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Welcome to Edition 187 of Institute Inbrief. Fittingly, the psychological phenomenon called shadow is so – well, shadowy – that even the best definitions of it are often by default: we define what shadow is not in order to get a sense of what it may be because, being shadow, it is difficult to look at directly. In this article, we explore the concept of shadow and its implications for therapists and clients. Also in this edition: - MHSS Workshops – September
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Intobachelor
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Become A Counsellor or Expand On Your Qualifications With Australia’s Most Cost Effective & Flexible Bachelor of Counselling AIPC is Australia’s largest and longest established educator of Counsellors. Over the past 22-years we’ve helped over 55,000 people from 27 countries pursue their dream of becoming a professional Counsellor. The Bachelor of Counselling is a careful blend of theory and practical application. Theory is learnt through user-friendly learning materials that have been carefully designed to make your studies as accessible and conducive to learning as possible. You can gain up to a full year’s academic credit (and save up to $8,700.00 with RPL) with a Diploma qualification. And with Fee-Help you don’t have to pay your subject fees upfront. Here are some facts about the course: - Save up to $26,400.00 on your qualification.
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AIPC provides you with Flexible Course Delivery Modes So YOU set the rules for how and when you learn... AIPC’s accredited and nationally recognised Diploma of Counselling is designed so that you determine the manner and pace you study. You study entirely at your own pace (except of course if you’re receiving a government benefit such as Austudy) and you can start at any time, graduating in only 18-months. Not only can you set the pace you study, you also determine the mode you want to study. You can study externally (at home with phone and email access to our counselling tutors); in-Class; online or any combination… all the time fully supported by our huge national team throughout our 8 Student Support Centres. External learning means you can complete your entire course from the comfort of your home (or office, or overseas, or virtually anywhere). Your course comes complete with fully self-contained, referenced and professionally presented learning materials including 18 individual workbooks and readings. It really is as simple as working through the material and contacting us for support along the way. If you live locally to one of our support centres you can also attend tutorials to provide you with face to face contact if you wish (this option is ideal if you enjoy working more independently or have a busy schedule). In-Class learning is a classroom forum where you learn with other students from a qualified lecturer. Classes are available in most main cities, at flexible times. In-Class is a great way for you to accelerate your learning, interact with other students and stay highly motivated. (This option is particularly suitable if you enjoy learning in the classroom environment with other students). Online learning allows you to complete your learning entirely via your PC. You still receive all the high quality hardcopy resources (so you don’t miss out on anything!), but you’ll access all your learning materials and complete assessments online. Any Combination. Of course you don’t have to stick with one learning method throughout your studies. You’re welcome to use whichever method suits your needs and desires at the time. You may choose to complete one workbook in-Class, another online, then externally. Whatever is most convenient!
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Australia is suffering a Mental Health Crisis Our suicide rate is now TWICE our road toll. Many suicides could possibly be averted, if only the people close to the victim were able to identify the early signs and appropriately intervene. RIGHT NOW someone you care about – a family member, friend, or colleague – may be suffering in silence, and you don’t know. With the right training, you can help that family member, friend or colleague. Save $100 when you book your seat in an upcoming MHSS Workshop. Upcoming workshops in September: - Canning Vale, WA: 31 August & 1 September
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What is Psychological Shadow? Fittingly, the psychological phenomenon called shadow is so – well, shadowy – that even the best definitions of it are often by default: we define what shadow is not in order to get a sense of what it may be because, being shadow, it is difficult to look at directly. So here goes a try. “Shadow”, meaning our psychological or personal shadow, is comprised of those qualities, impulses, and emotions that we cannot bear for others to see and thus cast into the hidden domain of ourselves. Shadow wears many faces: greedy, angry, selfish, fearful, resentful, manipulative, weak, judgmental, controlling, hostile – on and on. This dark side of ourselves acts as a storage place for all the things that we find unacceptable in ourselves: things which we get embarrassed by and pretend that