All Summer classes are delivered online, and cost $190.00 (any special event prices are noted). Classes eligible for CEUs offer 8 hours of continuing education for counselors upon verification of satisfactory course completion and submission of course evaluation. See below for CE details.
MORE ON CEUs: The Center for Journal Therapy is an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) through the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for programs that meet NBCC requirements. Programs for which NBCC-approved clock hours will be awarded are identified with an asterisk (*). These courses are taught by licensed or licensure-prepared mental health professionals. The ACEP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. Participants are responsible for checking with their state’s licensing board for their discipline to ensure that National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) continuing education is accepted.
Course List
(click a class to learn more):
Summer 1 – June 20 – July 17, 2019
Create a Daily Practice for Happiness & Joy
Clearing Clutter as a Sacred Act
Accessing the Great Work of Your Life
Coaching the Artist Within
A Tribute to Mary Oliver
My Journal in Action
Summer 2 – August 1 – August 28, 2019
Clearing Space to Write
Your Daily Poem
The Body Electric
Endless Summer: Diving Deeply into Self-Care
Capturing Your “Blue Moon” Life
Summer 1: June 20–July 17
Create a Daily Practice for Happiness & Joy
Instructor: Nancy Scherlong, CJT
Would you like more peace, more relaxation? Is your life sometimes over-busy and it’s hard to fit in routines that nurture you? Grab your journal and join us this summer! Together we will journey through Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh’s spiritual sourcebook, Happiness. Most of our memories of joyfulness involve a sensory awareness and feeling fully present. Through selected readings, poems and journal prompts, we will identify practices that help us “stay” in the moment with our experiences. We will create both individual and community rituals for expansion into vitality that feed our mind, body, soul and relationships.
CEUs Available.
Required Text: Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices by Thich Nhat Hanh
Clearing Clutter as a Sacred Act
Instructor: Carolyn Koehnline, CJT
Clearing clutter from your home and schedule can lighten your load and open space for fresh new beginnings. But as you sort through evidence of endings, mistakes, and paths not taken, you can easily get overwhelmed and self-critical. In this course you’ll learn strategies and journaling process to help you travel into the territory of clutter clearing effectively and compassionately, tapping into inner and outer resources along the way. Instructor Carolyn Koehnline is a Certified Journal Therapist with over 25 years of experience helping people clear clutter to make room for what matters. Session 2 this summer Carolyn will be offering Clearing Space to Write. That class can be taken independently, or as a follow-up to this course. Both courses have the same required text.
CEUs Available.
Required Text: Clearing Clutter as a Sacred Act; Essays, Poems, and Practices. Available through your local bookstore, or directly from Carolyn. Those outside of the US, Canada and the U.K. may need to order through online outlets where an e-book version is available.
Accessing the Great Work of Your Life
Instructor: Linda Cooper, CJF
Have you ever felt a sense of restlessness, feeling lost, as if you are not living the life you were meant to live? Do you have a feeling of discontent, or an inner prompting that is nudging you towards making a change in your life, but you are not sure what your next step is? In the ancient Yogic tradition, it is believed that there exists an inner possibility within every human soul and that each person has their own unique Dharma (meaning vocation, calling, path, truth). Let’s explore together, through selected readings, writing exercises and conversation, how to access our own deepest truth, to discover our own Dharma which will lead us to the Great Work of our Lives.
CEUs NOT Available.
Required Text: The Great Work of Your Life – A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling by Stephen Cope available at Amazon.com
Coaching the Artist Within
Instructor: Cyncie Winter, CJT
Eric Maisel’s Coaching the Artist Within is an outstanding resource for practicing techniques that can empower your creative life. His unique approach offers a complete program for developing the habits that we can integrate into our everyday lives. How, for instance, do we learn to create in the middle of things? Get a grip on our minds, eliminate dualistic thinking, and find centered presence? Become an anxiety expert? Through the writing process, we will explore Maisel’s twelve inspiring, practical, and enjoyable lessons and exercises to access your own inner coach and to encourage, enrich, sustain, and transform your relationship with the creative process.
