In recent years, the study of shamanic healing has become quite popular. Many therapists and other health professionals are finding shamanic methods, developed over thousands of years ago, still relevant today.

This two-day workshop is for people interested in learning simple, yet highly effective shamanic techniques that they can apply to their work in counseling or other helping fields. By the end of this course, you will have a basic understanding of shamanic perspectives, and a means for applying these ancient skills to your counseling practice.

In this workshop, you will receive an overview of shamanism and core shamanic principles. You will also learn how to apply these principles in a therapeutic context. By examining physical, emotional, and psychological disorders from a shamanic perspective, you will gain a broader context for understanding the nature of physical and mental disease. In addition, you will be given new tools for dealing with pathologies, and most importantly, you'll gain new perspectives on the origin and function of disorders.

The shamanic perspective provides new ways of evoking and dealing with the core issues of clients. It de-pathologizes illness and requires less dependence on diagnoses as a means of understanding a client. As a result of this workshop, you will gain greater confidence in your intuitive abilities, and your clients will benefit as you help them develop a greater understanding of themselves.

In this workshop, you will also learn:

• techniques for working successfully with highly defended clients
• how to create a zone or container of safety that will enable your clients to trust you more
• tools for reducing the overload and burn-out that often comes with taking too much responsibility for your client's healing process
• how to access your client's inner wisdom so that wisdom can become part of the therapeutic process
• ways for reducing transference
• to develop trust in your own intuitive abilities so you can use this insight to help your clients
• how to maintain your energy and productivity when working with clients

This workshop is an abbreviated version of our Applied Shamanism Program. It is designed to initiate you into shamanic perspectives of healing, and provide practical methods for applying what you have learned. It is a good first step in learning about shamanism and an excellent precursor to our Applied Shamanism Program.

This workshop is taught by Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D . The cost is $275.

If you'd like to expand your shamanic skills or learn more about shamanism, please visit our Applied Shamanism Program section for more information.

This workshop is for therapists, social workers and mental health counselors who want to expand their capacity to help their clients. It is an overview of specific techniques drawn from Depth Hypnosis-an innovative and highly effective therapeutic model that combines elements of buddhism, hypnotherapy, shamanism, transpersonal psychology, and energy medicine.

Developed by Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D., Depth Hypnosis works quickly and delivers long-lasting results. What makes Depth Hypnosis different from other therapeutic approaches is its ability to effect change at the root of clients' issues. In this way, clients have the opportunity to work through emotional, mental, and physical issues that may have been with them all of their lives.

Depth Hypnosis is experiential. It looks at the whole person and seeks a permanent solution that involves the client in the discovery process. Depth Hypnosis helps the client see not only the source of their issue, but the overall damage it is causing and ways it is persisting through unconscious avoidance and denial. Once the client has achieved this understanding, he or she is ready to continue the work of healing himself long after his therapeutic work has concluded. It should also be noted that as a therapeutic approach, Depth Hypnosis does not interfere with other therapeutic models. Instead, it has been designed to expand and inform them.

 

In this two-day workshop, you'll learn:

• how to uncover your client's core issues more quickly
• new ways of dealing with client defenses
• techniques for working successfully with highly defended clients
• how to create a zone or container of safety that will enable your clients to trust you more
• tools for reducing the overload and burn-out that often comes with taking too much responsibility for your client's healing process
• how to access your client's inner wisdom so that wisdom can become part of the therapeutic process
• ways for reducing transference
• to develop trust in your own intuitive abilities so you can use this insight to help your clients
• how to maintain your energy and productivity when working with clients
• new approaches and techniques for dealing with your toughest patients
• proven methods for creating positive changes in your clients' lives

This workshop provides an overview of some of the fundamental principles used in Depth Hypnosis. It is an excellent introduction to Depth Hypnosis and a precursor to our Depth Hypnosis Certification Program. Upon completion of this two-day workshop, you will have gained a broader understanding of the psyche, and you'll be ready to incorporate some key Depth Hypnosis principles into your current practice.

This workshop is taught by Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D . The cost is $275.

For those who want to expand their skills and become a certified Depth Hypnosis Practitioner, please visit our Depth Hypnosis Training Overview page for more information.