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Re: Details on noted urls and programs (long)

Posted by dj on January 28, 2000, at 12:52:36

In reply to Re: Irritability or ??? on the Job & dealing with , posted by Mary-Anne on January 28, 2000, at 12:16:48


> I looked at the URLs dj suggested,
> and I could not tell from the descriptions
> which of the offerings would apply in my
> case. Maybe the descriptions don't make
> this obvious, or maybe I was being dense.
> Would you care to be more precise in
> what you were suggesting?

Mary-Anne,

The urls I noted are just examples of organizations I am aware of that offer quality programs that help one focus on human dynamics.

PD Seminars has many offerings of first rate programs, which people from around the world come to paricipate in. One of the core programs is called Come Alive and you can check out the program section of the site for more details on that. Perhaps even more applicable to you and the other folks here is their Disengaging Depression program. Here's a bit on it from:

http://www.pdseminars.com/PD_Seminars/des_prog.html#depression

"DO YOU:

struggle to feel good about yourself?
judge yourself harshly?
feel sad, tearful or emotionally shut down?
find people and life generally boring or irritating?
increasingly opt out of activities and contact and seek isolation?
feel numb, tired and helpless?
experience disturbing changes in sleep and eating patterns?
feel exhausted and without energy?


IF SO, READ ON!

You may have been prompted to pick up this brochure because you are depressed or have worked your way out of depression and want to focus on prevention. It may be that you are concerned for someone you know who is depressed, or you are a professional working with people experiencing depression.

The effects of depression are, at the least, troubling because of low energy, increased anxiety and a sense of losing control of your life. Sometimes, depression deepens as symptoms spread, seriously impacting personal contact and leading to isolation. Although medication is often useful, it requires customizing and monitoring; you may be wanting additional or alternative interventions.

We believe that with a conscious commitment, it is possible to interrupt depression.

Disengaging Depression will provide experiences to mobilize breath and energy, access feelings and creativity, enjoy the pleasure of body movement and look at personal belief systems that support depression.

Our bodies are the physical manifestation of all dimensions of the human being. When feelings and thoughts go unexpressed, our bodies speak out through symptoms and illness. Over time, patterns develop that fuel depression. The body tightens and stills to keep feelings in check and energy becomes bound. Numbness and helplessness occur and may combine with anxiety, negativity or irritability. At times it becomes difficult to focus and make decisions.

During these five days of education and experiential learning, you will gain a wide variety of take-home skills to facilitate either your personal or professional life. We will be learning to experience "flex" (contraction and expansion) through breath, movement, beliefs, creativity and fun. There will be opportunities to practice communication skills, effective boundaries and to acknowledge and express feelings safely in an atmosphere of respectful, personal contact.


The Leaders:
Joann S. Peterson, MSW., ACSW, Dip.C. has worked extensively in California and Washington with families and adults in crisis, particularly related to issues of family violence, foster home and adoption placement, separation and loss and attention deficit disorders with or without depression; she consults with agencies about clinical interventions and crisis management as well as providing workshops for the staff in professional and personal development. Having supervised and trained professionals in the mental health field for over twenty years, she is the Director of Education at PD Seminars for which she also leads an extensive variety of groups.

Linda Nicholls, Dip.C., is a group leader at PD Seminars, also leading groups across Canada and in Asia. The groups focus on a range of topics, including shadow and personal mythology exploration, effective boundaries, separation and loss, mirroring, and bodywork training. She also leads Come Alive and Teens Alive. She has an extensive background in business and management, and has been General Manager of PD Seminars and Haven By-the-Sea for over ten years.

Judith Lemon, M.A., C.E.A.P., CHMC is a counsellor in private practice in the State of Washington working with Depression, Anxiety and Life Stress issues. As Director of an Employee Assistance Program she provides training and consultation to a variety of businesses in areas of stress management, communication and trauma in the workplace. Her areas of interest include working with bio-behavioral health issues, pain management, Critical Stress Debriefing, EMDR and grief/loss counselling."

These folks are real compassionate professionals. Great place & great programs!!!

Context Associated I wouldn't also offers some good programs but not as specific, more general and more analytical on some levels and perhaps a good place for some to start from. Here's a different link from that site, with a few details on thier Pursuit of Excellence program which would help address some of the issues you noted:

http://www.contextassociated.com/products/poe.html

"The Pursuit of Excellence

Immediately enrich your life by choosing your context and improving you communication and relationship skills.

The Pursuit of Excellence is the first seminar in Context's series of courses. It is a stimulating results-oriented course that prepares you to take the next step in your life with excellence. In it, you will have the opportunity to look at your life from different perspectives and make some choices in order to be even more effective.

Through exercises, lectures and discussions, you increase your mastery of immediately useful skills... such as establishing agreement, focusing on solutions, handling conflict and working as part of a team. In addition to learning new skills, you learn how to be more successful and satisfied by further developing the abilities and strengths you already possess.

You are presented with the opportunity to look at self-limiting attitudes, habits and patterns, and to examine different points of view to find out if they are more effective for you. You expand your context to allow yourself to be, do and have more of what you want. You learn an amazing amount about people, which will serve you in personal and professional interactions with others."



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