Diploma and Advanced
Diploma of Solution Oriented
Counselling
simply learning a natural
approach to solutions in counselling
Background
This diploma offers more than just information and
techniques. It was developed by Rob McNeilly and grounded
in 25 years of teaching and learning including personally
from Milton Erickson, Humberto Maturana, Julio Ollala and
Rafael Eccheveria to name a few. It is a rare opportunity
to have the ideas of such people distilled into one
approach with Rob’s uniquely creative, playful and
illuminating style. It was extended by Gabrielle's 10 years
experience in General Practice with the inherent
frustrations of the medical model that appear common to
doctors, counsellors, psychologists and allied health
workers alike. She was relieved to discover a different
way. As a student of Rob’s she was impressed by the
refreshing learning experience he offered that usefully
allowed her to change how she observed and use what
she saw to facilitate learning and change in a client. As a
teachers of this approach Rob & Gabrielle share a
passionate interest in the effectiveness of this way of
learning for students and clients also.
Overview
When Milton Erickson began working, inventing and
experimenting with therapy in the 1930’s there was little
to choose from in terms of different therapy styles. In the
1960's, there were about 60 different therapy models, and
today there are more than 250!!!! It is humbling to note
that despite the variety, virtually all of the research
data finds roughly equivalent results for all models. And
perhaps we only need to look at the world to see that that
it is the similarities rather than differences between the
models that account for the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
The Solution Oriented Approach honours these similarities,
acknowledges that many of the 250 have their roots in
Erickson’s work and in a refreshing answer to today’s
consumerism, attempts to simplify and unravel the
confusion.
Lambert's research in 1992 and Wampole's in 2001 add
statistical evidence supporting the core of Erickson’s work
specifically and the Solution Oriented approach generally -
the importance of
creating a trusting, legitimizing
relationship,
observing and listening to the client
and reconnecting them to their life outside therapy,
creating expectancy and
trusting in our own individual
therapeutic creativity
to maximise our effectiveness.
This diploma offers a unique opportunity to learn the
principles and applications of one of the most rapidly
growing treatment models in contemporary psychotherapy. The
scope of the program is comprehensive, and presents the
essential elements in an elegantly accessible way and is
open to practitioners of all levels of experience who are
passionate about their work.
simple
There is an explosion of counselling models and approaches,
each new model claiming to be the best. By exploring
each individual's experiences, we can have a simpler and
more direct access for the client to their own unique
resources.
In this programme we will explore simple, elegant and
respectful ways of connecting clients with their own unique
resources.
learning
Traditionally learning has been based on theory and the
property of a select few experts. By contrast, these
diplomas have a minimum of theory and explanations,
focusing instead on demonstrations and recurrent practice
so that participants will have sufficient skills to begin
to use their learning in their clinical practice
immediately.
a natural
approach
Counselling has been assumed to be a special, different,
even weird experience. Erickson spoke of problems being
everyday experiences that get stuck, and so can also get
unstuck in a helpful way. By utilising individual clients’
individual skills, overlooked skills can be disclosed,
re-connected, and found to be readily available, leading to
a fail-safe method that will become obvious to the client
and so, readily useable.
solutions
Rather than problem solving, the solution approach draws on
a client's innate resourcefulness, re-connects them with
these resources, and because they come from the client,
they can be easily accessible. Ericksonian hypnosis creates
a wonderful context for a trusting therapeutic
relationship, helping to restore self-trust in individual
clients to allow this process to be realised.
counselling
Traditional counselling relies on theories and manualised
protocols which are applied to clients in a "fit where it
touches" approach, creating resistance and limited
compliance. When we begin with the principle that any
problem has a solution waiting to emerge, this natural
progression can be readily accessed by all clients and
incorporated in any clinician’s practice.
What you will
learn
• The evolution of counselling throughout recent
history.
• A method of creating genuine rapport.
• Questions to connect clients with their overlooked
resources.
• Conversations to engage clients in their counselling
process.
• How to create possibilities even in the most "resistant"
or "chronic" situations.
• How to include moods and emotions in solutions
• How to design strategies
• Positive reframing
• How to apply this approach to:
• anxiety, panic & depression
• post trauma
• childhood abuse
• pain management
• couples work
• family relations
• performance enhancement
• coaching
• any other clinical situation
Course
Structure
The diploma involves 14 workshop days over 8 months and is
a prerequisite for the advanced diploma of 10 workshop days
over 10 months. Each includes recorded lectures,
demonstrations and a written text. Assignments, relevant to
the actual clinical utilisation of the learning offer
valuable opportunities for reflection and any diploma can
be repeated free of charge at any time in the future. The
emphasis is on live demonstrations and the opportunity for
you to practice recurrently in pairs or triads. These
diplomas value experiential learning over acquisition of
information so that you will feel confident to incorporate
these ideas into your work immediately.
Accreditation
These programmes are accredited by CET, as evidence shows
overwhelmingly that external accreditation has no
correlation with effectiveness of learning or application.
Summary
These diplomas provide learning opportunities which are
individualised, practical, relevant, easily understood,
readily translatable into clinical practice, all in a safe
environment of respectful support.
Advanced Diploma of Solution Oriented
Counselling
Hobart
Venue:
CET, The Milton H Erickson Institute of Tasmania
The Coach House
336 Elizabeth Street
North Hobart TAS 7000
Times: 9.00 - 3.00
Cost
Each diploma $3300 incl GST payable at the beginning of a
programme,
or 8 monthly payments of $425 beginning April through
November, 2009.
Dates
Registration
[essential]:
Name
Address
phone
email
location
Contact:
Rob McNeilly, 0433 273 352, rob@cet.net.au, www.cet.net.au
Gabrielle Peacock, 0418 549 421, gabrielle@cet.net.au, www.cet.net.au
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