OF SELF

"Traversing the Worlds of Self' is a four module residential program for women focussing on Pachamama (Mother Earth), the Chakana and the Medicine Wheel. The program can be undertaken as single modules, or in sequence. The program focuses on • a deeper connection to women's traditional healing • discovering personal healing through ritual • self discovery of one's spiritual path • building a spiritual community of women's medicine Traditional native people of South America have a strong connection to Pachamama, the earth mother and powerful feminine energy that pervades all life. They cultivate lives that honour Pachamama, and understand and practice the principle of balance and reciprocity in their exchanges with each other and the environment. The Chakana, the ancient Andean cross, is a ap and a symbol that embodies these understandings.

The Chakana, with its horizontal and vertical symmetry, represents cosmic balance. It is a bridge to different levels and aspects of reality, and is therefore seen as a symbol of the divine. The hollow at its centre represents the mystery of the Chakana that extends bridges between the human and the divine, between the living and the dead, between the masculine and the feminine, and between the past and the future. ‘Working with the energy of the powerful feminine Pachamama, we walk the Medicine Wheel and the Chakana, drawing on them for direction and guidance in our lives. They are ancient tools that allow us to focus our energies and move through difficulties and challenges. They offer pathways to creatively re-envision our lives.

'Traversing the Worlds of Self' is for women who wish to face the challenge of navigating through their many selves, to reconnect with their own strength and resources as they weave their personal life stories. They are walking, or wanting to walk their spiritual path through ritual, community and assessing of traditional wisdom.
All workshops will involve traditional sweat lodges, though they are not compulsory.

**There are two dates for program 1 - a stand alone weekend in March and then Program 1 (again) & Program 2 back to back in May. The back to back program is devised to enable interstate participants to reduce costs. PLEASE NOTE PROGRAM 1 IN MAY WILL RUN DEPENDANT ON NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS**

Program 1: East - Birth

In this first program beginning in the East, you connect to the powerful energy of Pachamama and call upon your own power as you plummet the depths of your life, shedding the past that weighs you down. Allow yourself to be stripped to your bones of a past that may cling too tightly, and in the process allow Spirit to grow and the virtues of the Chakana and the Medicine Wheel nurture you back to life. Surrender to death to be claimed by life, be born ready to continue your path around the Medicine Wheel, crossing the portals of the Chakana into the worlds and layers of the self.

Date: 26-28 March 2010
Course Code: W10SW1_March

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Program 1: East - Birth ** CANCELLED**

In this first program beginning in the East, you connect to the powerful energy of Pachamama and call upon
your own power as you plummet the depths of your life, shedding the past that weighs you down. Allow
yourself to be stripped to your bones of a past that may cling too tightly, and in the process allow Spirit to grow and the virtues of the Chakana and the Medicine Wheel nurture you back to life. Surrender to death to be claimed by life, be born ready to continue your path around the Medicine Wheel, crossing the portals of the Chakana into the worlds and layers of the self.

Date: 11-13 May 2010*
Course Code: W10SW1_May

*PLEASE NOTE PROGRAM 1 IN MAY WILL RUN DEPENDANT ON NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS*

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Program 2: North - Courage and Strength

This program is about walking bare, having been stripped to your bones, continuing your journey around the Medicine Wheel and the Chakana calling for what is needed for your path. The North is a call for courage and strength. This is a time to call Wiracocha (father), the masculine principle, into your life to enable you to forge ahead and move into and through difficulties that present themselves to you and your path. It is a time to find your voice and your courage. In this program, you will reconnect with the energy of Wiracocha, honouring it
and call on the virtues of courage and strength to confront your fears and help you continue your path into
the unknown.

Date: 14-16 May 2010
Course Code: W10SW2

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Program 3: West - Healing and Compassion

Continuing our journey around the medicine wheel, we arrive at the West the place of healing and compassion, the place of Pachamama, the mothers and grandmothers. As the flesh begins to cover your bones, we traverse the West reconnecting with the powerful feminine. A time to honour your female ancestry, receiving the gifts and wisdom of the women who have walked before you. It is also a time to heal any wounds that may still block the heart.

