The Psychology of Relationships
September 10-15th 2017
CANCELLED-
With facilitators
Nic Morrey, Diana Anderson,
Carla van Laar, & Tania van Megchelen
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Relationship work is central to both therapy and living a full life. Whether the work is with a client with regard to transference and counter-transference, an intimate partner, with ones-self, or with society, life demands we relate to others and be shaped by these experiences.
This training will explore the ingredients of relational health from many perspectives including Jewish Psychology, Integral Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Gestalt, John Gottman, Harville Hendrix, Stan Tatkin (PACT), Mask Work, Art, Dance and Body Centred Therapy. We will also use the SAVE relationships inventory to explore relationships which you will be certified to use after the training. |
The commitment to self care is particularly crucial for those in the helping profession. We will not only talk about self care and explore themes such as ‘blind compassion’ but also actively experience self nurturing. This retreat will support you on many levels including renewing your professional practice and enhancing your personal relationships. Spend a week together in lush tropical Ubud, Bali eating great food, having regular massage, resting and recuperating, meeting like-minded therapists whilst gaining 25 PD points at a very reasonable cost.
Investment: $1399. Past delegates, APS & AIRTA member price $1299.
Partners welcome at a minimal cost of $400
Cost includes breakfast, 5 nights accommodation (10th-14th), pool, WiFi, workshop manual/SAVE inventory, transport within retreat times, massage & dinner on the first evening.
Airfares not included.
50% deposit required on booking. (Fully refundable before July 2017)
Full payment by 19th July 2017. Book early to avoid disappointment
It is recommended you wind in and out of the retreat/training. If you would like to organise further accommodation at Melati Cottages, the following dates are possible: 9th & 15th September 2017. Just email me (Nic) asap so I can organise a discounted retreat cost for you. [email protected]
Partners welcome at a minimal cost of $400
Cost includes breakfast, 5 nights accommodation (10th-14th), pool, WiFi, workshop manual/SAVE inventory, transport within retreat times, massage & dinner on the first evening.
Airfares not included.
50% deposit required on booking. (Fully refundable before July 2017)
Full payment by 19th July 2017. Book early to avoid disappointment
It is recommended you wind in and out of the retreat/training. If you would like to organise further accommodation at Melati Cottages, the following dates are possible: 9th & 15th September 2017. Just email me (Nic) asap so I can organise a discounted retreat cost for you. [email protected]
Venue:
Melati Cottages, Penestanan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Timetable:
Sunday 10th September 2017
Professional Development:
This training offers 25 PD points for professionals who have couples therapy and healing relationships as their learning objective.
Therapists and their partners are encouraged to be a part of this retreat. You are likely aware that by being a couples therapist does not necessarily mean your own relationship is free from issues. Relating as a therapist in your own relationship is boring, anxiety provoking, frustrating and generally inappropriate, especially if one of you have this supposed skill set whilst the other does not. You will discover new tools to support healthy and happy relating that are applicable in your everyday life, for you both and secondarily your clients.
The training will be compelling not only for professionals working with couples therapeutically. This training is also open to singles or couples who wish to develop relationship skills. Themes include discovering your temperament, effective couples dialogue, how to work with shame and anger, understanding the science behind attraction, the purpose of romantic love and how it goes wrong, who distances and who pursues and when, your attachment style and practical tools to create a loving and fulfilling relationship.
This Integral training will equip you in answering the following questions:
Melati Cottages, Penestanan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Timetable:
Sunday 10th September 2017
- 1.00pm - 8.00pm Welcome session & dinner
- 7am start time with yoga for beginners!
- finish by 1:30pm......see timetable below...
- The program is designed so you feel as though you're on holiday....
Professional Development:
This training offers 25 PD points for professionals who have couples therapy and healing relationships as their learning objective.
Therapists and their partners are encouraged to be a part of this retreat. You are likely aware that by being a couples therapist does not necessarily mean your own relationship is free from issues. Relating as a therapist in your own relationship is boring, anxiety provoking, frustrating and generally inappropriate, especially if one of you have this supposed skill set whilst the other does not. You will discover new tools to support healthy and happy relating that are applicable in your everyday life, for you both and secondarily your clients.
