The Awakening Group College

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This is an unique opportunity to create in-dependence (self mastery). From this position true healing happens both personally and as a professional. Our holistic approach ensures transformation emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually thus manifesting your vision of life naturally.

The certification course is aimed at transforming practitioner’s personal patterns and experience of Self, enabling deeper insights, understanding and experience of the true nature of healing and Self enabling practitioners to truly facilitate clients personal transformation from the depth of knowing and experiencing the divinity of oneself. For all health practitioners and therapists, caring professionals, or persons interested in enlightening their experience of life.

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Peer Group Supervision (Optional and highly recommended practice)

Provides ongoing peer supervision for case study discussions
New information and research shared amongst peers
Personal issues effecting being a counsellor.

Accreditation

International Institute for Complementary Therapists www.iict.com.au
AHHCA www.ahhca.org
ACA www.theaca.net.au as Professional Development credits
There is no VET fee help for this course

Study Options

All units are held in class
This course is NOT available online

Course Dates

Brisbane course units are available from April, including June, Sept, October & November with entire course starting March 2013
Melbourne course units start May including October and November with entire course starting March 2013

Study Groups x 3:

Questions and Answers
Review Questions marked
More exercises and deepening of previous unit taught
Systemic Presentation at last Study group

The number of enrolments are limited per year - secure you place today!
'Make an Enquiry' for course dates and a course prospectus.

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COURSE LOGISTICS

Dates:

Melbourne course starts February 2013 and Brisbane course starts April 2013.

Course runs approximately two Saturdays/Sundays per month over 9 months. Calendars available on request.

Cost:

$3495 GST incl., full course cost, $3195 earlybird price if paid in full before 1st February (VIC) 1st April (QLD) 2013. A $350 nonrefundable secures your place. Please note payments are subject to The Awakening Group terms and conditions.

Venue:

Melbourne: Australian Shiatsu College, 3 Evans St, Brunswick
Brisbane: Perfect Liberty Centre, 76 Diary Swamp Rd, Belmont, Brisbane

Assessment:

Case studies, take home questions, class presentation, autobiography & unit review questions. ACA: Australian Counselling Association approved for 196 Professional Development credits. The Work of Byron Katie, Family Constellations and Effectiveness Training units approved for professional development credits.

Accreditation:

• International Institute of Complementary Therapists (IICT)
  
• The Effectiveness training unit is nationally accredited through ETIA Ltd QLD
  
• The Diploma course is Australian Holistic Healers and Counsellors Association (AHHCA) accredited. For more details on benefits of AHHCA membership see www.ahha.org.au Insurance available as a counsellor. The course is over 570 hours training over 18 months - 2 years.

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COURSE CONTENT

The Certificate in Holistic Counselling includes 12 classes, 3 study groups, and a private consultation, course manual, online library & a certificate given on successful completion.

PART I: The Big Picture

The Big Picture: How Reality is Created
Mapping one’s Lifestream: Identifying issues & their point of creation
Aligning self judgment
Moving beyond the past to the present. Being the future.
How You Manifest: Thought embraced by emotion
Soul communication: Laying the foundations to learning to trust oneself
Who am I Really beyond the thoughts: Freedom from our neuroses
Mapping Emotional Addiction

Part II: Healing the Wounded Healer

Role of parents in psychological development
How the psyche recreates to resolve
Acknowledging unresolved parental needs
Connecting with inner child, journeying to recreate a supportive inner reality
Addressing anger, hurt, fear, obligation, grief, guilt, abandonment, betrayal
Direct experience: aligning the emotional body- turning anguish into bliss
Unmasking and embracing the shadow self
Aligning personal issues to experience the peace and truth of self
Connecting with our lineage
Internal archetypes

Part III: Beliefs: The Work of Byron Katie

The Work of Byron Katie –The Great Undoing: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life.
Time magazine called it: Four Questions to Inner Peace
“An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering” Byron Katie
Learning and Experiencing the Inquiry
The Worksheet
4 questions and turnarounds
Literal Listening
The Gift of Criticism

Part IV: Effective Communication (*Part of Effectiveness Training nationally accredited training)

The Therapeutic Relationship
Introduction & practice of counselling skills: Learning the helping Skills
Who Owns the Problem
Roadblocks to Communication
Active Listening: Lead Ins, Common Mistakes, Statements & responses,
Feelings Inventory
I Messages
Feelings Needs Inventory
Developing empathy using micro-skills
Identifying the Issue(s)

Part V: Family Constellation (Systemic Constellations)

Introduction to the Principles of Family Constellation, by Bert Hellinger
Key components of Family Constellation work: Family History, The Family Soul, Orders of Love, Function of Conscience, Belonging, Balance of Giving & Taking, Fate
Movements of the Soul
Developing mindfulness
Family of Origin
Personal Constellations
Experience this phenomenological approach through being a representative
Address issues such as adoption, abuse, illness, belonging and much more

Part VI: Creative Counselling

Creative visualization: a simple and powerful tool reconnecting sub-personalities ie: wise self, sensual self, inner child, sexuality etc.
Linking Systemic Constellations with Creative Visualization with art therapy, props, figurines and other techniques for one to one sessions
Learn how to create a healing visualization
Trust yourself as a counselor through:
Connecting with Inner Guides
Soul Communication Meditation
Muscle Testing (Kinesiology) and
Spiritual Cleansing Technique

Part VII: Love, Sex & Relationships

Initiation of the Senses: Awakening Ones Sensual Self
Enhancing Intimacy (In to Me See) in relationships
The Language of the Masculine & Feminine in Relationship & Balancing them within
Systemic Principles governing relationships
Meeting in Love: A Return to Innocence, a new way of connecting sexually without the goals
Issues arising in relationships and what to be aware of
Enlivening and learning about sexual energy in the body: Transforming sexual energy into meditation

Part VIII: Physically Speaking

Your Disease is keeping you healthy: Speaking to illness and letting illness speak to you
A Holistic Approach to dis-ease with case studies
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Stress, Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): Learning the symptoms of, prevention & cure and bio-psychosocial factors
Biology Becomes Biography: Energy Psychology
Case studies and working with illnesses
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Dissolution and Freedom Technique

Part IX: The Emerging Counsellor

The Intuitive Approach
Client Questionnaire and Interviewing process
Ethics, case management, case studies, supervision
Who Am I Beyond the Story and Processes?
Defining Oneself and Intention as a Counsellor
Please note the order each unit is offered may change.

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The number of enrolments are limited per year - secure you place today!
'Make an Enquiry' for course dates and a course prospectus.