Location: Osho Mevlana Center, Amsterdam
Hours: 49
Study Load/Credits: 4.86
Instructors: Vedanta Aspioti
Course Description:
In this course we study the relational dimension of therapy. One aspect is attachment and attachment styles, how our bonding or lack thereof affects the person’s relationship to himself, his needs and others. The therapist is called to be a corrective attachment figure, offering the client a safe connection. We then explore different relational models and approaches to couple therapy, as many times the issues a client will bring to therapy are relational.
Course Goal:
The aim of the course is to give the students a foundation to work with relationship issues and couple therapy
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course the students will be able to:
1. Create a protocol on working with a couple based on their central issues
2. Assess a client’s attachment style
3. Relate developmental stages of childhood to stages of adult relationship
4. List the ways that couples negatively interact with each other which jeopardize connection
5. Counsel a couple with infidelity issues
6. Outline the steps of helping a couple to separate consciously
Education Method: Lecture/Theory, Exercise, Meditation, Group therapy process, Practice
Required Literature:
Aspioti, Vedanta, Essential Psychotherapy Year 3 Training Manual, Unpublished, 2019
1 – 240 (240) pages, 5 pages per hour pace, 48 hours
Aspioti, Vedanta, Essential Psychotherapy Relationship Interventions Manual, Unpublished, 2020
118 pages, 5 pages per hour pace, 24 hours
Aspioti, Vedanta, Essential Psychotherapy Relationship Interventions Manual II: The Self – Absorbed Partner, Unpublished, 2020
40 pages, 4 pages per hour pace, 10 hours
Johnson, Susan, Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships, Piatkus Books, 2011
300 pages, 6 pages per hour pace, 50 hours
Optional Literature:
Gottman, John, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship, Harmony, 2015
Deida, David, Dear Lover: A Woman's Guide To Men, Sex, And Love's Deepest Bliss, Sounds True, 1, 2004
Tatkin, Stan, Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship, New Harbinger Publications, 2012
Bader, Ellyn, Peter T. Pearson and Zeig, In Quest of the Mythical Mate: a Developmental Approach To Diagnosis And Treatment in Couples Therapy, Brunner/Mazel, Florence, KY, 1988
Holmes, Jeremy, John Bowlby and the Theory of Attachment, Routledge, London, 1993
Weinhold, Janae and Barry, Breaking Free of the Co-Dependency Trap, New World Library, 2008
Celani, David P., The Illusion of Love: Why the Battered Woman Returns to her Abuser, Colombia University Press, New York, 1994
Deida, David, Intimate Communion, Health Communications, 1995
Ferrini, Paul, The 7 Spiritual Laws of Relationship, 1999
Rosenberg, Ross, The Human Magnet Syndrome: The Codependent Narcissist Trap, Morgan James Publishing, 2018
Kingma, Daphne Rose, Coming Apart: Why Relationships End and How to Live Through the Ending of Yours, Conari Press, 2012
Testing:
Written Exam: A written test with multiple choice questions and written questions on the material that is taught in Module 1 of the third year of the Power of Light Training
Exam Duration: 2 hours