we are not, aspects which we do not wish to allow the world to see, and which we often do not allow ourselves to see. It lies concealed, just below the surface of ourselves, masked by our more “proper” selves, remaining untamed, unexplored territory for most of us (Ford, 1998; Zweig & Abrams, 1991). How shadow comes to be The shadow develops naturally in all of us as young children. The first time that we have developed enough of a sense of self to register the danger in our mother’s disapproval is probably the first time that we make a deposit to the “shadow storehouse” in our psyche. “Share the cookies with your brother, dear” she says. But the cookies are little and few; we want them all. We wait until Mum turns her back, and then we greedily gobble up little brother’s cookies as well as our own: a deed which we then must hide because we know instinctively, even if we can’t voice it well, that we have done something unacceptable or “wrong”, and that the act – and the part of ourselves which was impelled to carry out the act – must be hidden away, so as not to endanger our continuing existence in our tribe: our family. At the same time, we identify with ideal personality characteristics, such as politeness, cleverness, or skill at sports, which get the tick of approval from our environment. W. Brugh Joy calls these qualities the New Year’s Resolution Self (in Zweig & Abrams, 1991); they come to be part of the persona that we would like to be, and how we wish to be seen by the world. Our persona is our psychological clothing, mediating between our “true” (deeper) selves and our environment, just as physical clothing presents an image to those we meet. These parts of ourselves which we are and know about consciously we call the “ego”; the shadow is that part of us we fail to see or know (Johnson, 1993). What, you may ask, determines which parts of ourselves get to be ego (enjoying the light of day), and which are relegated to the hazy realms of shadow? That is a good question, and one which you as therapist may be involved in helping your shadow-confronting clients to ascertain. Many forces play a role in forming our shadow selves, and it is these which ultimately determine what we give expression to in our lives, and what we do not. Parents, teachers, siblings, friends, societal institutions, and others create a complex environment in which we learn what comprises moral, “good”, appropriate behaviour, and what is mean-spirited, shameful, or downright sinful. The shadow has been called our “psychic immune system” (Zweig & Abrams, 1991), because it defines what is “self” and what is “not-self” (p xvii). But here is the really interesting aspect: that immune system is determined on all levels: intrapersonal, familial, community, national, and international. What is allowed in one family or culture is frowned upon in another, if not forbidden completely. Consider the following examples: - Anger is appropriate to own in some cultures, but not in others (and it is differentially allowed between the sexes);
- Sexuality is “liberal” and permissively expressed in some countries, but formal and very restricted in its expression in others;
- Chicanery and clever trickery are admired in some regions, whereas in other areas strict moral codes are aspired to.
Yet in determining what is ego and what is shadow, we must still acknowledge that both are present within. In owning shadow, we acknowledge both the angry and calm one, the prude and the sexual libertine, the trickster and the righteous one inside ourselves. The person who wishes to live “without self-deception or self-delusion”, said Jung, must “know relentlessly how much good he can do, and what crimes he is capable of, and must beware of regarding the one as real and the other as illusion. Both are elements within his nature, and both are bound to come to light in him” (Jung, 1946). Russian writer Solzhenitsyn put it well: “If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” (Solzhenitsyn, in Zweig & Wolf, 1997, p 8). So we must not make the mistake of thinking that shadow is only about our “sinful” side: the neurotic symptoms, emotional attachments, and stunted infantile parts that we reject. Shadow is whatever we decide that we cannot accept into our consciousness. Sadly and almost unbelievably, we also are very active in storing away some of our most valuable gifts and assets. Our shadow storehouses are full of our deepest creative potentials, our special and most meaningful skills not called upon by the world, and the most sublime qualities that we somehow cannot allow ourselves to claim. The shadow is our unlived life: the juicy, vital, universally human but also divine aspects that retain contact with the lost depths of our soul. It is shadow in this fullest sense that we look to explore here. The first thing to understand is how we come to create it: the mechanism by which we disown aspects so essentially a part of ourselves. We must look at projection. The process of projection It is said that what we do not own, owns us, an undoubted reference to shadow and its concomitant process of projection. Those pain-causing aspects of ourselves – possibly our cowardly, lustful, greedy, malicious selves, but also our generous, creative, and otherwise sublime side – get put