Academy
of Transcultural Psychotherapy
Academy of Transcultural Psychotherapy
BASIC COURSE PROGRAMME
2023-2024
About the course programme
The course consists of 5 training modules. Each one runs for 3 days (from Friday to Sunday). There are mini workshops to practice skills between modules. The overall course would last for 12 months.
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION TO THE PPT. ACTUAL CONFLICT AND CURRENT LIFE SITUATION
Content :
To get knowledge of the key principles of the method;
To investigate the human personality model in PPT;
To examine the fundamental concepts and conflicts that described the causes and dynamics of neurotic symptoms
By completing the first module you have the opportunity to:
- Positive psychotherapy: definition, history, organisation, effectiveness, training model;
- Three principles of positive psychotherapy;
- A positive picture of the person. Basic capacities as developmental potential;
- "Positum: The role of disorders and diseases and their impact on "conflict response capacity";
- Transcultural approach. The issues and benefits of being a part of a multicultural world;
- Approaches in PPT counselling (introduction): balance model, Basic and Actual capacities, five stages of counselling and self-help, study of humour, self-wisdom and storytelling techniques;
- Balance model: the four spheres of life dimension, motivation - basic human needs, planning, everyday practices;
- the four spheres of positive counselling;
- Actual Conflict and Actual capacities.
- Key conflict;
- Micro & macro traumas;
- Work practices in PPT.
To get knowledge of the key principles of the method;
To investigate the human personality model in PPT;
To examine the fundamental concepts and conflicts that described the causes and dynamics of neurotic symptoms
By completing the first module you have the opportunity to:
- manage own balance of life's motivations and time;
- identify your own actual and key conflicts and see such conflicts in others;
- develop a professional self-identity as a counselling psychologist;
- identify common ways of response in various life situations;
- take a systematic approach to therapy planning.
10:00 –18:00
MODULE 2
THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF CONFLICT AND FAMILY
Content :
Goals :
To analyse the impact of parenting on the client's complaints picture;
To examine the stages of the client's personal development through the prism of the PPT method.
By completing the second module you have the opportunity to:
- A brief overview of the previous module. Discussions on the use of PPT in private life;
- Primary capacities;
- the Basic conflict;
- The family culture, concepts and traditions;
- The impact of cultural values on concepts and relationships (traditions and misunderstandings);
- A role model;
- the developing of existing skills on the Role Model;
- 4 spheres of relationship and responsibility.
Goals :
To analyse the impact of parenting on the client's complaints picture;
To examine the stages of the client's personal development through the prism of the PPT method.
By completing the second module you have the opportunity to:
- draw on information about childhood trauma and parenting patterns to improve the client's quality of life;
- learn to monitor the relationships that exist between the trigger events of the present and the past.
10:00 –18:00
MODULE 3
POSITIVE PSYCHODYNAMICS
Content :
Goals :
To examine the reasons for the development and structure of neurosis formation in PPT;
To investigate a five-step algorithm for analysing and "studying of" a client's problem.
By completing the third module you have the opportunity to:
- The conflict and the symptom as the opportunity to satisfy/protect values (needs);
- Deficiency as an area for developing; problems as challenges or tools for communication;
- Internal conflict. A positive interpretation of conflict/disorder as a psychodynamic hypothesis;
- A conflict model in PPT (psychodynamic);
- The psychodynamics of relationship patterns;
- 3 engagement stages;
- 5 steps on conflict resolution;
Goals :
To examine the reasons for the development and structure of neurosis formation in PPT;
To investigate a five-step algorithm for analysing and "studying of" a client's problem.
By completing the third module you have the opportunity to:
- find and develop the client's deficit capacities needed to resolve the problem as quickly as possible;
- provide counselling to the first clients.
10:00 –18:00
MODULE 4
Self Discovery. Day 1.
Goals:
Operate on your own blocks and beliefs related to the counsellor's work;
Learn how you can use your constraints for the benefit of your client;
Transform your own weak points into therapeutic techniques.
By completing the forth module you have the opportunity to:
- A psychodynamic group aimed at exploring its therapeutic role.
Goals:
Operate on your own blocks and beliefs related to the counsellor's work;
Learn how you can use your constraints for the benefit of your client;
Transform your own weak points into therapeutic techniques.
By completing the forth module you have the opportunity to:
- investigate your personal constraints, blocks and strengths that can impact on your personal practice.
10:00 –18:00
MODULE 5
THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT
Content :
Goals :
To use parables and metaphors to create a new adaptive attitude;
Learn ways to talk to the client about the real reasons for their problem, without imposing your own views;
Transform the new client insights into real changes in their lives.
By completing the fifth module you have the opportunity to:
- A brief overview of the previous module. Discussions on the use of PPT in private life and practical work;;
- A positive relationship between counsellor and client;
- The impact of cultural values on counselling relationships;
- The use of stories, wisdom and humour in positive psychotherapy. Their functions, sources, and structures;
- The five stages of counselling;
- Monitoring: tools of distancing and monitoring; macro- and micro-trauma; positive interpretation, transcultural approach;
- The formulation of Actual and Key Conflicts;
- Inventory: Inventory tools; formulation of Basic and Internal conflicts;
- Motivation: searching for resources, stimulating tools;
- Verbalisation: tools of verbalisation, aspects of diagnostics in PPT: conflict response, concepts of conflict, personality concepts, counselling planning in PPT;
- Goal broadening, tools for goal broadening;
- Presentation of five stages of counselling;
- The consultant's spheres of responsibility;
- Supervision and a case study.
Goals :
To use parables and metaphors to create a new adaptive attitude;
Learn ways to talk to the client about the real reasons for their problem, without imposing your own views;
Transform the new client insights into real changes in their lives.
By completing the fifth module you have the opportunity to:
- improve skills for constructing a therapeutic alliance with the client;
- assist the client in consolidating the result of the running changes;
- plan for steps to follow after finishing counselling.
10:00 –18:00
There are regular intervisory sessions between modules, where participants work on their counselling skills on their own, plus blitz training sessions (at least two between modules), where skills training is supervised by the programme's trainer. The dates of the blitz training sessions are agreed on after the programme starts.
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