“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.â€Â Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Family Systems
Family systems are the weft and weave of all human life. Understanding family systems has significance for all clinical work and especially when relating to children.
Topics
Over the weekend we are likely to focus on the following areas:
- Working with families, young people and children
- Looking through the eyes of a child or young person
- Making interventions and the rationale for them
- Family systems; ancestral, original and co-created
- Play therapy for adults
- Rejuvenation and self-care of therapists
Learning gained through your own family system experiences and other study will be built on. We will work with a light-hearted touch and aim for increased spontaneity and capacity for playfulness. We will learn through dramatic enactments, sharing, playing, drawing, singing, being in nature and teaching.
About the workshop leaders
Sara is a TEP and works as a trainer in Christchurch and Dunedin. She is a registered Psychotherapist who works with children and families in private practice. She has 11 grandchildren and a small herd of llamas. Phone or text: 027 3299116
Claire is a TEP and trainer for Wellington Psychodrama Training Institute, Nelson Branch. She is a psychotherapist, trainer, supervisor and coach. She enjoys working with families and couples and loves to play with children. Enquiries: cguy@xtra.co.nz phone or text 021 119 2533
Riverside Community and Cultural Centre. Includes marae style accommodation or camping. You can organise other accommodation in Motueka, 10 minutes drive away. Lunch and dinner provided each day, BYO breakfast and goodies for am/pm teas.