outside our awareness, because we believe them to be in the “too hard” basket to accept. But, crucially, they are still hanging around our morphic field – albeit neglected – trying to gain our attention. Some part of our psyche knows that we need to have a look at them, but we can’t bear seeing them as part of ourselves. We thus feel compelled to put them into some other body (meaning: somebody); hence we project them onto another person. If that were all conducted consciously, with agreements from the person onto whom the material is being projected, it would constitute no problem for our development, or our integrity for that matter. We would say to our friend, for example: “I can’t accept that I am a highly creative, innovative person; it’s just too challenging to live up to that. So I’d like to transfer my creativity to you for a while. This means that I will admire you greatly for your creativity and wish that I could be the same way; you will be my hero. In fact, you do have some creativity and innovativeness; that is why I choose you to carry my ‘inner gold’. Are you ok with this?” And our friend would feel free to say “yay” or “nay”. No drama. On the dark side, we might say, for instance, to our mother-in-law: “Dear mother-in-law, I have these aspects in myself: a controlling, manipulative, judgmental, and critical side. I feel nauseated by them and cannot bear thinking of myself as being this way. May I put these onto you, as I have noticed that you have a bit of those traits, too? That way, I can just get sick to my stomach when I am around you, and still feel ok about myself”. Our mother-in-law could accept or reject the offer. In either case, we – having consciously deposited the psychological material with the other – could then examine it for a while, as it is more easily seen when external to ourselves. When we had studied it long enough, discovered the gifts in it and found the way to integrate it to our whole selves, we could merely go to retrieve it, saying “thank you” of course, to the other person for being a “carrier” of our stuff. Unfortunately, the grand majority of us do not live anywhere near that consciously. Projection occurs as an involuntary transfer of our own unconscious behaviour to others: the operative word being “unconscious”, which makes the transfer necessarily involuntary. Done at that level, we are free to deny that any such transfer ever took place (“I saw nothing!”), and thus by the fascinating sleight of hand that is psychology, these traits appear to us as qualities which exist in other people. Note that we imagined saying to the other person, “I notice that you have a bit of this, too”: whether it is creativity, manipulativeness, or ice-skating skill, there is usually what Debbie Ford called a “hook” (1998) and Psychosynthesis psychotherapist and teacher Peter Hubbard calls “an anchor” (Hubbard, 1997) in the recipient (the person upon whom something is projected). Ford has an illuminating analogy about how projection can happen. She gets the reader to imagine having a hundred different electrical outlets on the chest. Each outlet represents a different quality. The qualities we acknowledge and embrace have cover plates over them. This means that they are safe; no electricity can run through them. But the qualities that we do not accept and own do have a charge. So when others come along who act out one of these qualities, they plug right into us. Those of us who deny or suppress our anger, for example, may well attract angry people into our lives. We will suppress our own feelings and judge the other person as angry. Because we are lying to ourselves about our own internal feelings, the only way we can find them is by seeing them in others. When others mirror back our hidden emotions, impulses, and desires, it enables us to recognise and reclaim them, if only as part of other, rather than part of ourselves (Ford, 1998). Ford and other writers make a distinction between what we merely notice and what has a charge for us. Let’s say I go to the shop to purchase some art supplies. I am a beginning artist, so I ask the retail assistant some questions that he obviously considers very basic. He rolls his eyes heavenward, and through very clear body language communicates that I am insufferably ignorant about art (which I might be). But he is acting in a supremely arrogant manner with me. If I just notice his arrogance, and calmly take home my paints, easel, and canvas without being too bothered by the behaviour, then I am not harbouring too much shadow of arrogance. But if I get unreasonably disturbed by his treatment of me (“How dare he treat me that way! What an arrogant sod!”), then he has plugged into the “arrogance” outlet on my chest. I have had a “charge” from this interaction, and need to look seriously into my own shadow of arrogance. As Hubbard explains, whenever a projection is involved, it “gets” us; it “gets under our skin”. Our reaction is affect – determined, and we are therefore unable to react adequately to the person or situation. This is one of the few basic laws of the psyche which is, without exception, 100 percent foolproof. He suggests that, when such an uncomfortable situation occurs and we want to know in what way we are responsible, there is a simple two-step