The training will be compelling not only for professionals working with couples therapeutically. This training is also open to singles or couples who wish to develop relationship skills. Themes include discovering your temperament, effective couples dialogue, how to work with shame and anger, understanding the science behind attraction, the purpose of romantic love and how it goes wrong, who distances and who pursues and when, your attachment style and practical tools to create a loving and fulfilling relationship.
This Integral training will equip you in answering the following questions:
- How do I assist clients with their sexual issues?
- What is effective couples dialogue and how can I best teach it?
- How do I facilitate identifying a couples unique exit strategies from intimacy?
- How do I best facilitate a client to identify their temperament, attachment and relationship style?
- How can I use art and music to facilitate a couples journey?
- What is the purpose of romantic love and how does it go wrong?
- What is the science of attraction from a biochemical/brain dominance perspective?
- How to teach relationship fundamentals with the most practical and clear instruction?
- Identifying who from the past is affecting your client and their capacity to be present in relationship ?
- What are the unique qualities of a couples therapist, what are the hot spots and why is this training so important?
Registration and Payment:
Regisration and enrolment via email
[email protected]
Cheque: Payable to Nicholas Morrey
Post to: Autumn Retreat
129 Miller Street Thornbury 3071 Victoria Australia
or
Electronic Transfer
N.Morrey & J.Liddy
BSB: 638 120 Account: 8010072
Please include your surname &
code 'BR2' in the reference field
For further enquires contact
Nic Morrey Ph: 0432 066 880
Inventories...
Before arrival, please complete the SAVE Relationships Inventory by clicking on the box below and bring your print out of results. This temperament sorter and set of action plans will help you with the weeks exercises.....Thanks
Facilitators...
Nic Morrey
Psychologist, (BSS Hons; MPsych Child & Family; M.A.P.S) Musician, Yoga & Zen practitioner, has over 15 years experience in the Community Health sector & for the last 6 years working privately in Melbourne helping couples heal. Nic has been travelling to Bali for a number of years running professional development programs ‘The Psychology of Spirituality’ and ‘The Sacred Art of Relating'. His teaching style is influenced by his experiences in Hakomi, Insight Meditation, Mondo Zen, The Diamond Approach, Integral Psychotherapy, Imago & PACT (psycho-neurobiological approach to couples therapy).
Nic is also the Victorian Convener for the Australian Psychological Society’s Transpersonal Psychology Interest Group and author of the Save relationships module which will be available on retreat and be used to unravel your temperament, the purpose of romantic love, how romantic love goes wrong, the science of attraction, how to deepen intimacy, identify exit strategies and learn effective couples dialogue. http://www.integralpsychology.org/
Nic is also the Victorian Convener for the Australian Psychological Society’s Transpersonal Psychology Interest Group and author of the Save relationships module which will be available on retreat and be used to unravel your temperament, the purpose of romantic love, how romantic love goes wrong, the science of attraction, how to deepen intimacy, identify exit strategies and learn effective couples dialogue. http://www.integralpsychology.org/
Diana Anderson
is a highly experienced clinician with over 35 years counselling, consulting and training expertise. Her career has spanned management positions in the public and private sector, and work within her own private practice.
She is a qualified Couples Counsellor, specialising in Imago Relationship Therapy, as well as a trained Sex Therapist, Family Therapist and Group Facilitator. Her areas of expertise include childhood trauma and attachment issues, including childhood sexual abuse, and subsequent relationship and addiction issues.
She is passionate about her work and loves to support people to learn the skills that assist them to grow, change and lead more fulfilling lives. Diana is a dynamic, outgoing person who works respectfully and compassionately. She currently works full time in private practice in Melbourne.
