Course Descriptions

This course provides an introduction to diagnosis of personality styles and disorders. Using object relations theory of personality development as a base, students learn how to recognize the basic personality patterns and learn, through practice, important and effective therapeutic interventions. Since each student will be assessing their own personality pattern, this course is useful for everyone. Students working in the fields of mental health, addictions, corrections, business supervision or similar settings will find this course of particular value.


Continuing Education Credits:
Approved for Continuing Education Credit hours by the Canadian Counselling Association (www.ccacc.ca) .

Faculty:
Gwen Ewan, Wayne Dodge

Dates:

Sorry, no dates are available for this course at this time.
Testimonials: 'This course is a must for every intern! To have taken this course means to have a head start on "being with" people. The content of this course has helped me see much clearer how I move in the world of relating and why I respond to different people in different ways. I learned very useful tools for applying what I have learned. With connection and relating being the goal, this course has inspired me to learn even more about personality styles and listen to music more attentively. Finally, I have a greater and more empathetic sense of the similarities and differences of all of us as people. Basically I loved the course!' —Ulla Stetter, 2005 'My most favorite Haven course so far. Over the 3 days Gwen and Wayne took us on a dance through this material and made learning seem effortless and fun. Moving easily between straight white-board teaching on the one hand and deeply personal work on the other, the presentation had a juicy and natural flow to it. I have never enjoyed learning so much! I felt welcomed to ask any questions I wanted and found that these leaders were prepared to stay with me until I had fully grasped the point. They seemed able to give themselves whole heartedly to the project for teaching us and gave their own (remarkable) relationship freely as illustration throughout. I laughed and cried all the way. It is worth doing this course simply for the sheer delight of watching these two gifted teachers reveling in the joy of teaching a subject they know inside out. The material is really interesting. Not ever having had the confidence to consider interning before, by the end of this 3 days I knew I could do it if I wanted. I recommend it to anyone on the Intern path. A wonderful experience.' —Harriet Thomas, 2004 'I learned to identify and work with personality styles in a group setting. I had an opportunity to lead exercises and developed a faith in my ability to work effectively as an intern. I also had the opportunity to be a participant in these exercises and thus do my own personal growth work. The leaders have created a program that I found to be especially effective with my kinesthetic learning style.' —June, 2004

Course Evaluation:
A student/participant who attends a minimum of 90% of the total course sessions shall receive a "Pass" grade. A student/participant who is absent for more than 10% of the session will receive an "Incomplete" grade and credit will not be granted.