process we can follow: We simply need to verbalise what “gets” us in the other person. For instance, we might say, “She is a narcissistic old bag, and I can’t tolerate that!” Then we take out the “She is” and put in “I am” or “My complex is like”, and we have a description of the process at work (Hubbard, 1997). Ken Wilber makes a similar distinction. If a person or thing in the environment informs us, we probably aren’t projecting, but if it affects us, chances are that we are a victim of our own projections (Wilber, 1991). Thus, I may see that Joy is acting in way that seems unmotivated and centred on meeting her own needs, but if I emotionally denounce her as “lazy and selfish”, then I am probably projecting, and need to look at my own shadow of laziness and selfishness. By whatever process we do it, shadow-making in our psyche is a journey to unconsciousness. Robert Bly describes the shadow as an invisible bag that each of us carries around on our backs. As we’re growing up, we put in the bag all the aspects of ourselves that are not acceptable to family, friends, and ourselves. Bly believes that we spend our first few decades of life filling up the bag. Then we spend the rest of our lives – some say from around mid-life (Johnson, 1993) – trying to get the contents of the bag back out again in order to lighten our burden (Bly, in Ford, 1998). If a client arrives in your therapy rooms with the clear need or desire to do shadow work, they are asking, however indirectly, to become more conscious, more whole. Your job will be to create a safe environment, and to sit alongside them while they begin the long-term process of unpacking. Something that may help you both is to have an exquisite awareness of the impact of shadow in our lives, and what can happen when we begin to create relationship with our disowned parts. Owning the shadow: Why bother? Clients come to you for a variety of reasons: failed or failing relationships, problems at work, difficulty dealing with addictions, feelings of inadequacy, and more. If we have to name one factor which destroys relationships, kills a person’s spirit, and thwarts the fulfilment of dreams, it is surely the presence of shadow in our lives. For it is in the dark place inside ourselves where we stuff the many messages – often unconscious by the time the client arrives at your door – that tell us we are not ok; we are not lovable; we are not deserving or worthy. The problem is that we believe the messages and cannot challenge that which we do not know consciously. Yet we feel fear at the thought of setting off on the road to greater consciousness. We fear what we might discover if we really look into ourselves. We suspect that we will not be able to cope, or at least we will not like what we will find. Thus, our “bag” hangs around our neck ever heavier, ever more burdensome, until we decide that we must do something. Then – in the best-case scenario – we enter therapy. The right response Personal growth writers are unanimous in their advocacy of the right response. We must, they say, overcome the fear of shadow. We do this by stopping the suppression of parts of ourselves and simultaneously owning and embracing those aspects of which we are most afraid. “Owning” in this context means acknowledging – helping our clients to acknowledge – that a given quality belongs to us (Ford, 1998; Johnson, 1993; Zweig & Abrams, 1991). Our shadow holds the essence of who we are; it contains our most treasured gifts. But we can only experience those gifts – in fact, experience the freedom to choose what we be and what we do – by facing the shadow aspects of ourselves. It is through the process of developing that relationship that we become free to experience the sublime totality of who we are. As long as we are hiding, masquerading (say, as the “nice” boy, the “wild child”, or the never-angry-lover), and projecting outside what is inside us, there is no freedom to choose, and no freedom to be (Ford, 1998). The service of shadow-work As little as we may like it, our shadow is a resource for us to expose and explore. What has been cut off from our consciousness and suppressed is desperate to be integrated into the fullness of ourselves. Until that happens, it will continue to pop up in “guerrilla” attacks on our life – in our clients’ lives – in the most humiliating, inopportune, handicapping way possible, and in the areas of life where we would least have it be. Conversely, a right relationship with shadow offers us an invaluable gift: leading us back to our buried potentials. Through continuing effort to develop a creative, ongoing relationship with shadow, we can achieve for ourselves or help our clients to: - Attain a deeper self-acceptance, based on a richer understanding of who that self is
- Defuse and even transform the “negative” emotions which suddenly erupt in daily life
- Gain freedom from the guilt and toxic shame associated with denser feelings and emotions
- Identify the projections being put onto others, colouring the opinion of them
- Heal and elevate relationships through the willingness to honestly self-evaluate and to communicate openly about the process
- Better utilise the creative impetus flowing through via dreams, drawing, writing, and even rituals to re-own the disowned self.