She is a qualified Couples Counsellor, specialising in Imago Relationship Therapy, as well as a trained Sex Therapist, Family Therapist and Group Facilitator. Her areas of expertise include childhood trauma and attachment issues, including childhood sexual abuse, and subsequent relationship and addiction issues.
She is passionate about her work and loves to support people to learn the skills that assist them to grow, change and lead more fulfilling lives. Diana is a dynamic, outgoing person who works respectfully and compassionately. She currently works full time in private practice in Melbourne.
Carla van Laar
Master of Creative Arts Therapy and Doctoral candidate, is a painter and arts therapist. She is currently the Director of ‘aHa Studio’, an independent arts space in Brunswick Melbourne, where she provides sessions for individuals, small group supervision, runs professional development training workshops, and hosts exhibitions and life drawing classes. Carla is Senior Advisor with the Art2Healing project and works with women in Nepal as a facilitator addressing the problem of sex trafficking and responding to the impacts of recent earthquakes. She is also employed as a consultant therapist working with clients of the Department of Human Services and VincentCare.
An educator in Arts Therapy, Carla has taught extensively at post-graduate levels at MIECAT and RMIT, has been an invited international guest lecturer at Whitecliff University in Auckland, researcher for Victoria University and headed the art therapy faculty in the vocational training sector.
Like many people who choose to work in a healing field, Carla’s life experience and personal journey led to her immersion in the field of art therapy, arts for health and well-being, and healing arts. For the past 25 years, Carla has worked in the fields of disability, grief and loss, youth justice, sexual abuse, mental health, homelessness, personal development and education. She has worked to clinical, consultant and senior management positions in these fields.
She has been an invited presenter at numerous conferences nationally and abroad, and is respected as a leader in Australia’s Arts Therapy community. Her publications include the book, “Bereaved Mother’s Heart”, “Chill Skills” and co-authored chapters in “Healing the Inner City Child” and “Knowing Differently”.
Carla’s interest in the arts for interpersonal and intergenerational healing flows from her work with perpetrators and survivors of sexual abuse, respect for Aboriginal culture and stolen generations in Australia, involvement in eco-awareness communities and emergent themes in her current Doctoral research project, “Seeing Her Stories”.
Carla is passionate about the power of collaboration, imagination, the arts, nature connection and action methods as facilitators of well-being, empowerment and growth for individuals, groups and social action.
http://carlavanlaar.wix.com/aha-studio
An educator in Arts Therapy, Carla has taught extensively at post-graduate levels at MIECAT and RMIT, has been an invited international guest lecturer at Whitecliff University in Auckland, researcher for Victoria University and headed the art therapy faculty in the vocational training sector.
Like many people who choose to work in a healing field, Carla’s life experience and personal journey led to her immersion in the field of art therapy, arts for health and well-being, and healing arts. For the past 25 years, Carla has worked in the fields of disability, grief and loss, youth justice, sexual abuse, mental health, homelessness, personal development and education. She has worked to clinical, consultant and senior management positions in these fields.
She has been an invited presenter at numerous conferences nationally and abroad, and is respected as a leader in Australia’s Arts Therapy community. Her publications include the book, “Bereaved Mother’s Heart”, “Chill Skills” and co-authored chapters in “Healing the Inner City Child” and “Knowing Differently”.
Carla’s interest in the arts for interpersonal and intergenerational healing flows from her work with perpetrators and survivors of sexual abuse, respect for Aboriginal culture and stolen generations in Australia, involvement in eco-awareness communities and emergent themes in her current Doctoral research project, “Seeing Her Stories”.
Carla is passionate about the power of collaboration, imagination, the arts, nature connection and action methods as facilitators of well-being, empowerment and growth for individuals, groups and social action.
http://carlavanlaar.wix.com/aha-studio
Dr Tania van Megchelen
Clinical Psychologist (B. Sc (Psych.) Hons., M. Psych (child and family), D. Psych (clinical), MAPS), Tania is enthusiastic about health, innovation and collaboration. With over 15 years experince in the field, Tania is dedicated to promoting wellness with her clients. She works dynamically with the techniques and theories of Psychoanalysis, Lacan, Mindell, Beck’s Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), Shapiro’s Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Art therapy. She is a caring, dedicated and client focused practitioner.
