THE IMAGERY TOOLBOX
SAT 16TH & SUN 17TH OCTOBER AND SAT 27TH & SUN 28TH NOVEMBER
_10:00 - 17:00 (BRITISH TIME)_
IN PERSON WORKSHOP (IN OUR LONDON BRIDGE PREMISES ON TOOLEY STREET)
NB: this training will take place online if COVID restrictions
prohibit the training to be held in person in October and November 21.
WHY PARTICIPATE?
Also known as the IMAGERY TOOLBOX, this approach was developed by Jan
Taal, a psychologist and psychosynthesis psychotherapist as well as a
recognised specialist in this area. Jan has more than 40 years of
experience of working with people with cancer and chronic illness.
A powerful source of inspiration, healing and inner freedom for those
facing disease or crises.Immensely useful for professionals and
patients.
Read more about these techniques in the article written by Catherine
Ann Lombard for Therapy Today
[https://loveandwill.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/ca-lombard-the-art-of-healing-therapy-today-june-2020-single.pdf](June
2020).
WHO IS IT FOR?
The training is intended for health care professionals, among which
nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, counsellors, psychotherapists,
social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychosynthesis
guides/coaches, spiritual care givers, psychosocial and cam therapists
as well intended for lay people who are confronted with, cancer,
chronic illness or crisis.
This workshop is also open to interested experienced experts whether
qualified or trained in psychosynthesis or not.
PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP
In an era where the costs of healthcare are constantly increasing,
self-reinforcing methods such as imagery and artistic expression are
important additions to the care of patients.
Imagery and creative expression can contribute significantly to
promoting coping and resilience, providing a humanistic,
individualised, empathetic, patient centred and often a spiritual
response to the challenge of illness or crisis.
The imagination is a realm in which we find our inner resources which
we can draw upon to fortify ourselves. Everyone possesses this innate
and self-reinforcing ability.?
The Imagery Toolbox contains some excellent tools which can help us to
do just this. These take the form of? simple exercises, suggestions
and materials which can provide you with the means to teach your
clients to use their imaginative resources to increase their power and
resilience in difficult times of illness or crisis and recovery.
REQUIREMENTS
The participants will need to purchase a copy of The Imagery Toolbox
[https://imagerytoolbox.com/]. The TOOLBOX CAN BE ORDERED ONLINE AT
imagerytoolbox.com [https://imagerytoolbox.com/] or during the first
day of the training at the Psychosynthesis Trust (cost: £38.50).
The Imagery Toolbox [https://imagerytoolbox.com/]contains an EXTENSIVE
COURSE BOOK, 8 audio exercises on mp3 and on CD, 54 symbol cards
(photographs), drawing material, a DVD and more. Information and
updates: imagerytoolbox.com [https://imagerytoolbox.com/].
OUR APPROACH
Psychosynthesis as applied to psychotherapy is a unique approach that
combines both psychology and spirituality. It is a holistic process
that helps the individual deal with patterns of behaviours which
inhibit or prevent living life in meaningful and fulfilling ways.
The psychosynthesis understanding is that human beings have the
internal tools to overcome most situations (intellectual, emotional,
spiritual and physical), and that vital and healing sources exist in
every human being. Those resources can be activated organically with
the help of imagery to gain more access to love, wholeness, connection
and power to act.
WHAT TO EXPECT?
Participants will be asked to take part in discussions, to practice
accessible imagery exercises with other participants, share and
participate in simple expressive exercises (e.g. writing and
sketching).
PART 1 - SAT 16TH & SUN 17TH OCTOBER
* Theory and case studies. Examples of the use of the imagery tools
from the Imagery Toolbox will be presented, with case studies and
illustrations
* Demonstrations of the tools and exercises of the toolbox with
participants
* Exercises of the participants with each other of the tool and
exercises from the toolbox
* Discussion and supervision
During the six weeks between part 1 and 2 of the training,
participants will be invited to practice and try out the different
tools and exercises with clients or volunteers. On day three and four,
there will be super- and intervision of the assignments of these
assignments.