Perhaps the paradox of shadow has not escaped you. We (and our clients) put unacceptable traits into shadow in order to find acceptability in life, whereupon the repressed elements start “oozing” out of their hiding places in our psyche, to our great dismay. But working harder to hide them only creates more problems. So we reluctantly begin the slow, tedious work of redeeming shadow by bringing it to light. As we do, we see that the “terrible” shadow has transformed our life. Thus that which needed to be redeemed – the shadow – becomes the redeemer. References: Ford, D. (1998). The dark side of the light chasers: Reclaiming your power, creativity, brilliance, and dreams. New York: Riverhead Books. Hubbard, P. (1997). Lecture on shadow, transference, and projective identification, New Zealand Institute of Psychosynthesis. Hubbard is a teacher and founding director of the Institute. Johnson, R. A. (1993). Owning your own shadow: Understanding the dark side of the psyche. San Francisco, CA: Harper San Francisco. Zweig, C. & Abrams, J. (1991). The shadow side of everyday life. In Zweig & Abrams, Eds., Meeting the shadow: The hidden power of the dark side of human nature. Los Angeles, CA: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. Join our community:
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The Institute has a list of recommended textbooks and DVDs that can add great value to your learning journey - and the good news is that you can purchase them very easily. The AIPC bookstore will give you discounted prices, an easy ordering method and quality guarantee! This fortnight's feature is... Name: Theories of Psychotherapy and Counselling – Concepts and Cases, 5th edition Authors: Sharf, R. AIPC Code: SHARF AIPC Price: $96.30 (RRP $114.95) ISBN: 978-084-003-3666 This book gives you an in-depth understanding of the major theories in counselling & psychotherapy and how they are effectively applied. You’ll find interesting case summaries and therapist-client dialogues that enrich your understanding of each theory’s practical importance to the therapists’ work with clients.
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Depression in older adults: What does it look like? There are 31 million Americans 65 years or older, and five million of them (just over 16 percent) have depression (Boswell & Stoudemire, 1996). In Australia, one million people currently suffer from depression, and 14 percent will have it at some point in their lives (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008). There is some debate as to whether the prevalence of depression increases or decreases with age, with a recent report suggesting that there are fewer diagnoses of depression in older people as the rates are considerably lower than for younger people. However, when broader measures are used which do not exclude from diagnosing contextual conditions more prevalent in older people – such as bereavement or dementia – the prevalence among community-dwelling elders is reported to be between six and twenty percent of that population: not inconsistent with the American figures. That rises to about 48 percent among the elderly living in hospitals (Bryant, Jackson, & Ames, 2009), and up to 50 percent for older people living in residential aged care (Cummings, 2002). Behaviour and Solution Focused Couple Therapy The practice of couple therapy has been encouraged to incorporate a more scientific model of practice and the use of research to inform the style of therapy most appropriate to use (Whiting & Crane, 2003). As a result, the discipline of couple and family counselling is moving to an evidence based focus. A number of theoretical frameworks have attempted to conceptualise dyadic relationships. Some of these theories have become foundations for the interventions that have become common in couple’s therapy today. Some of the models and theories include the strategic model, emotion focused therapy, solution focused therapy, behaviour theory and attachment theory.
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Intodevelopment
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Mental Health Academy – First to Knowledge in Mental Health Get UNLIMITED access to over 50 Hours ($3,160.00 value) of personal & professional development video workshops, and over 80 specialist courses, for just $39/month or $349/year. We want you to experience unlimited, unrestricted access to the largest repository of personal and professional development programs available anywhere in the country. When you join our new Premium Level membership, you’ll get all-inclusive access to over 40 video workshops (presented by some of the world’s leading mental health experts) valued at $3,160.00. You’ll also get access to over 80 professionally-developed courses exploring a huge range of topics, including counselling interventions, communications skills, conflict, child development, mental health disorders, stress and trauma, relationships, ethics, reflective practice, plus much more. All courses and videos have been specially developed by psychologist and counsellor educators and are conveniently accessible online, 24/7. They’re filled with content that’ll help you understand your own life, and how to improve on your current condition. Benefits of becoming a premium member: - Unlimited access to over 80 specialist courses
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Have you visited theCounselling Connection Blog yet? There are over 600 interesting posts including case studies, profiles, success stories, videos and much more. Make sure you too get connected (and thank you for those who have already submitted comments and suggestions). Attending to countertransference By Stacy Notaras Murphy Although the episode took place many years ago, R. Jane Williams still gets a lump in her throat when she thinks about the nine months she spent counseling a young mother dying of breast cancer. The client’s wrenching story of her husband’s initial denial of her illness would have pained any counselor, as would the grief she expressed concerning the thought of leaving two young children behind. But Williams was particularly affected by the story because she, too, had faced breast cancer and experienced the fear of leaving her child motherless. “It was very poignant to hear her story, and I have to say, I wasn’t sure I could work with her at first because it was so close to me and my experience,” says Williams, a member of the American Counseling Association.