She has presented and convened at National and International conferences, cited and acknowledged in several published books including the International best seller ‘Not Knowing. The Art of Turning Uncertainty into Possibility’ by D’ Souza and Renner (2014), and authored and illustrated a book titled ‘The Day the Ocean Ran Away’ developed to assist emotional language, resilience, and mindfulness.
Tania will provide couples with a purpose written paper and presentation about Shame and the Genesis of Relationship Breakdown. The program interaction will be creative and experiential. http://www.drtaniavanmegchelen.com/home.html
She has presented and convened at National and International conferences, cited and acknowledged in several published books including the International best seller ‘Not Knowing. The Art of Turning Uncertainty into Possibility’ by D’ Souza and Renner (2014), and authored and illustrated a book titled ‘The Day the Ocean Ran Away’ developed to assist emotional language, resilience, and mindfulness.
Tania will provide couples with a purpose written paper and presentation about Shame and the Genesis of Relationship Breakdown. The program interaction will be creative and experiential. http://www.drtaniavanmegchelen.com/home.html
What others therapists said about past Bali training retreats (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
I'm now less in my head and more in my body. Mindfulness has been a massive take away message, including pain in yoga- to allow it to come, to accept it, to not be afraid of the pain, to be patient and come home to myself and remember to love myself.
Nick
I'll take away so much more self awareness about my body and how it moves, and being exposed to all the different ways to be with myself e.g. via the mask work. I have had many aha moments. It's been great.
Olivia
The key thing I'll take away is to allow myself to get into a vulnerable state, and in combination with the integral practice I was taken out of my comfort zone which brought many insights about my need to control things.
Antionette
I just love relating to the people this retreat attracts. I am becoming better at saying yes and no and things that I do and dont want to do. it feels awkward sometimes to confront stuff like that; t drop being nice
Sallyann
I've discovered how to use my energizer more and also how to use my body more and help my clients become more grounded I will also take away the effects of the healing I received.
Sally
I have ploughed through a swamp and come out the other side to a fresh water lake
Vana
It was challenging in a good way
Clair
I'll be taking home a new found family. It's like discovering your tribe. Members of your tribe coming together and thats important to me. The save relationships inventory has given me great insight into how I relate to others. It's gven me a whole new modality to work with when counselling couples.
Paul
This retreat has opened me up to another big chapter in my life
Carla
"I loved the people, the setting and the openness. I'll be telling my friends and colleagues about this"
Anthony
"Others can see I've transformed. it was a great opportunity to leave Australia and my comfort zone"
Meryl
"I had a gorgeous time with all these wonderful people and I have to come back again...so get here...be here...and don't miss out"
Sally-ann
"I loved being taken out of my comfort zone, and the content and the context and how the retreat has opened all my chakras"
Meredith
"A great opportunity to learn with likeminded people in the beautiful environment which was open, sharing, relaxing and energizing all at the same time"
Margaret
"It's been wonderful, oh the dancing, every day has been extroadinary. What a great amount of energy put into this retreat. I'm looking forward to getting into the tree of life work and receive the facilitators passions. WOW are we lucky"
Jo
"It's been a wonderful experience to join likeminded professionals in amazing ways doing body work, intellectual work and emotional work"
Carol
"I loved the mix of people from the more spiritual approach in combination with the psychological approach and I loved the great discussions we had. The setting and the relaxed environment was really condusive to learning. I mostly enjoyed the mask workshop and visiting Anom the mask maker and the 5Rhythms"
Lisa
"I just loved meeting likeminded people and putting myself in a group dynamic and observing myself in other people who mirror me".
