Participants will learn the insights that are presented in my most recent manuscript, Feeling Good about Writing (forward by Albert Ellis, PhD), which is the first book to apply the main principles of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy to writing blocks and the process of creative and nonfiction. We will also discuss the application to other creative endeavors and learn how to develop beliefs which empower, as opposed to defeating, creative processes.
Balancing the emotions and a transformational visualization are two visualizations that permit patients to actively work on pressing life issues during and between therapy sessions. Each visualization will finish with a musical composition by Ray Lynch that enhances the effectiveness and purpose of the visualization.
BT06 Short Course 36 - Journey Through Midlife: Yours and Your Clients - Are You Ready? - Marilia Baker, MSWThe second half of life - whether you are 35, 45, 55 or 65, is a time of intense questioning. It is also a period of transition from the illusions of youth and first adulthood to the challenge and rewards of maturity. This short course addresses those challenges and provides generative ways to travel the journey. Identifying archetypal passages and developmental impasses in your clients will help you build concise, precise, and to-the-point interventions, designed to create meaning and purpose in their lives.