Date: 24-26 September 2010
Course Code: W10SW3

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Program 4: South - Questing for a Vision **CANCELLED**

We step through the doorway of the South into the darkness of the unknown. A time to step forward and be supported by the wisdom and strength which has fleshed your bones up to this point in your journey around
the medicine wheel. Allow your connection to Wiracocha and Pachamama to carry you in this step as
you call for a vision for your life, coming full circle around the medicine wheel and the Chakana.

Date: 26-28 November 2010 **PLEASE NOTE: DATE CHANGE TO 26-28 NOVEMBER 2010****CANCELLED**
Course Code: W10SW4
*Note: To participate in Program 4 you must have done at least one of the first 3.

Facilitators

Maria Elena Bravo is a member and Ceremonial Leader of The Spirit of the Earth Medicine Society. Apprenticed to Dr Rafael Locke, she has undertaken rigorous training in shamanic work and medicine ways over ten years. Born in Chile South America, Maria Elena has a deep interest in South American shamanic traditions and has worked with healers in Peru and Mexico. She leads regular tours to Peru for Phoenix. A particular area of interest is in assisting women in and through ceremonial work. She has facilitated shamanic workshops and participated in ceremonial work with women elders of the Central Desert and Q’eros community in the Peruvian Andes.

Maria Elena Appeldorff has been involved in the healing arts for fourteen years. She holds a Diploma of Transpersonal Counselling and is a professional Reflexologist. She uses holistic methods working in private practice, and in the aged sector. Maria Elena was born in Argentina where she began to discover her passion in healing. She co-developed an adult education course, which she runs to assist women find their inner strength and soul gifts in a safe and nurturing space. The development and performanec of ceremony is an aspect of healing which Maria Elena feels most passionate about. Maria Elena is a member of Spirit of The Earth Medicine Society.

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WORKSHOP: MOVEMENT, MANDALAS & SYMBOLS **DATE CHANGE FROM 12 MAY TO 21 AUGUST 2010** WORKSHOP FULL**

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: W10MMS
Date: 21 August 2010 **DATE CHANGE FROM 12 MAY TO 21 AUGUST 2010**
Time: 10am-5pm
Cost: $150*
Note *10% discount for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders
Limited to 20 participants **WORKSHOP FULL**

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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 weekly 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: Roman Ilgauskas is a transpersonal art therapist and counsellor in private practice. In the 1990's, Roman facilitated dream groups and wilderness therapy in the far northern wilderness of Canada alongside Dr Robert A. Johnson (author of He, She, Inner Work and others). Roman has kept a dream journal since 1979, continues his own Jungian analysis, and is currently pursuing further studies in guided imagery and music (GIM) therapy. Since 2005, he has facilitated several successful dream programs at Phoenix Institute.

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

Dream Group 1 (W10DG1) - Tuesdays 27 April to 29 June 2010.
**WORKSHOP FULL. Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list.**

Dream Group 2 (W10DG2) - Wednesdays 4 August to 6 October 2010
**WORKSHOP FULL. Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list.**

Dream Group 3 (W10DG3) - Mondays 4 October to 6 December 2010
**WORKSHOP FULL. Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list.**

Evening 6.00pm to 8.00pm
Course Code: W10DG1, W10DG2, W10DG3
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: 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. **WORKSHOP FULL. Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list.**

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: W10UAT
Date: 26-27 June 2010
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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AAHTC WORKSHOP: SELF HYPNOSIS**

In this experiential 2 day workshop, person-centred counsellor and hypnotherapist David Frank leads an exploration of the benefits and methods of self-hypnosis.

Why Learn Self-hypnosis?
Hypnosis has had a bad press. It seems to most people that hypnosis is good for stopping smoking, reducing weight and making people on stage look ridiculous, but there is more to it than that. If we look a little deeper into the work of hypnotherapists, we see them helping people with depression, addictions, phobias and even physiological problems. Hypnosis has been curing people with serious illness for hundreds of years, but reports in medical journals have somehow been overlooked.

