The 6-month Interpersonal Skills for Life and Work (IST) training is designed to enhance personal awareness and empowerment, relational communication, and interpersonal facilitation skills. In it we explore inner habits, biases, resources, and abilities through mindful awareness of interpersonal dynamics, core qualities, bodily expression, and moment-to-moment choices. This all supports the development of enhanced self-awareness and skills for working effectively with others. The curriculum emphasizes both the Hakomi Method, a proven and world renowned benchmark in the field of mindful, experiential psychotherapy, and The Re-Creation of the Self (R-CS) Model of Human Systems, an innovative map of Selfhood and a powerful process for evolving personal issues. We also reference attachment theory, the science of how infants stabilize their presence in the world and learn to interact with others, as a map of relational resource. The IST presents practical theory and techniques that can be applied immediately in life.

Interpersonal Skills Training (IST)
Weekend 1     02-03-2012     02-05-2012 
Weekend 2     03-02-2012     03-04-2012 
Weekend 3     04-06-2012     04-08-2012 
Weekend 4   05-04-2012 05-06-2012   
Weekend 5  06-01-2012 06-01-2012    
Weekend 6   07-06-2012 07-08-2012   

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This training integrates the Hakomi Method of mindfulness-based, body-centered psychotherapy with table work. The curriculum emphasizes applying mindfulness-based techniques to body therapies, specific ethical issues around body therapists’ scope of practice, enhancement of interpersonal skills as a healing practitioner, safely processing intense emotions, learning about how trauma impacts the mind and the body, and knowing when and to whom to refer. Classes are taught through short-talks, unique, skill-based experiential exercises, supervised practice, and demonstrations. Participants can expect a low student-teacher ratio, a relaxed and participatory learning environment and numerous opportunities to practice new skills with other group members.

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This training integrates the Hakomi Method of mindfulness-based, body-centered psychotherapy and the Re-Creation of the Self (R-CS) Model of the self with a holistic health orientation, and is geared especially toward naturopathic physicians and students. The curriculum emphasizes applying mindfulness-based techniques to holistic mental health, specific ethical issues around a naturopath’s scope of practice, enhancement of interpersonal skills as a healing practitioner, safely processing intense emotions, learning about how attachment and trauma impacts the mind and the body, and knowing when and to whom to refer. Classes are taught through short-talks, unique, skill-based experiential exercises, supervised practice, and demonstrations. Participants can expect a low student-teacher ratio, a relaxed and participatory learning environment and numerous opportunities to practice new skills with other group members.

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