PART 2 - SAT 27TH & SUN 28TH NOVEMBER
* Super- and intervision of these assignments
* In-depth training, more demonstration and exercise between
participants, using different tools and approaches
* Discussion of pitfalls, the issue of I-strength and more
* Dealing with emotional blockages
* Countertransference
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of:
* the possible benefits of simple imagery exercises for people with
cancer, chronic illness or experiencing a crisis
* how imagery works and how it can be applied
* the pitfalls involved in working with imagery methods
* ones own psychological process in working with clients with a
life-threathening illness or crisis
TICKET PRICE
At the Trust we appreciate that each person has their own unique
situation including financial. We invite you to select the price point
that feels like it represents a fair contribution for attending this
event.
The options are: £300, £330, £350, £380 or £410
TRAINER
Jan Taal (1949) is practicing healthcare psychologist and trainer at
the Amsterdam School for Imagery since 1980.
He studied Psychology at the University of Amsterdam (1973-1976) and
Clinical Psychology at the University of Leiden (1976-1979). He was
trained in Psychosynthesis in the Netherlands and Italy (1978- 1982).
Prior to Psychology Jan studied Cultural Anthropology. He wandered in
Afghanistan, the mountains of North-West Pakistan, India and Nepal
(1969-1973). During this fieldwork Jan had many adventures and
significant encounters. It led him to study Eastern and Western
Spiritual Traditions, Sufism, Jungian and Transpersonal Psychology and
Traditional Medicine and in the last decade rituals of traditional
healers in the Amazon region in South America.
In order to stimulate the coping ability and resilience in people with
cancer Jan was in 1987 co-founder of the Foundation Cancer in Images
(Stichting Kanker in Beeld) of which he was the first chairman. This
foundation promotes the use of imagery and creativity in many ways,
imagining, drawing, painting, sculpting, writing, poetry, singing,
etcetera. In collaboration with the Dutch Cancer Society Jan
coordinated two large manifestations in the Old Church of Amsterdam,
groundbreaking events full of art and performances of people coping
with cancer.
In 2009 Jan started the Imagery Toolbox Project. The aim and purpose
of the toolbox is to provide easily accessible and versatile imagery
and creativity tools for coping with cancer, chronic illness and
crisis, so that these means become available to an ever larger number
of people and can be put to extensive use within the healthcare
system. To gain a permanent place in the mainstream of healthcare is
the long-term goal of the Imagery Toolbox project.
www.imagerytoolbox.com
Jan has been guest trainer and keynote speaker in conferences and
institutes in the Netherlands, Europe, North America and Pakistan. In
2002 and 2007 he did a pilot study regarding the possibilities and
results of imagery in the remote mountains of the Hindukush (Central
Asia) with literate and illiterate people. In the tribal Pathan areas
of Malakand Jan he has been involved in the development of special
education for girls from the poorest families since 2002. He is
secretary of the Foundation Girls Education Pakistan (Stichting
Meisjesonderwijs Pakistan).
www.imagerytoolbox.com [http://www.imagerytoolbox.com/]
www.imaginatie.nl [http://www.imaginatie.nl/]
Free IMAGERY TOOL: https://strengthen-yourself.imaginatie.nl/public/
[https://strengthen-yourself.imaginatie.nl/public/]
Taal, J. (2021). Strengthen yourself in times of uncertainty or fear;
online imagery tool.
[https://strengthen-yourself.imaginatie.nl/public/]
Taal, J. (2019). The Three Stages of Imagery.
[https://www.imaginatie.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-three-Stages-of-Imagery-by-Jan-Taal.3.5.19.pdf]
Taal, J. (2017). _Course Book Imagery Toolbox 3.0._
[https://www.imaginatie.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ENG_Course-Book-Imagery-Toolbox-3.0.pdf]_
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Taal,J. & en Krop, J. (2003). Imagery in the treatment of trauma. In:
Sheikh, A. A. (ed.) Healing Images. The Role of Imagination in Health.
Imagery and Human Development Series. p. 396-407. Download
[https://www.imaginatie.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Imagery-in-the-treatment-of-trauma.-Jan-Taal-John-Krop-2003.pdf]
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