|   home  Modules                                   Introduction to Being a Counsellor Module 1 (a)     This module provides the experience & teaching required to develop skills & ways of being to participate as holistic counsellors & to live holistically. There are both traditional & contemporary methods & modalities explored & a hands on experiential approach provides familiarization with the methods & modalities. Who is a holistic Counsellor? The role of the Counsellor. The holistic approach. Setting up an environment to facilitate counseling. Preparing to facilitate counseling Basic holistic counseling skills Self-awareness. Eye contact. Open-heart contact. Positive use our voice. Body language. Reflective listening. Creative doubt. Silent periods - for reflection & processing. Honouring the process Honouring  the client Honouring the inner healer. Intuitive development. Summarising. Normalising. Validation. Client Counsellor report & reflection. Meditation & visualization. Symbology. Psychic development. Expression through Art. Raising awareness. Journal Work Counselling Skills Module 1 (b)     With combining traditional counselling skills & holistic approach we are able to delve deeper into the psyche of client & our selves. By using the processes outlined, clients are able to obtain goals, objectives & an inner peace can be obtained. By utilizing, existing skills, summarizing & using processes, it is the Counsellor's objective to support the client to a position of calmness in their life, direction & to have a completion of the counseling process in the moment. Reframing Goal setting Creating affirmations Commitment - client to session                              - facilitator to client                              - client to self Empathy Exploring options Rationalization - (needs & wants) Determining triggers & catalysts Letting go Creating positive from negative. Areas of Support Module No 2 By using the holistic  approach, which covers utilizing - healing support, you are able to fulfill the whole person. Various modalities are able to be used to support the client & self. Different modalities are often used for the same problem but with different clients. By learning the different modalities & being able to facilitate these modalities, we are able to offer an enrichment of life to a client. Stress Self esteem Motivation towards self development & healing Depression Intimidation Grief & loss Expenditure of energy Abandonment The inner child - support & healing the inner child Life stages & cycles Dreams Finding our spirit Understanding family Abandonment Foundation Theories & Practices Module No 3 This module is focusing on the humanistic foundation theories used by people such as - - - Jung - Rogers - Adler -Maslow, as a basis for holistic counseling. Also explored will be some of the theories of Freud.  The practices developed & used are explored to give us an overview & understanding of them. Foundation Theories Personality Promoting personal growth The search for self actualization The creative self Basic anxiety Introversion plus extroversion The personal unconscious The collective unconscious Archetypes--- self archetypes Mandalas Symbology Humanistic therapies Gestalt Bio-energetics Transactional analysis Asian psycho therapies Psycho drama Client centered therapy Existential therapy The Human Energy Field Module No 4                                                            In this module we explore our auras. The influences of outside forces affect our auras & in turn us. To look at how our chakra systems work & how to clean & balance the charkas. To recognize & explore the seven layers of the Auric Body System. Seeing the aura Position of the aura Balancing the Aura via the charka system The seven different layers of the Auric body How the Aura works Healing the energy body Colours of the auric body How to read the Auric body The Physical Body    Module No 5 This section of the course explores the way that the physical body may be supported through: Relaxation - Meditation. Healing Modalities to assist the physical body. Hands on, Reiki, Chakra Balancing. Discussing ideas on Nutrition - Discussion between students. How the body is affected by emotions & deep issues. Are we listening to our bodies? Referring to a Naturopath, Homeoepath, Massage therapist to support the body - Lecture. Natural Remedies A-Z Judy Jacka. Tissue Salts to assist - ( Tracy Vander Har - research essay student D.H.C) The Professional Module No 6 As a holistic Counsellor how can we manifest a professional career? Client record keeping Manifesting your abundance Boundary setting with clients Professional Ethics Beginning a professional business Support for the professional Counsellor Setting up a counselling room Debriefing & supervision Psychic Development Module No 7 A large part of psychic development is trust. Trust in our ability to work with our intuitive skills & senses. How can we use these skills in every day life & how to use it? Opening & closing the chakra system Protection How does Psychic ability work Basic Psychic readings Preparation Breathing Maintaining the different levels Clairaudience Clairvoyance Clairsentience Clairambience Symbology & psychic development Introduction to Working with Children Holistically Module No 8 Supporting the inner child within the adult. Supporting the child family holistic counselling for holistic living. It has become clearer that more & more children are being brought into counsellors to solve behavioral problems. This is a wonderful opportunity to introduce the children to personal development through holistic counselling in conjunction with & sometimes instead of behavioral management. It is never about fixing the problem or the child but to give the child opportunity for legitimate release of emotion & the creation of tools & ways of being. Processes Taught: A story in the clay A story in the sand Symbology Play therapy Percussion Play-release through instruments & music Embracing the wild child Drawing out the pain Painting the pain Dancing - interpretation of the music for free expression. Lectures: Supporting the child with play experiences