TWI Winter Term 2020:
All classes are delivered online, and cost $375 (special event prices are noted). CJF/CJT/CAS trainees receive the discounted price of $325. 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
TW511: Progoff
TW540: Recon Mission
TW550: Intro to Poetry Therapy
TW492: Word Power
TW488: The Gift of Gratitude
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.
CEUs Available.
Required for CJF
Required Text:
Text information will be provided by December 4.
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.
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
TW550: Intro to Poetry Therapy
Instructor: Nancy Scherlong
This course explores the many ways that the interactive use of poetry can help navigate the human journey. Students will learn the leading theoretical model of poetry therapy to address universal life experiences, assess poems for use in personal growth contexts, participate in self-reflective writing experiences, and engage in classroom discussions designed to stimulate a deeper look at one’s own writing process.
CEUs Available.
TW Elective
Required Text: Biblio/Poetry Therapy: The Interactive Process: A Handbook, 3rd Ed., by Arleen Hynes & Mary Hynes-Berry, North Star Press, 2012. Must use 3rd ed. Available from Amazon.com
TW492 – Word Power
Instructor – Hanna Merin, CJF
Emily Dickinson once wrote, “I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine”. Following her lead, we will walk ourselves through an eight-week journey exploring the power of words, how they affect us, and what is hidden behind them. Each week we will delve into one word. Using expressive writing journaling techniques, we will find treasures and a-ha moments that just might make us drop a tear, smile, think, remember and most importantly…tell our story.
CEUs not available
TW Elective
Required Text:
None
TW488 – The Gift of Gratitude
Instructor – Susan Hendricks, CJT
Gratitude is an affirmation of goodness. Truly grateful people are often also the happiest people, and there are many ways to express this deeply meaningful emotion that otherwise might be taken for granted. “When we express gratitude, we affirm that there are good things in the world, gifts and benefits we have received. We acknowledge that other people as well as our higher powers gave us many gifts – big and small – to help us achieve,” according to Robert Emmons, one on the world’s leading scientific researchers studying gratitude. Our class will seek to discover why this is true and how we can employ this powerful emotion to deepen our own experience of gratitude and recognize it in others. We will explore a variety of methods and activities through personal journal writing, poetry and expressive arts. A gratitude practice has the power to change lives for the better.
CEUs Available
TW Elective
Required Text:
None
REGISTRATION
Trainees! Need a PD class this winter? Kay will be teaching Vision and Manifestation through Journalversity, and it will count on your TWI transcript. More to come on how to sign up for that class soon!