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Featured Tweets In this month's Reader Viewpoint, ACA member Olga Gonithellis provides tips for counseling creative clients: https://bit.ly/152Ot99 Note that you need a Twitter profile to follow a list. If you do not have one yet, visit https://twitter.com to create a free profile today! Tweet Count: 4,203 Follower Count: 6,028
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"Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious." ~ Carl Jung
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Many students of the Diploma of Counselling attend seminars to complete the practical requirements of their course. Seminars provide an ideal opportunity to network with other students and liaise with qualified counselling professionals in conjunction with completing compulsory coursework. Not sure if you need to attend Seminars? Click here for information on Practical Assessments. Below are upcoming seminars available during the remainder of 2013. BRISBANE DPCD Timetable Communication Skills I - 12/10, 07/12 Communication Skills II - 28/09, 23/11 The Counselling Process - 31/08-01/09, 30/11-01/12 Counselling Therapies I - 21-22/09, 16-17/11 Counselling Therapies II - 19-20/10, 14-15/12 Case Management - 02-03/11 Advanced Counselling Techniques - 06/10 Counselling Applications - 09/11 CDA Timetable The Counselling Process - 31/08-01/09, 30/11-01/12 Communication Skills I - 12/10, 07/12 Communication Skills II - 28/09, 23/11 Counselling Therapies I - 21-22/09, 16-17/11 Counselling Therapies II - 19-20/10, 14-15/12 Legal & Ethical Frameworks - 08/09, 24/11 Family Therapy - 29/09, 08/12 GOLD COAST DPCD Timetable Communication Skills I - 16/11 Communication Skills II - 21/09, 13/12 The Counselling Process - 25-26/10, 07/12 Counselling Therapies I - 27-28/09 Counselling Therapies II - 22-23/11 Case Management - 18-19/10 CDA Timetable The Counselling Process - 25-26/10, 07/12 Communication Skills I - 16/11 Communication Skills II - 21/09, 13/12 Counselling Therapies I - 27-28/09 Counselling Therapies II - 22-23/11 Legal & Ethical Frameworks - 29/11 Case Management - 18-19/10 MELBOURNE DPCD Timetable Communication Skills I - 31/08, 28/09, 12/10, 23/11, 14/12 Communication Skills II - 01/09, 13/10, 24/11, 15/12 The Counselling Process - 13-14/09, 05-06/10, 16-17/11 06-07/12 Counselling Therapies I - 21-22/09, 19-20/10, 30/11-01/12 Counselling Therapies II - 07-08/09, 26-27/10, 07-08/12 Case Management - 04-05/10, 14-15/12 Advanced Counselling Techniques - 20/09, 09/11 Counselling Applications - 29/09, 10/11 CDA Timetable The Counselling Process - 13-14/09, 05-06/10, 16-17/11 06-07/12 Communication Skills I - 31/08, 28/09, 12/10, 23/11, 14/12 Communication Skills II - 01/09, 13/10, 24/11, 15/12 Counselling Therapies I - 21-22/09, 19-20/10, 30/11-01/12 Counselling Therapies II - 07-08/09, 26-27/10, 07-08/12 Legal & Ethical Frameworks - 15/09, 02/11 Family Therapy - 08/11 Case Management - 04-05/10, 14-15/12 NORTHERN TERRITORY DPCD Timetable Communication Skills I - 02/11 Communication Skills II - 07/11, 30/11 The Counselling Process - 28-29/09, 07-08/12 Counselling Therapies I - 26-27/10 Counselling Therapies II - 14-15/12 Case Management - 23-24/11 Advanced Counselling Techniques - 12/10 Counselling Applications - 09/11 CDA Timetable The Counselling Process - 28-29/09, 07-08/12 Communication Skills I - 02/11 Communication Skills II - 07/11, 30/11 Counselling Therapies I - 26-27/10 Counselling