Creating a space. We encourage & recommend further training. The family Module No 9                                                                                              Every one is affected by family in life, understanding & clarity can often be revealed through the exploration of relationships with the immediate family & family of origin Issues in relating in couples, in families, parents & children, & with self can often be processed & supported though holistic understanding & counselling. Parents-(support in ) Inner child Work Genograms Life Cycles of Family Roles Within  the Family Separation -support the Letting go Mum & Dad---who were they for me? Brother, sister & so on. Explore & identify needs & raising awareness. Conflict  Resolution Module  No 10                                                                               Courtesy of Conflict Resolution Network                        Po Box 1016                        Chatswood                        NSW 2057 The material supplied comes from this organization & may be used for networking  & reproducing by students as long as the Networks details appear on the hand outs.                                       (Courtesy of Alannah Dore) Processes. From Challenges to Victories Where are we going When there is conflict.. Mediation Park Bench by the River of Life. Freeing The Feelings Module No 11 This module is an introduction to the modalities of Feelings & Freeing the Feelings created by Jenni Cook. Students are introduced to the Modality, how it works & aspects of it & to relevant books & information regarding this modality. The module also involves developing confidence in Exploring emotions on a personal level & supporting those who experience feeling& freeing feelings with trust & ease. We are experiencing this on the basis that feeling the feeling & freeing the emotions create an opening for healing to occur. A better out than in philosophy. Do's & don'ts of freeing the feeling. Fostering Release of feelings, reactions & emotions. Supporting Release of feelings, reactions & emotions. Environment to encourage this. Music to support the release. Processes to use & explore (all processes created by Jenni Cook, students of the Holistic Counselling course & clients at Open Hands Holistic Living & Learning College) Integration Creating with Life from the learning Understanding & exploring Symbols. Module No 12 Awareness is the capacity to focus, to attend. Thinking is not awareness. Sensing is not awareness. "I need awareness to be in touch, to know that I am sensing or feeling or thinking."                J. S. Simkin, Individual gestalt Therapy, 1970 In my years of teaching in Kindergarten, Schools, Childcare & my passionate involvement in Meditation & Symbols & Teaching Meditation & Symbols, I have created my beautiful processes to enhance the world of imagination & expression of feelings in a variety of settings. Symbols in Clay Play. Symbols in Painting / Drawing. Symbols in a land of sand. Symbols in the Garden. Symbols in Colour. (cloths, materials) Symbols in Meditation. Symbols in Dreams. Personal Mythology - Emotional Cultural Symbology -Physical Universal Symbology - Spiritual Meditation, Visualisation, The Inner Journey Module No 13 These activities can be done independently, individually as one to one, as a group.  In this module we learn how to use this modality of healing with our selves & our clients. We create our own meditations for specific purposes, learning to set the intent. Create an environment, physical & metaphysical protections & demonstrated. Relaxation Inner guidance Spiritual guidance Symbology Knowledge Serenity Healing Past Life regression Time Lines Inner Journey's Clients with Special Needs Module No 14                                                           It is not unusual and in fact quite common for clients with physical impairment or very particular needs such as delayed mental capabilities, diminished eyesight, hearing impairment, autism and Aspergers syndrome to walk in through the doors of the counselling room. The labels are not really of consequence to us, however, the needs of the individual certainly are. This part of the course has been especially prepared by a person who is trained in this field and consists of processes, to be used by holistic counsellors but also for people working with people with `special needs'. The processes are experiential and assist the participants to gain insight into the needs of people who, for whatever reason, do not have the complete use of all abilities and/or senses, eg. Sight, hearing etc. This raising of awareness in the individual who is in the position of counselling or facilitating may enhance a more valuable experience for the being with special needs who is in your care. Vibrational Healing Module No 15                                                                   Designed to bring awareness to how we can be the best vibrationally possible. Every thing has a vibration, we cover how we as people vibrationally affect all matter & how we are vibrationally affected by our surroundings. This is a hands on course experiencing how different modalities can support  us  & the vibrational affect these modalities have on us.       We explore how different Modalities support us & how vibrationally, using different Modalities, the particular issue is vibrationally supported enabling us to work through it totally supported. Some of the Topics Covered are an introduction to the following: Healing with Music Aromatherapy Aura soma Bach Flowers Flower Essences Shell Essences Crystals Naturopathy Vibrationally Balancing a Room Maintaining a Balance Symbolic Cards Plus more Practitioners Self Care Module No 16 It is so important for the practitioner to take care of self for the benefit of self & also essentially for the benefit of the client in their care. Place personal needs to one side whilst counselling & work with it later for self care.  ie supervision or self care. Meditation & Preparation Values & Attitudes Personal Boundaries Self Motivation Managing Time The Practitioner working holistically will benefit & gain from the work done with others.