Topic outline

  • General

    Holistic Counselling & Psychotherapy 



    Introduction

    Are you seeking change for your personal or professional life?

    Our Introductory Course will give you a taste of the vision and awareness (both inner and outer) that is cultivated at Metavision.

    We have created this course to give you a glimpse of the understanding and philosophy that underpins the depth and quality of content in the Metavision courses.

    Approach to this Introductory Course

    • Whilst introductory in nature, this course contains some deep and important perspectives and philosophies.

    • Please allow time to absorb and reflect upon the topics explored within the context of your own life journey. Please take advantage of the online forums to discuss your questions and thoughts with others participating in the course. We have designed the questions to prompt self-reflection. Many students prefer to write their reflections in a journal for easy reference and review at a later date.

    • How Graduates experience Metavision

      Since the inception of the Metavision Institute over 200 people from all parts of Australia and beyond with a wide expanse of experiences, both professional and personal have graduated from one or more of our courses.



    • Christina Nielsen (BSW, BAC, M App Sci, Cert of Advanced Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine in Hangzhou (China) Process Oriented Psychology (Phase 1). Member AACMA, MH AASW, AAMA) is the founder of the Metavision Institute.

    • Please listen to Christina's introduction where she covers the following:

      • What does 'holistic' really mean?
      • Why is it important?
      • What is meant by holistic in relation to counselling & psychotherapy?
      • Process Oriented Psychology
      • What do we mean by body, soul & spirit?
      • Why is following the process central to our work?
      • What are the influences on our work?
      • How are graduates using this approach in their personal and professional lives?

  • Topic 1

    Introduction to Inner-Work: Who Am I?



    Inner Work forms a big component of the Metavision Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy Course. In this exercise you are guided to explore the existential question of the human being - Who Am I?

    It is an extraordinary gift to be able to see each human life as truly unique. To see that no one else has ever been alike in body, soul or spirit, nor will ever be.

    • You are unique in body: no one else has exactly the same fingerprints, face or body structure as you.

    • In soul: no one else knows exactly your feelings, desires or yearnings, and

    • in spirit: your deep essence and innermost thoughts are yours alone.

    If you believe that you live more than one life, returning to this earth again and again, you remain unique on every level, in this moment, in this lifetime, now!

    If you believe that you live only one earthly life, then make the most of this time and ask yourself, "Who am I?" This is a perennial question for humankind.

    The "I Am" is seen as the spirit or deity that has unique expression through me as I gain insight into who I am. I also gain insight into who you are: our separateness and connection being two aspects of our entwined relationship.

    What is this relationship you have to yourself and to those around you; to the place where you live; to the work you do?

    Who am I? This is a great question to ask again and again.

    • Who am I?
      Rainer Maria Rilke in Letters To A Young Poet tells us that we need to hold the question and not just expect an answer:


      "Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given you now, because you would not be able to live them. The point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."

    • Podcast: Who Am I? 3 minutes File
      Please find a quiet space to listen to this 3 minute podcast with Christina Nielsen. This gives you a taste of some of the inner work done regularly during the course


  • Topic 2

    Awareness of the World around and within us

    In Session 1 we entered into a conversation with ourself. This is, of course, an ongoing process.

    Now we start to enter into a conversation with our surroundings. We begin to see how intimately connected our inner life is with the world around us. This is central to the Metavision Model.



      In the first exercise we entered into a conversation with ourself. This of course is an ongoing process. Now we start to enter into a conversation with our surroundings. We begin to see how intimately connected our inner life is with the world around us.

  • Topic 3

    Process Oriented Psychology

    Process Oriented Psychology forms a basis for much of the psychological work at the Metavision Institute.

    Process Work provides a simple structure, and a training in learning to read the signals of the process which is present and wanting to unfold in any situation.

    Conversation and Attentive Presence

    Through attentive presence, a "conversation" as poet David Whyte says, can begin with the phenomenon that is both within and without and is constantly present. This simple structure enables one to go deeply into complex places enabled to follow and participate in the conversation that exists.




    • Poetry as the language of soul activity can provide a beautiful expression for this work of paying attention.

    • Julie Diamond is one of the original founders of the Process Work Institute (PWI), a not-for-profit graduate school dedicated to research and training in process-oriented facilitation. At PWI she served as Vice President of Academic Affairs and developed its two Master of Arts Degree programs. She is the co-author of a textbook on Process Work, A Path Made by Walking, and many articles on Process Work, learning and change.


    • David completed graduate work in psychology at the University of Minnesota and clinical training at the Process Work Institute, where he is a diplomate and adjunct faculty member as well as a member of the ethics committee and the advisory board for the Master of Arts program in conflict facilitation. As a practitioner of process-oriented psychology he has worked with groups, couples, and individuals for over twenty years. He is the author of Talking Back to Dr. Phil: Alternatives to Mainstream Psychology.


       

  • Topic 4

    Where To From Here?


    You have just engaged with some of Metavision's awareness tools. These are but a taste of quality and style of education that you will find at Metavision.

    If you enjoyed this free introductory course and would like to know more, please click on the link below. This will take you to our Courses page where you can find more detailed and practical information. We would love to hear from you!

    • 5 Reasons to Study at Metavision

    • HCS

      HCS - Holistic Counselling Skills

      PTP - Holistic Counselling & Psychotherapy

      UTP - Holistic Counselling & Psychotherapy

           

      6 months online
      Certificate 

      The Holistic Counselling Skills Certificate (HCS) will cultivate and sharpen your individual insights and refine vital communication skills necessary in the modern world.

      You will gain a strong foundation in counselling that can lead on to professional training or bolster work in any profession where human connections and human values are central to success.

      This course is run predominantly online and is perfect for people wanting to study from rural areas and overseas.

       

      2 years - Postgraduate
      PACFA Accredited 

      Our professional training program gives a solid foundation in Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy. It is a course that enriches, extends and augments any appropriate prior training and life experience and opens the possibility of professional practice connected to an Australia-wide network of practising professionals.

      The course has a particular focus on soulful, holistic and process oriented (process work) methods taught through groundbreaking experiential learning techniques and practises.

       
      3 Years - Undergraduate
      PACFA Requirements Satisfied

      Specifically designed for those who do not have the necessary relevant undergraduate degree or work experience to enter at the post-graduate level, or those who choose this pathway to give a more extensive training in counselling and clinical skills than the two year course offers.

      This three year course fulfils the requirements of PACFA. On successfully completing the course you would be eligible to become a member of an association under PACFA, obtain indemnity insurance and begin to practice Counselling and Psychotherapy.