Effectiveness of Hypnosis
In 1953 a British Medical Association Subcommittee reported that Hypnotism “is a proper subject for enquiry by the tried methods of medical research and that it should be taught far more widely than it is". (1)

Researcher W. L. La Baw of the University of Colorado Medical Centre reports “The usefulness of suggestive therapy (hypnosis) with bleeders has long been recognised”. La Baw considers this treatment so safe that he wants to encourage the use of self-hypnosis by children, more routinely than is usual, rather than, “reserving it only for urgent problems”. Self-hypnosis is also taught to children suffering from cancer to alleviate the side effects of their treatment. (2)

Learning self-hypnosis is a safe and simple way to learn how to tap into the largely unused potential of our subconscious mind. In this way we can use our inner abilities to:
• Create calmness
• Gain confidence
• Achieve important goals
• Improve self-esteem
• Increase our ability for self-healing
• Fulfil our individual needs
• Learn deep relaxation
• Relieve stress
• Overcome addiction
• Work towards individuation
• Overcome physical problems

Facilitator: David Frank (Dip Humanistic Counselling, Dip Hypnotherapy, B.A.(Hons) degree) is a humanistic and transpersonal counsellor and hypnotherapist. He has spent a large part of his career investigating the mostly unused potential of the subconscious mind through hypnosis. At a personal level David combines self-hypnosis with meditation to work towards individuation. For much of his career, David has worked closely with the UK medical system, preparing and presenting client-centred counselling courses to nursing staff and social workers. In addition to private practice, he has also worked as a counsellor within UK medical centres providing counselling to medical cases with emotional, social, phobic and addiction problems. This included assisting cients with various levels of anxiety and depression, anger management issues, sexual amd marital problems, and adults who had been emotionally or sexually abused as children. In 2002 research that David carried out led to the international publication of his book, “Hypnosis & Counselling in the Treatment of Chronic Illness,” that he co-wrote with his colleague Dr. Bernard Mooney. This book received excellent reviews and in 2008 was released as a paperback entitled, “Hypnosis and Counselling in the treatment of Cancer and other Chronic Conditions” which is available in Australia from Footprint Books. Today, David has a private practice in Melbourne.

Date: 3-4 July 2010
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $250 for AAHTC members, $300 for non-members

**Please note for all AAHTC workshops held at Phoenix, please contact AAHTC directly for enquiries. To make a booking for this workshop please book at http://www.aahtc.org.au/register.htm

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WORKSHOP: FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS ** WORKSHOP CANCELLED**

Family constellations provide a means to very directly experience the web of interconnectedness with other human beings and the greater field. A group member volunteers to do some work about an issue in their lives. After a brief interview with the facilitator they choose representatives from other participants for themselves and usually for family members. As representatives in other’s constellations we transcend the limitations of our own individuality and have a clear energetic experience of another person. At the end of this we return to our normal state of consciousness. During the constellation we free a family’s entangled energies by working with representatives. These entanglements often originate in heavy existential fates involving family members such as early deaths, adoption and migration.

Although this work can superficially look like psychodrama it is quite different as the representatives do not act but rather, the facilitator assists the representatives to take the lead from the energy they feel. Interestingly dead family members and ancestors are often represented and make a very powerful contribution.

Family constellations are based on Bert Hellinger's innovative "Orders of Love". This work emerged out of psychotherapy, family therapy, group therapy, systems theory and phenomenology.

It can be used to help deal with interpersonal problems in families, and help families deal with other issues such as alcoholism and other addictions, psychiatric disorders, serious medical illnesses, adoption, grief and separation. It is particularly good at addressing problems caused by transgenerational issues such as migration, early deaths or adoptions. It creates healing images for families which help us to engage with our family and others more creatively. There is minimal need for self disclosure and you can benefit just by observing other’s constellations. Other family members need not be present. More information about this process can be found at http://www.constellationflow.com/articles.php

This workshop aims to provide:

• Participants find a respectful place for all family members regardless of any misdeeds by exploring their own personal issues by the means of system constellation
• Gain greater compassion for others and ourselves as we experience and witness the entanglements that effect us all
• Learn to think of ourselves within larger family systems/souls and navigate our way more skilfully within these systems/souls
• Helps to more clearly detect and deal with emotional energy and concepts we absorb from others.
• An introduction to the theoretical foundations of this work and how to apply this work when working one to one with individuals
• A shared experience within a group work setting that will illustrate the variety of applications possible in constellation work
• A much clearer understanding of how human systems such as families and organisations work

Facilitator: Dr Chris Walsh (MBBS, DPM, FAChAM) is a psychiatrist working in private practice and at a Drug and Alcohol treatment centre in Melbourne, Australia. He has worked in psychiatry since 1985 accumulating experience in hospitals, jails, community settings, and drug and alcohol institutions as well as with urban and tribal Aboriginal communities. Chris has taken a major role in family constellation work in Australia. In 2005 has published "Carmen’s Dream: Integrating Family Constellation Work with Ongoing Therapy" in the International Constellations Journal. He has given presentations at Australian national professional conferences on family constellations, and Chris is also the founder and moderator of Constellation Talk, a very active email chat group with almost 600 subscribers worldwide. He has presented this work around australia and overseas in the USA, New Zealand and Singapore. He also cordinated the development of the website for the International systemic Constellations Association (ISCA).

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WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO ART THERAPY

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: W10ITAT
Date: 29 August 2010
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: $100

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WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPERSONAL COUNSELLING

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: Jane Holmes. Adv Dip Gestalt Therapy, Dip Transpersonal Counselling, Cert lV Assessment and Workplace Training Jane is a psychotherapist in private practice with a gestalt therapy and transpersonal background. She is passionate about group work and has facilitated self exploration groups and workshops. Jane spent many years in her youth studying an eastern perspective on spirituality and has explored many alternative paradigms since that time. She is passionate about self development and self awareness . Jane is committed to integrating therapeutic and spiritual modalities, into a relational, client centred, experiential practice. Jane is a lecturer on Transpersonal Counselling at Phoenix Institute.

** PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is held at the venue stated below NOT Prahran Campus of Phoenix Institute.**
Course Code: W10ITC
Date: 11 September 2010
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: Kilbride Centre, Workshop Space Room, 52 Beaconsfield Parade, Albert Park, VIC 3206.
Download map, directions, public transport and parking information.
Cost: $100

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WORKSHOP: VISION QUEST FOR WOMEN **DATE CHANGE Postponed until Autumn 2011, location to be announced soon***

The vision quest is held in natural bush setting offering us an opportunity to connect deeply with nature as we are held by Pachamama (mother earth) over four days and three nights. This is a time to open our hearts to something greater than our own self in silence, prayer and meditation. A time to seek guidance and healing for ourselves and our path.

Maria Elena Appeldorff has been involved in the healing arts for fourteen years. She holds a Diploma of Transpersonal Counselling and is a professional Reflexologist. She uses holistic methods working in private practice, and in the aged sector. Maria Elena was born in Argentina where she began to discover her passion in healing. She co-developed an adult education course, which she runs to assist women find their inner strength and soul gifts in a safe and nurturing space. The development and performanec of ceremony is an aspect of healing which Maria Elena feels most passionate about. Maria Elena is a member of Spirit of The Earth Medicine Society.

Facilitator: Maria Elena Bravo is a member and Ceremonial Leader of The Spirit of the Earth Medicine Society. Apprenticed to Dr Rafael Locke, she has undertaken rigorous training in shamanic work and medicine ways over ten years. Born in Chile South America, Maria Elena has a deep interest in South American shamanic traditions and has worked with healers in Peru and Mexico. She leads regular tours to Peru for Phoenix. A particular area of interest is in assisting women in and through ceremonial work. She has facilitated shamanic workshops and participated in ceremonial work with women elders of the Central Desert and Q’eros community in the Peruvian Andes.

