| "Let other be other" | | |
| Sallie McFague, Theologian | |
The Course:
Skills 4 is an opportunity to directly explore the processes of projection and transference. The extent to which we see our preconceptions in another person, is the extent to which we fail to make direct contact with that person. As we project our own needs, desires, assumptions and processes onto others around us, we miss the person themselves. This projection underlies transference, counter transference, prejudice and contempt. By exploring these processes we can find ways to understand and work with them in the service of respectful, equal contactful relationship. These are issues of great value for anyone intending to lead groups, supervise staff, or work in the helping professions.
This course includes lectures, discussions and experiential exercises. Participants are encouraged to look at their own experience to develop understanding of developing their ability to make contact with others in both their personal and work relationships.
Participants in the course will:
- increase their awareness of their own process
- learn how to use counter transference clues to understand interactions
- learn how and why transference is helpful and methods to increase or decrease it
- learn appropriate and ethical ways to approach transference situations
- be able to recognize different types of transference
- increase their leadership competence.
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Who will benefit:
This course is for clinical counsellors, interns, assistants, and group leaders, those who supervise staff or those who lead groups in settings such as volunteer agencies. The course has been designed for individuals who have completed Phase III, the Conceptual Self; however, a lack of such previous training is no barrier to learning from, and enjoying this program. |
