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Workshops,
courses and seminars, run by SPPCSH
Note
: Those Compeleting the course will be
certified philosopical counselling and
spiritual Healer. The certificate will be
awarded to this effect.
Aims
of the workshop:
The
workshop aims to familiarise delegates with
philosophical counselling and to enable them
to study and discuss its different aspects
of it. It is an ideal first step for those
interested in going on to train as
philosophical counsellors.
In
our work and private lives we are faced by
many situations that call out for an ethical
response. For example we might be faced with
trying to decide the best way to look after
an elderly relative, or what advice to give
to a friend who is seriously ill, or how
best to deal with some one at work who we
think is not doing their job properly, these
are some of the issues that can be difficult
to resolve satisfactorily.
These
workshops, courses and seminars will enable
you to understand what makes ethical
decisions difficult and how to move towards
making wiser ethical decisions. In these
courses you will be guided to make wiser
ethical decisions about particular cases,
and learn a procedure (called 'PROGRESS')
that you can apply to many other situations.
These
workshops are both for people who want help
in how to deal wisely with ethical issues
that they themselves face and for people
whose job involves helping others (counsellors,
teachers, social workers, managers, doctors
and nurses etc.) to make ethical decisions
and solving other issues.
YOU
DO NOT NEED TO BE FACING AN ETHICAL PROBLEM
TO BENEFIT.
PHILOSIPHICAL
COUNSELLING COURSE
- What
is philosophical counselling?
- PHILOSOPHICAL
SELF-COUNSELLING
- Socratic
Dialogue
- Maslow
Seminar
- Ethical
decision making
- Philosophical
counselling techniques:
(a) Client- centered psychotherapy
(b) Existential psychotherapy,
(c) REBT and
(d) Logotherapy
- Ethical
dilemmas in the helping professions
- Happiness
- Spirituality
and Healing
- Meditation
The
workshop is intended for any one interested
applying philosophy to everyday issues. No
previous knowledge of philosophical
counselling is required.
1.
What is philosophical counselling?
Philosophical
counselling is an approach to counselling
that uses philosophical insights and
techniques to help you think about your
life. Your problems are not seen as illness
to be cured. Instead your counsellor will
engage with you in a dialogue whose aim is
to help you think more clearly and deeply
about your issues.
Course
topics
What
is philosophical counseling?
How does it differ from other forms of
counselling?
What sort of people or problems does it best
deal with?
What is philosophical about philosophical
counselling?
What further steps do I need to take to
train as a philosophical counsellor?
2.
PHILOSOPHICAL SELF-COUNSELLING
A.
What is the course about?
Philosophical counselling is an innovative
type of counselling which uses philosophical
skills and insights to help people think
about their lives. A significant number of
these skills can be applied on one's own,
acting as one's own counsellor. This course
is a practical introduction in how to do
this. The sort of issues that this course
can help with includes career changes,
lifestyle issues, dilemmas and confusion
about direction in life. Participants should
be willing to work on some of these issues
in small groups and on their own on the day.
The course is not suited to deal with deeper
emotional issues such as anxiety or
depression.
By
the end of the course you can expect to have
gained
- a
basic knowledge of philosophical
counselling and self counselling
- an
opportunity to apply some techniques
from philosophical counselling to some
of your issues on the day
- the
capacity to use the techniques which can
help with decision-making, personal
values clarification and conceptual
confusion for yourself in the future.
The
course will be partly lecture and seminar
based and partly experiential As well as
taking the course for its own sake it can
also serve as an introduction in to
philosophical counselling for those
interested in taking it further either as
client or counsellor.
3.
MASLOW SEMINAR
What
is the course about?
The course is about Abraham Maslow, the
founder of Humanistic Psychology. He is
associated with the hierarchy of needs,
self-actualisation and "Theory Z"
in management. The man and his work will be
discussed in the seminar and we will try to
assess his value and applications of his
ideas in the fields of psychology,
counselling and management.
What
level is the course?
Introductory. Some familiarity with
Maslow's work would be helpful. But is not
at all essential.
What
can you expect to achieve?
By the end of the course you can expect
to have
- a
better knowledge of the life and works
of Maslow
- a
critical awareness of key concepts such
as the hierarchy of needs and self-actualisation
- insight
into the application of Maslow's
theories.
- an
appreciation of how Maslow should be
assessed today
The
course is mainly seminar -based, with some
lecture and experiential elements.