Course Code: W10VQW
Date: 19-24 October 2010 **DATE CHANGE Postponed until Autumn 2011***
Venue: Location to be announced soon
Cost: $550
Strictly limited number of participants

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WORKSHOP: MUSIC, IMAGERY & THE HERO/OINE'S JOURNEY **WORKSHOP FULL** Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list
**DATE CHANGE no session on 2nd November, additional date 23rd November instead**
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 Ilgauskasis 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: W10MIHJ
Dates: **DATE CHANGE no session on 2nd November, additional date 23rd November instead**
Week 1: 19 October 2010, Week 2: 26 October 2010, Week 3: 9 November 2010
Week 4: 16 November 2010, Week 5: 23 November 2010
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Kilbride Centre, 52 Beaconsfield Parade, Albert Park, VIC 3206.
Download map, directions, public transport and parking information.
Cost: $300*
Note *10% discount for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders
Limited to 15 participants **WORKSHOP FULL** Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list

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WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO SANDPLAY **WORKSHOP FULL** Please contact Phoenix to be on the waiting list **TIME CHANGE FROM 9.30AM - 4.30PM TO 9.00AM - 5.00PM**

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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LECTURE: ART AND THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS presented by Dr Rafael Locke

In the last two decades, there has been something of a revolution in the ways in which the nature of consciousness and its evolution have been construed. Surprisingly, in some ways, archaeology has shrugged off many of its shackles to offer some new and exciting views on the evolution of consciousness, drawing upon developments in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology. A core set of ideas revolves about the development of forms of art and related creative-imaginal capacities which seem to measure and drive the development of consciousness at the same time. These ideas have some important impacts on our notions of art, art therapy
and the creation of culture and society.

Course Code: L10RL1
Dates: 28 April 2010
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$35 Public

LECTURE: SHAMANISM, MEDICINE, PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY presented by Dr Rafael Locke

Over the last one hundred and twenty years, shamans in various cultures have been described as
schizophrenics, hysterics, neurotics and also as charlatans. However, a close look at the research on shamanism demonstrates something quite different. What we have is a window into the nature of consciousness and the tools of consciousness change and exploration which have significance for psychiatry, medicine and psychotherapy. This is especially so when we examine shamanic healing in its various forms.

Course Code: L10RL2
Dates: 23 June 2010
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$35 Public

LECTURE: TRANSPERSONAL ANALYSIS: NEW DIRECTIONS IN TRANSPERSONAL WORK presented by Dr Rafael Locke

The development of transpersonal psychology has been described as the ‘fourth way’ in psychology, beyond behaviourism, psychoanalysis and the humanistic approach. However, there are aspects of some forms of psychoanalysis which speak strongly to the transpersonal endeavour and, moreover, recent developments in consciousness research suggest that a marriage of transpersonal and psychoanalytic psychotherapy is possible and desirable and capable of delivering some exciting new directions in therapy. Transpersonal analysis steps toward a re-invention of the couch.

Course Code: L10RL3
Dates: 4 August 2010
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$35 Public

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DYADIC WORK WITH A CHILD AND A PARENT - As a Tool to Reinitiate Communication and Interaction presented by Yoni Schur

This lecture would appeal to anrt therapists interested in using Dyadic tool in working with both children and adults alike. This model can be used as another art therapy tool, and when words are simply not adequate

The lecture includes an in depth discussion of:
• Dyadic work between therapist & client - How to use the art language as a tool that speaks the unconscious mind of the client and the therapist.
• Using the art work to move artistically through a block in the therapeutic process
• Diagnostics and evaluation of the client - Working with the relationship that exists between a) the client and therapist and b) relationships between couples, or parents and children.
• Dyadic work between parent & child - The artistic language spoken between a parent and child in therapy.

Facilitator: Yoni Schur, Head of Visual Art Therapy Department, Lesley University, Israel, Member of the Israeli Art Therapy Association. An artist and Art Therapist,Yoni studied in Holland in the 1980’s, in Nijmegen. He studied to work as an art therapist with all ages. Since 1994 Yoni has taught at Lesley in the Israeli Branch and is a Senior Supervisor for art therapy.

Course Code: L10YS1
Dates: 8 April 2010
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders/$35 Public

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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: L10HB1
Dates: 24 June 2010
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: $25 for Phoenix students, ex-students and Government concession card holders /$35 Public

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SPRING SERIES OF 3 LECTURES - DR DAVID TACEY

This is a unique opportunity to hear an international lecturer address a range of current topics to be announced.

