Module I
FEB 3, 4, 5
2023

Description

---

Module I Dates February 3, 4, 5 (2023) 15 HOURS Live Online Video Course NO recording available afterwards

Schedule Friday 10AM–1PM PDT 3 HOURS Saturday 6AM–9AM PDT; 10AM–1PM PDT 6 HOURS Sunday 6AM–9AM PDT; 10AM–1PM PDT 6 HOURS

---

Course Outline

This is a hands-on course combining theory and practicum. There will be an introduction to Person-Centered Psychotherapy. We will talk about Carl Rogers – the man, his practice and ideas, and explore the self in Person-Centered Psychotherapy – its nature and application. We will introduce the concept of actualizing tendency, and the six conditions for therapeutic change; we explore deep listening; and we work with practicum, feedback, and experience of small and large group therapy.

Objectives

The faculty strive for students to gain clarity with the Person-Centered Approach (PCA) as a psychotherapeutic approach. After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the basic concepts of the Person-Centered Approach and its application to psychotherapy, education, and organization consultation.
• Distinguish the application of the Person-Centered Approach from other, more directive approaches to behavioral change.
• Apply and experience listening in depth.
• Discuss and understand the six essential conditions for therapeutic change.
• Experience and practice receiving Empathy, Unconditional Positive Regard, and Congruence.
• Explain the nature of the self in its application within the theory of the Person-Centered Approach.
• Differentiate between individual Person-Centered Psychotherapy, and its application to small and large groups.

Continuing Education Units are only available for Module I currently, but we are working on adding the others. Participants desiring CEUs will have to take a test at the end of each module, and must be present for the whole course. Participants who miss any hours will have an opportunity to recover those hours by writing a paper, doing supervision, or doing another appropriate activity to get certification. We ask all participants to write a reflection — 5 to 20 pages — about their experiences, at the end of each module, and a final paper on a subject of the participant’s choice, at the end of the full course.