Location: Mala Center, Athens
Hours: 70
Study Load/Credits: 2.68
Instructors: Vedanta Aspioti
Course Description:
In this course, the student learns the elements of facilitating a group, from the practical details and structure all the way to how to mirror and give feedback. We also learn in-depth about personality types, according to the Enneagram, and the essential resource each type is attempting to embody.
Course Goal:
The aim of the course is to help the students deepen in working individually and working with groups.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course the students will be able to:
1. Assess a client’s Enneagram type
2. Name the Essential resource each Enneagram type is compensating for with their personality tendency
3. Articulate the attitude of a group leader
4. Create a structure of a group therapy, exercise or meditation session
5. Give appropriate feedback in the format of a group therapy session
6. Match psychosomatic diseases with their psychological origin
7. Assess clients in collaboration with peers and properly refer to other professionals when appropriate
Education Method: Lecture/Theory, Exercise, Meditation, Group therapy process, Practice
Required Literature:
Aspioti, Vedanta, Essential Psychotherapy Year 3 Training Manual/Study Guide, Unpublished, 2019
Pages, 240 – 342 (102), 4 pages per hour pace, 20 hours
Optional Literature:
Maitri, Sandra, The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram: Nine Faces of the Soul, TarcherPerigee, 2001
Riso, Don and Hudson, Russ, Understanding the Enneagram: The Practical Guide to Personality Types, Mariner Books, 2000
Testing:
Group Session: Giving a live group session which will be evaluated by the instructors
Exam Duration: 1 hour