Topic outline

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  General

  

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  Welcome to Sophia!

  Please click below to view a vodcast (video podcast) from Christina.

  • A welcome from the Founder and Academic Director of the Metavision Institute.
  • Forum Policy Document File

    Please read this before using the Metavision forums.

  • Discussion Forum

    This is a place to introduce yourselves and discuss the introductory activities for the course.

  • We have set up several areas for you to access important information and keep in touch with students and staff before your studies commence, and during your time at Metavision:

    Student Lounge: which includes:

    Social Cafe: a place for students college-wide to stay in touch.

    Resources: a collection of important documents, forms, how-to guides and policies.

    PTP Course Resources: Some documents and forms which will come in handy over the time of your studies in the PTP course.

    
    

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  • PTP161 Year 1 Intensive 1 Program File
  • PTP161 Year 1 Intensive 2 Program File
  • PTP161 Year 1 Intensive 3 Program File
  • PTP161 Year 2 Intensive 1 Program File
  • PTP161 Year 2 Intensive 2 Program File
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  • PTP161 Year 1 Intensive 1 Home Study Guide File
  • PTP161 Year 1 Intensive 2 Home Study Guide v3 File
  • PTP161 Year 2 Intensive 1 Home Study Guide v3 File
  • PTP161 Year 2 Intensive 2 Home Study Guide v3.1 File
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    Self Care

  • Self Care File

    Written by Will Hall from sources: Peter Levine, Judith Herman.
    

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  • Dalai Lama: Religion Without Quantum Physics Is an Incomplete Picture of Reality URL

    40 minute conference where the Dalai Lama discusses religion and quantum physics (fast forward the video to 19:58 to skip the intro)

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  Topic 1

  Introductory Material

  We encourage you to do some introductory reading and begin to get to know your fellow students.  Please take a look at the following resources and exercises to help you begin!

  There's a lot to get through, but don't worry: work through it at your own pace, and we'll see you in March 2016!

  The recommended readings in preparation for your first intensive are:

  • "No Boundary" - by Ken Wilber; and
  • A Path Made by Walking - by Julie Diamond (PDF below)
  • 100 Years of Psychotherapy - by Hillman and Ventura (PDF below)

  • A Path Made by Walking File

    Diamond, J., & Jones, L. S. (2005). A path made by walking: Process work in practice. United States: Lao Tse Press.
    

  • A Hundred Years of Psychotherapy File

    Hillman, J. (2007). We’ve had a Hundred years of Psychotherapy. New York, NY, United States: HarperCollins Publishers.

  • Reading List - PTP161 - Year One File
  • Reading List - PTP161 - Year Two File
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  Topic 2

  Steiner and Anthroposophy

  

  • Steiner - A Sketch of His Life and Work File

    Davy, J. (n.d.). Rudolf Steiner: A Sketch of his Life and Worl. Anthroposophical Society in Australia
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  • Pater - What is Anthroposophy? File
  • What do people think about this short YouTube clip? Forum

    Here is a forum to discuss people's thoughts on the above clip.

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  Topic 3

  Inner Work 

  Inner work is an essential component to working with others, here are a couple of valuable exercises to help familiarise you with the act of working on yourself.

  • Inner Work File
  • Self-Assessment (Adapted from Egan) File
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  Topic 4

  Exercises for Journaling

  • Psychological Workbook File

    Ira Progoff - Introduction to Journaling
    

  • Goldberg - Rules of Writing Practice File

    Goldberg, N. (2000). Wild mind: Living the writer’s life. London: Rider & Co.
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    • Read "No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth," by Ken Wilber.
    • Then answer the questions in the Discussion Forum.

    (Copies available from the Metavision Institute Library and Amazon Kindle.)

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  Topic 5

  Foundational Counselling Skills Workshop

  
  

  

  The Foundational Counselling Skills workshop is an extra module that is compulsory for some students, this would have been discussed with when you when you registered as a student with Metavision.

  The Foundational Counselling Skills Workshop is being held on the Friday 4th &  Saturday 5th of March 2016. 

  Workshop hours 9am - 5pm both days

  Venue: Harmony Centre 11 Beresford Street Mittagong NSW

  If you have any questions or would like more information on this workshop please contact Deanne Reyes on 0416 024 174

  • For students attending the 2-day FCS workshop, please read these:

    "Basic Personal Counselling; A Training Manual for Counsellors" by David & Kathryn Geldard.

    "Person Centred Counselling in Action" by Dave Mearns & Brian Thorne.