Introduction to Spirituality
and Therapy Training
Saturday, Feb 23, 2008, 9:00-4:30: Cost, $75
(lunch included)

This workshop is designed for therapists who would like to integrate spirituality into their therapeutic practice from an internal systems perspective. In this workshop I will review the Parts Work model which is an integration of Internal Family Systems model of Richard Schwartz with Buddhist psychology as brought to the West by Thich Nhat Hahn. The focus of this review will be on my clinical experience where spiritual resources were a key part of the therapeutic process. We will also work with our own internal systems.
The workshop will use Parts Work and spiritual practices to help participants develop the ability to return to center, to the “Self.” This capacity is important for preventing burnout and "compassion fatigue,” as well as to enhance our ability to offer therapeutic conditions. Parts Work is an important tool because it helps us see and understand our own reactions to difficult clinical situations and to situations in our everyday life which lead to constriction and loss of energy. It supports our capacity to develop awareness of and compassion for ourselves and others. Through understanding the parts of ourselves that are activated in these situations our system is able to find balance and healing. Practices of guided imagery, meditation, Zen inspired Big Heart/Big Mind, and Dances of Universal Peace will support our work as we tune and open our hearts. Both individual renewal and increased effectiveness in helping others are the goals of this workshop.

(This is a small group workshop to be held at our home so enrollment is limited, please register soon)

To register for the workshop;

email: tom@wingedheart.org or phone 330-4267

Send your contact information along with a check made out to Tom Holmes to:

2923 Memory Lane, Kalamazoo, MI 49006

If you have questions you can send an email to:

Your registration will be acknowledged by email, or by mail if you request it, along with directions to our house.

For this workshop please include with your registration a brief description of the type of therapeutic work you do, past experience with IFS or related models, and what your hopes would be for this type of workshop.

If there is interest, this workshop will be followed by a series of training workshops to begin in May of 2008.