This immersive two-day workshop offers an introduction to and grounding in council practice, guided by two experienced trainers.
Program: Foundations of Council Trainings (council training level one/CT1 – eligible for CE-credit)
Date: October 19-20, 2024
Times: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm each day (with 1-hour lunch breaks)
Location: Highland Park, CA
Trainers: TBD
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Develop your fluency and capacity to practice and offer council circles! Learn how to bring this practice into your personal life, communities and profession. This 16-hour offering, led by two Certified Council Trainers, is a powerful and inspiring introduction to the practice of council and offers an experiential opportunity to work with the basic elements, modalities and forms.
In Council Training 1: Introduction to Council, you’ll explore the history, fundamentals, and nuances of the forms and modalities of council in depth. Become familiar with the background of the intentions and language used in the practice. In addition to a grounding in the basic procedures and tools of council, you’ll receive tips on the broader applications to a variety of settings, including classrooms, boardrooms, prisons, communities and your personal relationships.
Additional Details
Lunch, coffee, and snacks are included. Overnight accommodations is not included.
Donations and program fees support Center for Council’s ability to offer transformative programming to incarcerated men and women, law enforcement, healthcare workers, educators and community leaders.
CE Credits: The course meets the qualifications for 15 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Center for Council is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs (CAMFT approval #1000178). Center for Council maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. For more information or special needs, email us: contact@centerforcouncil.org.
Further details: Participants will spend 15 hours developing their understanding of, fluency with and capacity to engage in and facilitate council, so as to integrate this methodology into professional settings and practice. This training workshop covers the history, fundamentals and nuances of the forms and modalities of council, as well as the pedagogy, intentions and language used to introduce the practice to others. In addition to a grounding in the basic procedures and tools of council, broader applications to a variety of scenarios will be explored, along with the benefits of skillful embodiment of compassion in working with patients, interacting with colleagues and to benefit personal wellbeing and balance. 15 CE credits are available for instructional time and course activities and does not include breaks or mealtime. Course completion certificates will be awarded upon request via email and will be sent within five business days.
Learning objectives: The learning objectives for this course include the following anticipated outcomes: identifying and describing methodologies for regulating breath and stress and creating a container for reflection on personal motivation; explaining the five elements and four intentions of council practice; identifying the four planes of awareness and demonstrating the ability to assess one’s own physical, mental, emotional, and energetic states; distinguishing the basic, fishbowl and spiral formats of council; identifying the physiological differences between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system activation; demonstrating two or more techniques for interrupting the stress response and augmenting the parasympathetic response; creating a council center and explaining the value of council talking pieces; forming council prompts and articulating the four factors that make for a successful prompt; distinguishing three or more critical elements of council practice and effective facilitation; identifying two or more factors that encourage appropriate disclosure and vulnerability; identifying 6-8 formats for council and explaining how these are utilized in varied settings; and identifying two or more valuable take-aways from the workshop.
Refund Policy: Fees are fully refundable within seven days from the purchase date and can be transferred and applied to another training offered by Center for Council up until 30 days before the original event date. Fees are non-refundable and non-transferable if canceled within 30 days of the training. To request a cancellation or transfer please contact us. Requests will be processed within ten business days. If Center for Council cancels, participants will have the option to transfer fees or receive a full refund for the cost of the training.
Grievance Policy: Grievances shall be submitted by email to contact@centerforcouncil.org and will receive a response from staff within five business days.