Therapies II - 14-15/12 Legal & Ethical Frameworks - 19/10 Family Therapy - 16/11 Counselling Applications - 09/11 SOUTH AUSTRALIA DPCD Timetable Communication Skills I - 26/10, 14/12 Communication Skills II - 27/10, 15/12 The Counselling Process - 19-20/10, 30/11-01/12 Counselling Therapies I - 21-22/09 Counselling Therapies II - 23-24/11 Case Management - 31/08-01/09, 07-08/12 Advanced Counselling Techniques - 14/09 Counselling Applications - 12/10 CDA Timetable The Counselling Process - 19-20/10, 30/11-01/12 Communication Skills I - 26/10, 14/12 Communication Skills II - 27/10, 15/12 Counselling Therapies I - 21-22/09 Counselling Therapies II - 23-24/11 Legal & Ethical Frameworks - 13/10 Family Therapy - 15/09 Case Management - 31/08-01/09, 07-08/12 SUNSHINE COAST DPCD Timetable Communication Skills I - 16/11 Communication Skills II - 17/11 The Counselling Process - 21-22/09 Counselling Therapies II - 19-20/10 Case Management - 28-29/09 Advanced Counselling Techniques - 12/10 Counselling Applications - 02/11 CDA Timetable The Counselling Process - 21-22/09 Communication Skills I - 16/11 Communication Skills II - 17/11 Counselling Therapies II - 19-20/10 Family Therapy - 07/09 Case Management - 28-29/09 SYDNEY DPCD Timetable Communication Skills I - 16/09, 18/10, 09/11, 13/12 Communication Skills II - 17/09, 19/10, 18/11, 16/12 The Counselling Process - 13-14/09, 03-04/10, 14-15/11, 06-07/12 Counselling Therapies I - 19-20/09, 22-23/11 Counselling Therapies II - 08-09/10, 09-10/12 Case Management - 14-15/10, 17-18/12 Advanced Counselling Techniques - 05/09, 25/11 Counselling Applications - 06/09, 26/11 CDA Timetable The Counselling Process - 13-14/09, 03-04/10, 14-15/11, 06-07/12 Communication Skills I - 16/09, 18/10, 09/11, 13/12 Communication Skills II - 17/09, 19/10, 18/11, 16/12 Counselling Therapies I - 19-20/09, 22-23/11 Counselling Therapies II - 08-09/10, 09-10/12 Legal & Ethical Frameworks - 27/09, 27/11 Family Therapy - 28/09, 12/12 Case Management - 14-15/10, 17-18/12 TASMANIA DPCD Timetable Communication Skills I - 03/11 Communication Skills II - 01/09, 01/12 The Counselling Process - 28-29/09, 07-08/12 Counselling Therapies I - 28-29/09, 07-08/12 Counselling Therapies II - 14-15/12 Case Management - 23-24/11 Advanced Counselling Techniques - 13/10 Counselling Applications - 10/11 CDA Timetable The Counselling Process - 28-29/09, 07-08/12 Communication Skills I - 03/11 Communication Skills II - 01/09, 01/12 Counselling Therapies I - 28-29/09, 07-08/12 Counselling Therapies II - 14-15/12 Legal & Ethical Frameworks - 20/10 Family Therapy - 17/11 Case Management - 23-24/11 WESTERN AUSTRALIA DPCD Timetable Communication Skills I - 14/09, 26/10, 07/12 Communication Skills II - 15/09, 27/10, 08/12 The Counselling Process - 07-08/09, 05-06/10, 02-03/11 Counselling Therapies I - 28-29/09, 23-24/11 Counselling Therapies II - 21-22/09 14-15/12 Case Management - 09-10/11 Advanced Counselling Techniques - 12/10 Counselling Applications - 16/11 CDA Timetable The Counselling Process - 07-08/09, 05-06/10, 02-03/11 Communication Skills I - 14/09, 26/10, 07/12 Communication Skills II - 15/09, 27/10, 08/12 Counselling Therapies I - 28-29/09, 23-24/11 Counselling Therapies II - 21-22/09 14-15/12 Legal & Ethical Frameworks - 31/08, 13/10 Family Therapy - 17/11 Case Management - 09-10/11 Important Note: Advertising of the dates above does not guarantee availability of places in the seminar. 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