Lecturer: Dr David Tacey is Reader and Associate Professor in the School of Critical Enquiry, La Trobe University, Melbourne. He teaches courses on spirituality, analytical psychology and cultural studies. He is the author of eight books and over a hundred essays and articles on these subjects. His main interest is tracking the ‘spirit of the time’ in contemporary society. David's most recent book is Gods and Diseases: making sense of our physical and mental wellbeing, to be published in February 2011 by Harper Collins, Sydney. David is on the international teaching faculty at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, and gives short courses in Zurich every July. He is on the editorial boards of several international journals on Jungian studies, analytical psychology and religious studies.

Lecture 1: The Incest Epidemic and the Psychopathology of Rebirth

This talk explores incest and child sexual abuse from a metaphorical and psychosomatic point of view. What motivates these forms of psychopathology?  How can we understand the driving forces?  The talk explores incest in the context of Freudian and Jungian psychoanalysis, and contrasts these approaches.  It also explores incest in the context of the Bible and sacred literature, and argues that incestuous images are important for the soul and spirit, but when acted out in the body, as literal events, they become acts of criminal behaviour.  The Jewish rabbi Nicodemus famously asked: "How can a grown man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?" The key to incest is metaphor and symbol, and with these keys we can unlock the secrets of this modern epidemic. 

Course Code: L10DT1
Date: 23 September 2010
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Cost: $25 Phoenix students and ex-students, $35 Public

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Lecture 2: Sexuality, Psychic Energy and the Sacred

In this second lecture the themes that emerged in lecture 1 of the Spring Series is continued. Freud found sexuality to be at the heart of many, perhaps most, of the modern neuroses. He explored sexuality in some depth, but according to Jung, not deeply enough.  Freud was committed to a materialist reading of sexuality as physical release, erotic excitation, and the biological call of the species. But Jung felt there was something more to sexuality: it included a spiritual element that Freud had not seen, or deliberately repressed. Jung's argument finds resonance in many ancient traditions, including Hinduism, Sufism, paganism and wicca, in which sexuality is seen not only as a biological drive but as a spiritual force of creation. 

Course Code: L10DT2
Date: 21 October 2010
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Cost: $25 Phoenix students and ex-students, $35 Public

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Lecture 3: The Midlife Crisis at Any Time of Life

The theory of the midlife crisis seems to need modifications in our time.  This idea was first developed in the 1920s and 30s, when society was relatively stable, and the human ego could develop in a fairly safe emotional environment.  But today the safety of the personality has been eroded by a number of dangerous forces and influences. This means that the so-called "midlife" crisis may occur much earlier, ahead of schedule. At any time, the leadership of the ego can be disrupted, and the unconscious able to destabilize its authority. If we are able to meet this challenge in the right spirit, transformation can occur; however, if we fight against this disruption in a highly defended way, difficulties can arise. The key to enduring the crisis is to learn the lessons of what is trying to break through. 

Course Code: L10DT3
Date: 25 November 2010
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Cost: $25 Phoenix students and ex-students, $35 Public

LECTURE: THE TRANSPERSONAL AND THE PARANORMAL: SOME CORRESPONDENCES BETWEEN TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY - DR ADAM ROCK **FREE!

Phoenix Institute in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research (AIPR), presents the 2nd Annual AIPR Lecture. Transpersonal psychology is concerned with transformative experiences beyond one’s “ego” or individual self (e.g, mystical experience). In contrast, parapsychology is the study of anomalous phenomena or “psi” (e.g, telepathy, precognition, psychokinesis). Transpersonal psychologists and parapsychologists often study the same phenomena, albeit from different perspectives; and both fields may be enhanced by cross-fertilization.

This lecture will
• clarify the meaning of the term “transpersonal” and provide a brief overview of transpersonal psychology and its primary areas of interest
• briefly survey the field of parapsychology and its key content areas will be highlighted
• dicuss various points of intersection between transpersonal psychology and parapsychology

Lecturer: 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: L10AR1
Dates: 15 December 2010
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Cost: FREE

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