TWI Winter Term 2019: January 17 – March 13
Prices will be increasing in January of 2019.
Take this opportunity to sign up for 2019 classes at 2018 prices.
All classes are delivered online, and cost $360 (special event prices are noted). CJF/CJT/CAS trainees receive the discounted price of $310. Classes eligible for CEUs offer 16 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):
PA503: Group Process
PD554: Marketing
TW511: Progoff
TW480: Folktales and Journaltales
TW560: Getting Unstuck: Start Your New Year Off Right!
TW540: Recon Mission
TW556: Poetry’s Secret Power
TW527: Radical Self-Care for Troubled Times
Special Event Classes:
SEW19Rowe: Writing Through Grief: Another Country
SEW19Hudson: Capturing Family Stories
PA503: Group Process
Instructor: Kate Thompson, MA, CJT
Therapeutic writing is often best achieved in groups, yet few practitioners have specifically developed skills in group facilitation. Using the quintessential book in the field of group process, Irvin Yalom’s Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, this class serves as a first course for developmental practitioners and a review for licensed clinicians or credentialed coaches. You’ll develop the confidence and theoretical competence to responsibly facilitate groups for healing and change. Required for CJF. CEUs Available.
Required Text: Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, FIFTH EDITION, Irvin Yalom (available used on Amazon used books & other used sites. Be sure to get 5th Edition, preferably unmarked.)
PD554: Marketing
Instructor: Mary Reynolds Thompson
The vast majority of “solo-preneurs” in the therapeutic writing professions have had little, if any, training in how to market themselves and their work. Our resident guru, a former marketer for Harrods of London, breaks it down and makes it manageable and — dare we say it? — even fun! This class is best taken when you are ready to actualize steps toward a for-profit business venture leading workshops, teaching classes, offering sessions, etc. Required for CJF/CJT. CEUs are NOT Available.
Required Text: Pitch Perfect Marketing by Mary Reynolds Thompson
TW511: Progoff
Instructor: Deborah Ross
The work of Dr. Ira Progoff is foundational for anyone studying the theory and practice of therapeutic writing. The Intensive Journal method is considered by many to be one of the greatest and most enduring personal growth tools available today. In this depth class you’ll explore, through guided book discussion and the creation of your own Progoff journal, the writing processes and techniques that comprise the basic Intensive Journal method. Topics studied include Period Log, Daily Log, Dialogue Dimension and Life/Time Dimension. Required for CJF/CJT. CEUs Available.
Required Text: At a Journal Workshop (1992, Tarcher Edition), Ira Progoff
NOTE: This course is designed for trainees and facilitators who will benefit from understanding and using the Progoff method in their professional practice.
TW480 – Folktales and Journaltales
Instructor: Hanna Merin
In this course we will explore the benefits of using tales as a compass that lead us to the stories we‘ll never forget, the stories we keep hidden, and the stories we forgot and never went back to. Telling our stories in writing is not only recalling and remembering; it is also re-exploring, re-embracing, re-telling and ultimately healing. Writing our stories from the here-and-now often yields a more mature, more compassionate and stronger, perspective. This course will open a door to a better understanding of the meanings and structures of the folktales, while being inspired to recall and re-tell our own narratives. We will then be able to make the transition from being listeners of folktales, to the tellers of our own tales. CEUs NOT Available. TW Elective.
Required Text: None
TW560 – Getting Unstuck: Start Your New Year Off Right!
Instructor: Nancy Scherlong
Are you being held back by old habits and fears – in your personal or professional life or both? Grab your journal and take this journey with us as we use the wise teaching of Pema Chodron in her book, “Taking the Leap”. Through selected readings, poems and journal prompts, we will identify and where we get “hooked” by self-blame, negativity or fear and cultivate open-heartedness, acceptance and the courage to “stay” with our experience. TW Elective. CEUs Available.
Required Text: Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves From Old Habits and Fears by Pema Chodron
TW540 – Recon Mission
Instructor: Anjana Deshpande
This course is based on an 18 month long workshop conducted for Vietnam War veterans. In this experiential course, facilitators will learn about exercises developed specifically for trauma survivors and will be able to apply them to the population of their choice. This course has been developed to assist trauma survivors do a “Recon” of their post trauma emotional landscape through writing, and gain mastery and control over it. Participants will also gain an understanding of how therapeutic writing, neuroplasticity and narrative therapy come together to create a strong base for recovery. TW Elective. CEUs Available.
Required Text
None
TW556 – Poetry’s Secret Power
Instructor – Linda Barnes, CJT
Punch up your poetry facilitation skills by studying powerful poems and practicing numerous writing exercises you can use with your students and clients or for your own poetry. This course will reveal the elements that constitute good poems and help you refine your ability to identify effective choices for your work. You’ll learn the art and craft of poetry and leave with abundant resources to encourage others to embrace poetry’s healing effects. TW Elective. CEUs Available.
Required Text: In the Palm of Your Hand: the Poet’s Portable Workshop by Steve Kowit
TW527 – Radical Self-Care for Troubled Times
Instructors – Nancy Scherlong and Elaine Brooks
We are living in stressful times. We may easily lose our center; thus, self-care is not only crucial but may take more focus and energy than ever before. Join us in this exploration of inner and outer perspectives while staying grounded in compassion, witnessing and heart-centered communication. Participants will learn writing processes to identify and hold triggers, develop empathic responses to self and others and create action plans for future self-care and improved relationships, all in the power of supportive community. Techniques and processes learned can be used with clients who are struggling with time, energy or focus for self-care. No prerequisites other than a willingness to participate with a full and gentle heart. TW Elective. CEUs Available.
Required Text
None
Winter Term 2019
SPECIAL EVENT CLASSES
SEW19Rowe
Writing Through Grief: Another Country
Instructor: Jean Rowe
4-week Class (Jan. 18 – Feb. 14)
Price – $180.00
Experiencing grief can feel like we are traveling in a foreign land. We are in a different zone; the food tastes different; our sleep clock is off. We don’t feel like ourselves. The faces of grief are strange but familiar. Losses we grieve can be literal or symbolic. Join us on a journey to explore what we know, what we think we know and what we can learn about, with, and through grief. TW Elective (1/2 credit). CEUs Available.
Required Text: Conquering the Mysteries and Lies of Grief by Sherry Russell (either edition)
NOTE: If you have experienced significant loss within the last 3 months, we gently ask that you not register for this class at this time.
SEW19Hudson
Capturing Family Stories
Instructor: Brenda Hudson
4-week Class (Jan. 17 – Feb. 13)
Price – $190.00
Create a written legacy of your life! Have you always wanted to document your life stories for future generations, but have never gotten around to it, or known where to begin? Perhaps you have started, but are stuck or overwhelmed. Maybe you want to pen your stories just for yourself, without any intention of sharing. If any of these scenarios ring true, this class is for you. Over 4-weeks, you will examine your past and construct written vignettes or “captured moments” of your life. You will look for themes in your life, as well as your values and beliefs, as a way to organize your work. The main focus of this class is to provide practical and creative ways to help you write, through effective journaling techniques. At the end of class, you will have a collection of stories and the know-how to continue your legacy writing, if desired. TW Elective (1/2 credit). CEUs NOT available.
Required Text:
None