Summer Institute
2012 Summer Institute
June-July
Join us for a series of courses exploring the uses of Process Work's innovative methods in professional practice. Come study in Portland next Summer with colleagues from around the world while gaining experience and advanced skills for personal and professional growth.
The Summer Institute provides professional development training to social workers, counselors, psychologists, human resource professionals, medical and health care professionals, conflict resolution practitioners, teachers, and other professional working with people and groups in their daily work. Experienced trainers guide participants in exploring Process Work methods for use in their various fields. Participants learn innovative methods, while expanding their knowledge and skills in a participatory and interactive learning environment.
Course credit can be used to satisfy some requirements for the Independent Study Program, Certificate, MAPW and MACF programs.
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Registration
To register for the Summer Institute, please contact PWI directly at 503 223 8188 or use the Registration/Credit Card Authorization Form.
INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS WORK
Robert King, MSW
June 21st - 24th, 2012: 10am-5pm each day (one hour lunch break)
- Discounted Early Registration: $440
- Full Course Fee after June 10th, 2012: $480
This 4-day introductory course offers an opportunity to learn about Process Work, its many applications, and most recent developments. The training presents a comprehensive introduction to the essentials of Process Work philosophy, skills, and metaskills (feeling attitudes) in topic areas such as dream work, bodywork, relationship work, inner work, group and organizational work, as well as non-ordinary states of consciousness and addictions.
The training is meant for students, therapists, and anyone interested in learning to use Process Work methods for their personal or professional development. We will learn about Process Work through theoretical presentation, demonstration of skills and methods, and experiential exercises.
- C.E. credits available for this course
PROCESS-ORIENTED GROUP WORK AND CONFLICT FACILITATION
Gary Reiss Ph.D., with Katje Wagner M.A.
June 25-28, 2012: 10am-5pm each day (one hour lunch break)
- Discounted Early Registration: $440
- Full Course Fee after June 14th, 2012: $480
During this intensive training in process-oriented group work and conflict facilitation, the emphasis will be on the values and methods of "deep democracy" - an approach in which all aspects of the whole are supported for their position and view. This dynamic and experiential training offers skill development using a mix of theory, practice, and exercises. Participants will learn to:
- Appreciate and support all sides in public discourse
- Stay connected with one's own sense of eldership in the midst of conflict
- Sharpen awareness and skills in working with complex communication signals
- Work with dynamics of rank and power
- Engage stakeholders and facilitate public dialogue
- Assist a group in gaining awareness of the underlying process waiting to emerge
For facilitators, organizational and community developers, teachers, political leaders, social activists, and all those engaged and/or interested in group work of any kind.
- C.E. credits available for this course
WORKING WITH THE BODY: Discovering Meaning in Physical Symptoms, Chronic Illness, and Trauma
Emetchi, MPW
July 6-9, 2012: 10am-5pm each day (one hour lunch break)
- Discounted Early Registration: $440
- Full Course Fee after June 25th: $480
The body speaks to us in many ways, giving rise to signals and experiences that we may overlook or find difficult to understand or embrace. If the body and its language are attended to, we find a world of information held within that expression. It is possible to access the deep meaning of short-lived body experiences, chronic symptoms, or trauma-related physical reactions through the use of process-oriented tools and techniques, which can then be applied in everyday life.
In this intensive training in body work we will be learning how to:
- Recognize and unfold signals
- Use hands-on methods for accessing deeper body wisdom
- Find meaning in symptoms and trauma that relate to our individual and community path through life
- Explore experience using awareness tools and practices
This course will include theory, demonstrations, skill-building exercises, case studies, and inner work. It will be of interest to all those wanting to explore their own body experiences, professionals working in the field of bodywork, illness and trauma, medical staff, and those who have family members or loved ones suffering from illness or trauma.
- C.E. credits available for this course
BRIDGING PARALLEL WORLDS: A Process Work Approach to Working with
Altered and Extreme States of Consciousness
Joe Goodbread Ph.D., with Will Hall MPW
July 10-13, 2012: 10am-5pm each day (one hour lunch break)
- Discounted Early Registration: $440
- Full Course Fee after June 29th: $480
Altered states of consciousness are part of everyday life. Some, like love, joy, anxiety and sadness come and go like the tides. More extreme states take us to parallel worlds of experience from which return to everyday reality can be challenging. Getting stuck in any state of consciousness, whether pleasant or unpleasant, for too long can be disturbing to our daily responsibilities and relationships. In this seminar, we will explore everyday reality and altered and extreme states as parallel worlds that are potentially accessible to one another at anytime, anywhere by anyone. We will explore attitudes and methods based on Process Work for developing a more fluid relationship between these worlds, giving us access to both the predictable stability of the everyday world as well as the spice, adventure and creativity promised by altered states.
This course is appropriate for those interested in exploring their own states of consciousness, as well as those interested in an introduction to process work as an adjunct to other therapeutic methods for working with altered states.
- C.E. credits available for this course
BULLYING: Exploring Dynamics of Power, Marginalization, and Revenge
Ingrid Rose, Ph.D, with Suzette Payne M.A.
July 14-17, 2012: 10am-5pm each day (one hour lunch break)
- Discounted Early Registration: $440
- Full Course Fee after July 3rd: $480
This course will provide an opportunity to explore dynamics of bullying from a process-oriented viewpoint. Different aspects of bullying situations found in schools, workplace, and family life will be focused on in order to learn more about them. The various roles that occur in bullying contexts will be unfolded so that we gain an understanding of underlying influences, and through theory, exercises and group interaction we will discover more about the diversity of experience in the field.
Victimization is seen to occur when an individual (or group) is exposed repeatedly and over time to negative and destructive actions on the part of one or more other individuals or groups. Gaining awareness of how we may perpetrate, react to, intervene in, ignore, or prevent these actions, and what promotes our responses, will be a focus. The course will also:
- Improve our understanding of the roles within the bullying situation and our ability to respond to them
- Develop a toolkit to aid in processing bullying situations
- Provide first-hand experience by introducing case studies and facilitating group exploration of related issues within the learning group
- Discover the social meaning inherent in bullying situations in order to intervene in useful ways both from preventive and interactive positions
- Explore the structure and dynamics present in bullying situations from individual, relationship and systemic perspectives
This training will be of interest to professionals such as counselors, psychologists, social workers, teachers, administrators, business executives, managers, employees, family members and individuals who have experienced bullying situations in various contexts or would like to learn more about the topic. It will also provide an opportunity for self-development.
- C.E. credits available for this course
