We invite you to the online course “Psychological Self-Regulation”, made up of 12 online meetings of 1.5 hours each. The course is 30% theory and 70% practice. You will get to know well-known theories of personality in the field of stress, methods of art practice, relaxation, meditation and self-regulation, practical ways of working with the body and emotions, and other useful exercises.
Duration: 12 meetings of 1.5 hours, once a week, from 18:00 Kyiv time (weekdays)
Start date: to be announced
Price: €12 per session (€118 for the whole course if paid in full before the course starts)
Take part online from anywhere in the world on Zoom: live contact with the teacher, homework, session recordings and a discussion group open 24/7.
The course is for those who want structured knowledge of how personality works and of the state of psychological wholeness. Gain practical tools for working with anxiety, negative states and bodily symptoms of stress, and for finding psychological resources that lift your state and mood. Help yourself and those close to you handle strong emotions well and prevent psychological burnout.
Programme of the course “Psychological Self-Regulation”:
1: Introduction to stress and its effect on personality
- Introduction to the course, getting acquainted and setting personal goals.
- An overview of stress and its effects on mental and physical health.
- The main theories of personality: Sigmund Freud’s theory of personality, Hans Selye’s theory of stress, Wilhelm Reich’s theory and others.
2: Understanding stress and how it shows itself
- Recognising and becoming aware of your own stress reactions and symptoms.
- The idea of a “psychological detox” and how to use it to overcome stress.
- Practical exercises in mindfulness and self-observation.
3: Art practices for expressing emotions
- An introduction to art practices and their role in working with stress.
- Using art materials to express and process emotions.
- Creative drawing tasks and other art practices.
4: Working with limiting beliefs
- How limiting beliefs affect stress and personality.
- Methods for changing and overcoming limiting beliefs.
- Exercises in reframing negative thoughts and building positive beliefs.
5: Psychological self-regulation through meditation
- Altered states of consciousness and trance states, techniques for entering trance.
- Meditation practices and how they help in handling stress.
- Different meditation techniques: attention on the breath, visualisation, metta meditation and others.
- Practical exercises in meditation and relaxation.
6: Developing resources and strengths
- The idea of psychic energy.
- Identifying the strengths and resources of the personality.
- Working with resources to overcome stress and become more resilient.
- Exercises that strengthen positive qualities and personal resources.
7: Managing emotions
- What emotions are, the energy of emotions, emotional programmes.
- Different emotions and their role in stress.
- Developing skills of emotional regulation and managing emotions.
- Practical exercises in noticing and managing emotions.
8: Working with bodily signs of stress
- The link between psychological stress and its physiological signs.
- Symptoms in the body and working with them through imagination.
- Body practices that release tension and improve physical wellbeing.
- Exercises in relaxation and easing bodily signs of stress.
9 — 11: Strategies for coping with stress
- Different strategies for coping with stress.
- Developing adaptive strategies for different situations.
- Images, roles and subpersonalities; exercises in applying strategies to real-life situations.
12: Closing and a plan for the future
- Summing up the course and discussing what has been achieved.
- A plan of action for the future that keeps the positive changes going.
- Working through personal questions, and other exercises.
The course “Psychological Self-Regulation” uses art practices, meditation, psychosynthesis, emotional-imagery work and other exercises that draw participants in actively and help them restore the wholeness of the personality, cope with stress and grow psychologically resilient.
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