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THE ARCHETYPE OF YOUTH SPONTANEOUS DRAWING AND DREAMS WHAT IS YOUR STORY? WORKING WITH YOUR SOUL: ITS ORGANISATION, LANGUAGE AND AGENDAS |
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THE ARCHETYPE OF YOUTH
with Mark Price, Saturday February 27th 2010
“Sex and drugs and rock and roll is all my brain and body need ” Ian Dury (1977)
The Puer Aeternus. The Jungian ‘eternal boy’ or ‘puer aeternus’ archetype has its ancient roots in characters such as Pan, Dionysius, Icarus and Hermes.
Shakespeare’s ‘third age’ of man saw the youth as ‘the lover, sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad made to his mistress' eyebrow.’
Today, in our ‘mid life crises’ we sometimes try to re-connect with or re-create our adolescence. But what is the pull of the youth? Are today’s youth in crisis … or are they just being young? How do we work with our own and others’ adolescence?
The workshop will explore key themes and perspectives and will involve inner work and reflection.
Mark Price is a UKCP registered transpersonal psychotherapist, working with both adults and young people. He was originally trained as a playworker, teacher and youth worker and has extensive experience with vulnerable young people in a range of settings. As well as being in private practice, he is currently a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, leading on working with young people. Mark is also a director of the Centre for Transpersonal Psychology.
SPONTANEOUS DRAWING AND DREAMS
with Pam Allsop, Saturday April 24th 2010
Dreams and creativity are closely interwoven. Dreams offer pathways to the Self; and so too do daydreams, symbols, images and metaphor. This day offers each of us an opportunity to discover our own pathway, using imaging, drawing and dialogue.
Pam Allsop. After many years in personnel and the oil industry, Pam moved into the area of management development. She trained in Transpersonal Psychology and became UKCP registered. She is now an artist whose particular interest is in dreamwork, drawing and colour and in helping people connect to their creativity. As a therapist, she also does deep memory process work.
WHAT IS YOUR STORY?
with Emma Ramsden, Saturday May 15th 2010
What is your story? Are you the originator of your story? If not, then who was? Who and what influenced you? Are there many stories? From whom – where do your stories come from?
What is the family mythology about you? Did different people have different versions of your story? And how were they given back to you? – really, or symbolically? Angrily – destructively – vengefully – humorously – kindly – admiringly? What was your place at the table? What stories did you give yourself? Do you – did you ever – address yourself in the third person? How mixed or influenced is your story by the stories of others?
The aim of the day is to find and focus on your voice. Come and explore and share your stories through your own voice, understanding and accepting that your story may well have been given you, and needn’t be accepted unless it fits the real you.
You may wish to bring an old T-shirt and make a slogan:
I am this: I am not that:
I was that: I was not this:
I hope to be this.
Emma Ramsden is a State Registered Drama Therapist and Behaviour Consultant based in London, with a background in forensic psychiatry, education, homelessness and substance misuse. Currently undertaking doctoral research into ‘the voice of the child in dramatherapy’, she is attached to the Centre for Research into Childhood with the Leeds Metropolitan University. She is a Clinical Supervisor in private practice, and specialises in working with both children and adults who are experiencing significant distress as a result of violent and deprived living; and in exploring communication, behaviour and anger management.
WORKING WITH YOUR SOUL: ITS ORGANISATION, LANGUAGE AND AGENDAS
with RUTH WHITE, Sunday November 21st 2010
Most of us are curious about the soul. Its purpose is evolution; and it is a well-organised entity. From an understanding of this organisation, we can come to an awareness of the signs and signals that allow us better to understand its language and agendas, and work more directly with it. There will be individual and group exploration of the theme, followed by teaching from Gildas, and discussion with him. There will also be an opportunity to ask for Gildas's comments on the personal and general questions that may have been articulated during the day
Ruth White is a Transpersonal therapist, teacher and spiritual consultant in England and Europe. In leading workshops, Ruth channels communications from the discarnate teaching and healing guide known as 'Gildas'. Her books include Working with Guides and Angels, The River of Life, Working with Spirit Guides and, most recently, Working with Your Soul
This workshop is open and everyone is welcome to apply; please do so soon as places are limited
All these single day workshops are open and everyone is welcome to apply. Except for Ruth White’s, they are also part of Rock Bank’s on-going two-year Transpersonal Course.
For further information, contact
Hazel Marshall, on 0116 236 4256, hazel@rockbank.co.uk