The
course is self- contained, but will be
useful as part of your study of humanistic
psychology, psychology, counselling or
management.
ETHICAL
DILEMMAS IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS
What
is the course about?
Professionals such as counsellors, doctors,
the police and social workers are
increasingly faced with moral and ethical
dilemmas in their work. This workshop will
provide a general-purpose decision procedure
to help deal with these problems.
Participants will also have the opportunity
to work on a dilemma of their own, real or
hypothetical.
what
level is the course ?
The course assumes no previous knowledge,
though some exposure to dealing with these
sorts of problems in practice would be an
advantage.
The
workshop will give you the opportunity to
reflect on ethical issues and on your ways
of dealing with them. Additionally you will
learn how to use a decision procedure to
deal with ethical dilemmas you may meet at
work.
The
course will be partly lesson-based and
partly experiential. Participants will
discuss ethical dilemma in-groups, have a
practical decision procedure presented to
them, and practice it in small groups.
Note:
Counsellors might find it useful to have
read T.Bond " Standards and Ethics for
Counselling in Action" but this is not
essential. (Suggestions for further reading
will be provided, but the course is intended
to be self-contained.)
5.
HAPPINESS
Every
body wants happiness, but what is it? In
this workshop we will consider philosophical
theories of Aristotle, Benthan and Mill as
well as consider the questions -
philosophically, is happiness important, and
if so how can one gain it?
TO
ENROLL FOR ANY OF THESE COURSES PHONE
91-0141-621531,621693 IF YOU WOULD LIKE
FURTHER INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE COURSES,
PLEASE CONTACT ME AT:
E-mail
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klsvik@yahoo.com
Philosophical
counselling course and Oriental Literature
The
question is what sort of resources do we
have within our own Ancien Traditions which
can be looked for when we are faced with
difficult problems that we face in our life?
As
an example let us first have a look on Mahabharat.
There are numerous occasions when some one
is in great distress because of some
traumatic happening such as death of near
and dear one. On occasions of this kind we
find that the aggrieved persons is told some
narrative relating to some past event when
some body found himself in similar distress
and was able to overcome the distressing
state of mind. In a way this is to make some
one realize that miseries do not fall to
some select people but to any one. That is
in some sense they are part of life and have
to be put up with. This way of dealing
difficult situation may be subsumed under a
cognitive category.
There
is another way to find a remedy to a
distressing state of mind. But in this case
accent falls on its puzzling features. Some
thing has happened and is likely to be
followed by some dreadful event the nature
of which is quite uncertain. One can analyze
various possibilities and may go through
each one of them in an imaginative way with
the possible repercussions of each
possibility. Such a strategy may allow a
better able to face an eventuality. This
method can again be accommodated within a
cognitive category.
There
may be many more ways, which may be called
basically cognitive which may be of help in
mental distress. But besides just thinking,
recalling or analyzing and then chalking out
a strategy, one can also find ways to get
out of a distressing situation by doing some
thing. We have some classical examples: When
Buddha was approached by an old woman whose
son had died, to revive her son. Buddha
asked her to visit every house of the town
and bring some particular article (rice)
from the house in which no one had ever
died. The woman went round as told and by
the time she finished her search she
realized that death exempts no one and that
it has to be put up with. Her distress had
disappeared. It is possible to find more
examples of this kind in the various
narratives available to us in ancient
traditions.
As
we noticed earlier, it is possible to get
out of distressing emotions by analyzing the
various possibilities and their
consequences. If such emotions arise because
of something wrong that we have done, then
accepting wrong that we have done, accepting
the fact that we have done wrong or
confessing it before some one or before
someone we have a faith in say Ram or
Krishna, we can shed considerable stress
away. Even crying may be of help.
Philosophically,
the realization that that is how things
happen or this is the way of the world, or
such things are bound to happen because it
is in the very nature of things or the
classical distinction between an
essential or real part or being within
ourselves and non-essential part or real
part or being within ourselves and the
non-essential part or transitory part or the
apparent being externally present, may
enable one to get rid of the distressing and
disturbing components of a difficult
situation. If someone approaches a source
for help, say philosophical counsellor, he
should use Indian philosophical literature
in this light.
TO
ARRANGE FOR A FREE INTRODUCTORY SESSION CALL
ON:
Dr. K.L.Sharma,
C- 207, Manu Marg, Tilak Nagar, Jaipur-
302004
Tel: 621 693, 621 531
Email:
klsvik@yahoo.com
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