Sakajawea
"A really transformational journey and I was able to connect back to myself and journey with other people who are in the same vibration as myself who are able to mirror me and it was empowering. I found a lot of strength and really looked at parts of myself I would like to work with and enhance and harness these qualities. I got a good look at an aspect of myself that maybe I wouldn't have seen before. I'm fully empowered"
James
"I really enjoyed the openness, the beautiful people, the sharing, the safety provided for us to go out of our comfort zones which has really developed trust"
Pippa
"Wow the people in this retreat have been great. What a beautiful place to hold a retreat. So much creative energy. "
Tanya
"The retreat has broadened my horizons and given me a whole lot of of ideas to implement back in my work setting, and beautiful surroundings in which to emerse myself in different ways of thinking and to work with really intelligent capable people"
Leanne
"I'm discovering things I wouldn't have expected"
Tania
What others therapists said about past Bali training retreats (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
I'm now less in my head and more in my body. Mindfulness has been a massive take away message, including pain in yoga- to allow it to come, to accept it, to not be afraid of the pain, to be patient and come home to myself and remember to love myself.
Nick
I'll take away so much more self awareness about my body and how it moves, and being exposed to all the different ways to be with myself e.g. via the mask work. I have had many aha moments. It's been great.
Olivia
The key thing I'll take away is to allow myself to get into a vulnerable state, and in combination with the integral practice I was taken out of my comfort zone which brought many insights about my need to control things.
Antionette
I just love relating to the people this retreat attracts. I am becoming better at saying yes and no and things that I do and dont want to do. it feels awkward sometimes to confront stuff like that; t drop being nice
Sallyann
I've discovered how to use my energizer more and also how to use my body more and help my clients become more grounded I will also take away the effects of the healing I received.
Sally
I have ploughed through a swamp and come out the other side to a fresh water lake
Vana
It was challenging in a good way
Clair
I'll be taking home a new found family. It's like discovering your tribe. Members of your tribe coming together and thats important to me. The save relationships inventory has given me great insight into how I relate to others. It's gven me a whole new modality to work with when counselling couples.
Paul
This retreat has opened me up to another big chapter in my life
Carla
"I loved the people, the setting and the openness. I'll be telling my friends and colleagues about this"
Anthony
"Others can see I've transformed. it was a great opportunity to leave Australia and my comfort zone"
Meryl
"I had a gorgeous time with all these wonderful people and I have to come back again...so get here...be here...and don't miss out"
Sally-ann
"I loved being taken out of my comfort zone, and the content and the context and how the retreat has opened all my chakras"
Meredith
"A great opportunity to learn with likeminded people in the beautiful environment which was open, sharing, relaxing and energizing all at the same time"
Margaret
"It's been wonderful, oh the dancing, every day has been extroadinary. What a great amount of energy put into this retreat. I'm looking forward to getting into the tree of life work and receive the facilitators passions. WOW are we lucky"
Jo
"It's been a wonderful experience to join likeminded professionals in amazing ways doing body work, intellectual work and emotional work"
Carol
"I loved the mix of people from the more spiritual approach in combination with the psychological approach and I loved the great discussions we had. The setting and the relaxed environment was really condusive to learning. I mostly enjoyed the mask workshop and visiting Anom the mask maker and the 5Rhythms"
Lisa
"I just loved meeting likeminded people and putting myself in a group dynamic and observing myself in other people who mirror me".
Sakajawea
"A really transformational journey and I was able to connect back to myself and journey with other people who are in the same vibration as myself who are able to mirror me and it was empowering. I found a lot of strength and really looked at parts of myself I would like to work with and enhance and harness these qualities. I got a good look at an aspect of myself that maybe I wouldn't have seen before. I'm fully empowered"
James
"I really enjoyed the openness, the beautiful people, the sharing, the safety provided for us to go out of our comfort zones which has really developed trust"
Pippa
"Wow the people in this retreat have been great. What a beautiful place to hold a retreat. So much creative energy. "
Tanya
"The retreat has broadened my horizons and given me a whole lot of of ideas to implement back in my work setting, and beautiful surroundings in which to emerse myself in different ways of thinking and to work with really intelligent capable people"
Leanne
"I'm discovering things I wouldn't have expected"
Tania