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Primal Psychodrama Weekend Workshops
August 29 - 31, 2008
December 5 - 7, 2008
Groups run Friday 6 pm to Sunday Noon.
Cost $175, breakfast and dorm style accommodations
included. Group size limited
to 8 participants. Some experience
in therapy is desirable, but anyone who is interested in psychodrama and/or primal is welcome to participate.
The May-June workshop will start at 3 pm on Friday, May 30 with
2 hour
ecstatic
dance
session
led by Patricia Kambitsch, MSed, (http://playthink.com/pak2.htm).
Ecstatic
dance is an intentional practice of deep inner exploration
and self
expression through improvised movement. An extended session of
expressive dancing
reconnects
participants with the innate expressive language of the body.
An
eclectic mix of music guides the experience.
These workshops get filled up quick, so register early!
For more information contact Esta:
Primalesta@yahoo.com
or call
614-893-3527
To download the brochure click here.

TRAINING IN Primal INTEGRATION Led
by Esta Powell and Bob Holmes
April 7-11, 2008
The training is designed for
Primal Integration facilitators, those who want to enhance
their skills as a “buddy,” therapists interested in trauma
treatment, or anyone who wishes to expand their experience in
feeling-focused, regressive psychotherapies, the training
includes:
 | 45 training hours with certificate. |
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Demonstration/therapy sessions with Esta and Bob. |
 | Daily
co-therapy sessions in safe, supervised dyads. |
 | Post-session discussion with supportive, constructive feedback. |
 | Structured
discussion on important aspects of Primal Therapy, such as,
safety and containment; client-oriented approach; working with
shock; specifics of healing first-line trauma; transference
issues; incorporating techniques from other modalities, such as
Gestalt, Psychodrama, Inner Child Work, etc. |
 | Attention
will be paid to group dynamics. |
Full five-day group will run from
Monday, 9 am to Friday, 6 pm. Arrival on Sunday and departure on
Saturday. Group size limited to 8 participants. Some experience in
Primal or other experiential modalities is desirable. However,
anyone interested is welcome to apply. The $980 cost includes meals
and dorm style accommodations; $920 if paid in full by March 1,
2008. $200
non-refundable fee is required upon registration.
This is the first in a series of
training modules that are currently being developed.
For more information
click here.
To download the brochure click here.
To
register please or if you have any questions contact Esta:
primalesta@yahoo.com (614-893-3527) or Bob:
link.2.holmes@sympatico.ca (1-877-258-9315).
About Bob Holmes
Bob’s history with deep-feeling,
regressive psychotherapy spans 33 years. He began a personal primal
process in 1975, worked in the bereavement sector as a funeral
director for eleven years, and has been facilitating primal and
regression therapy since 1992. He has received specialized training
in Primal Integration (Barbara Bryan, Sam Turton), Hypnosis
(Georgina Cannon) and Regression Therapy (Marion Boon), and
conducted workshops in Canada and the United States. Bob is the
director of the Regression Therapy Centre of Ontario, in Toronto,
Canada, and is on staff for weekend intensives at the Primal
Integration Center of Michigan. He holds memberships in the Canadian
Association for Psychodynamic Therapy, the International Association
for Regression Research and Therapies and the International Primal
Association, of which he is currently President. For more
information visit: http://www3.sympatico.ca/link.2.holmes/

FINDING YOUR INNER
POWER

March 28-30, 2008
Workshop is designed for adult adoptees, persons who
experienced parental loss/separation at a young age, or anyone
interested in the issues related to adoption. International and
transracial adoptees are warmly welcome.
We will explore the overall adoption experience,
encompassing Identity, Belonging, Feeling Loved, Feeling Welcomed,
Grounding and other issues that stand in the way of your life’s
work, love and joy. Through structured exercises and feeling-release
in a safe and confidentialgroup environment we will work on:
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unlocking grief and shame, |
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getting in touch with your inner truth, |
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knowing fear of rejection, |
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leading instead of waiting to be welcomed, |
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finding the source of love within instead of love
addiction, |
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creating your own ideal parent inside, and
finally, |
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accessing your un-sabotaged inner power living
from your expansive self. |
Group will run Friday 6 pm to Sunday 3 pm. Group size
limited to 12 participants. Cost is
$290, 2 breakfasts and 2 lunches included. Dorm style
accommodations are available for
extra $25 per night. To apply or for more details
please contact
Esta: primalesta@yahoo.com or
Christopher:
AdoptedLife@yahoo.com (http://www.adoptedlife.org)
About Christopher
Christopher has been through
every stage of adoption, including finding his birthparents,
developing a relationship with his birth mother, and fairly
working-out adoption themes with his adoptive parents. His Ph.D. is
in chemical engineering and he is currently seeking investors for a
new invention aimed at creating a sustainable and environmentally
respectful world. He is the co-illustrator of a new book on
adoption, entitled Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide (It Happened to
Me); the book covers different topics than this article. His
cartoons and paintings have appeared in numerous publications,
on-line and in art exhibitions.
Click here to read
Christopher's article Adoption and Beyond.

previously HELD EVENTS
Primal Psychodrama Weekend
Workshops in Columbus, OH
February 1-3, 2008
November 2-4, 2007
August 31 - September 2, 2007
June 15-17, 2007
February 16-19, 2007
Advanced Training in Primal Integration in Guelph,
Ontario, Canada
Co-Led with Sam Turton
Intensive training to develop facilitation skills for
Primal Integration facilitation.
April 22-28, 2007
Psychodrama and Primal Therapy
Training in
Detroit, Michigan
Three weekend long training for therapists and
facilitators.
Sponsored by Primal Integration Center of Michigan.
January 19-21, 2007
December 1-3, 2006
October, 2006
Intermediate Training in Primal
Integration in Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Co-Led with Sam Turton
Intensive training to develop facilitation skills for
Primal Integration facilitation.
June 11–17, 2006
Experiential Primal Therapy Training & Intensive
in Harnham Farm, Somerset, UK
Co-Led with Sam Turton
May 14–20, 2006
Towards A New Theory of Deep Listening -
Depth Psychotherapy Workshop in Toronto, Canada
Led by Paul Vereshack, B.A., M.D., D.Psych.
Assisted by Esta Powell
October, 2005

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