CEUs Available.
Required Text: Coaching the Artist Within: Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America’s Foremost Creativity Coach by Eric Maisel
A Tribute to Mary Oliver
Instructor: Linda Barnes, CJT
Since her death, Oliver’s fame has only grown. Those who love her work are sharing it everywhere. Let’s gather to celebrate the beauty of her words, and practice using some of her signature writing techniques in our own work. Come prepared to talk to trees, lakes, moss and critters of all types.
CEUs Available.
Required Text: Copies of Oliver’s poems will be supplied. Please gather 2-3 of your own favorites to share.
My Journal in Action
Instructor: Hanna Merin, CJF
In this four-week, fun summer course, we will answer 4 ‘How’ questions, that will deepen understanding and relationship with our personal journal, and give us the opportunity to gain more tools and techniques that will enrich and enlighten our journal journey.
Week 1: How can I turn my journal into my best listener?
Week 2: How can I use my journal to quiet my wondering mind?
Week 3: How can my journal release fear?
Week 4: How can I create play in my journal?
CEUs NOT Available.
Required Text: None
Clearing Space to Write
Instructor: Carolyn Koehnline, CJT
Writing requires dedicated space, time, and focus, all of which can be easily taken over by clutter – the piles of paper covering your desk, a jam-packed calendar, or a head filled with too many ideas competing for your attention. In this workshop, designed especially for writers, you’ll practice applying brief, time-tested journaling processes to identify and clear distractions from your writing life. You’ll also learn ways to use journal writing to support clearing clutter from the rest of your life. Instructor Carolyn Koehnline is a Certified Journal Therapist with over 25 years of experience helping people clear clutter to make room for what matters. This course can be taken independently, or as a follow-up for those who have taken Carolyn’s course, Clearing Clutter as a Sacred Act.
CEUs Available.
Required Text: Clearing Clutter as a Sacred Act; Essays, Poems, and Practices. Available through your local bookstore, or directly from Carolyn. Those outside of the US, Canada and the U.K. may need to order through online outlets where an e-book version is available.
Your Daily Poem
Instructor: Linda Barnes, CJT
Let’s use this late summer month to generate 30 short poems of our own. Prompts and examples supplied. No experience required! Yes, you can do it!
CEUs Available.
Required Text: None
The Body Electric
Instructor: Jean Rowe, CJT
Discover techniques for recognizing messages we’ve internalized, making friends with our bodies as we are right now, rebuilding relationships with love, sex and intimacy as three separate but connected parts of ourselves, crafting plans or self-care and love. Join Jean Rowe as we explore with hope how to differently communicate with our bodies in a loving, present and accepting way.
CEUs Available.
Required Text: None
Endless Summer: Diving Deeply into Self Care
Instructor: Elaine Brooks and Nancy Scherlong, CJT
Summer is a natural time of slowing down, relaxing and often, taking in nature and our surroundings. How can we hold onto the benefits of this time as we prepare to head back into our Fall routines? Or perhaps your summer has been fast-paced and you are still looking for that respite? Look no more! Join us for this “deep dive” into self-care practices and replenishment through meditation, storytelling, journal techniques and poetry that are sure to “re-fill” your tank.
CEUs Available.
Required Text: None
Capturing Your “Blue Moon” Life
Instructor: Tina Games, CJF
Using the metaphor of the rare blue moon, this four-week class will include journaling prompts, creative exercises, and guided visualizations designed to help you connect with your unique gifts and experiences, the essence of your life story, and the larger theme that is already emerging in your life – helping you connect with your larger life legacy and how it wants to be expressed through your creative work.
Week One: Celebrating Your Unique Gifts and Experiences
Week Two: Exploring the Essence of Your Life Story
Week Three: Following the Thread of Your Authentic Journey
Week Four: Honoring Your Personal Legacy through Your Creative Work
CEUs NOT Available.
Required Text: None