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When's the next
SoulCollage
Facilitator Training
in New England?



April 17-19, 2009
Wisdom House
Litchfield, Connecticut


Led by Anne Marie Bennett
and
Jeanne Marie Merkel






Have you been practicing SoulCollage® for your own personal enrichment and now want to take the next step and share it with your friends, women's group, or church?

Are you a coach, art therapist, social worker, spiritual director, or other helping professional looking for a creative tool to help your clients tap into their intuition and inner wisdom?

Are you an artist interested in facilitating others' self-discovery through the creative process?

Then please consider becoming a SoulCollage® Facilitator!

The SoulCollage Facilitator Training will focus on how to facilitate individuals and groups in making and using SoulCollage® cards rather than on participant card-making per se as in a SoulCollage workshop.

Anyone who is interested in forming SoulCollage® groups or in using SoulCollage® in already established groups (such as church groups, women's groups, senior groups, hospice, educational classes) or as an art technique as an adjunct to other kinds of groups, classes, or workshops is welcome to register.

These trainings have attracted many therapists and art therapists, as it appears many love the SoulCollage® process and see readily how it can be used in their particular work. Training participants network with each other and share how to adapt the SoulCollage® process to their clientele. Some ministers and lay clergy have also come to be able to facilitate SoulCollage® in their ministry.

However, we want to stress that no degree or other credentialing is needed to register for this course and that enthusiasm for the process and its use in one's own life are the chief criteria for participation in the Training.


Preparation and Prerequisites

Please prepare for the training by:

  • Reading Seena's book SoulCollage®
     
  • Reading Seena's article "The Transpersonal Cards of the SoulCollage® Deck" (it describes two additional cards which were added after the book was published)
     
  • Listening to her two CDs (one is an Introduction to SoulCollage® with a guided meditation, the other is about Facilitating SoulCollage in Groups)
     
  • Reading and familiarizing yourself with the Principles of SoulCollage®
     
  • Making few cards in each suit for your own SoulCollage deck (this is important so that you can gain experience with your own card-making before learning how to facilitate the process with others)

In addition, you might also consider taking an introductory SoulCollage® workshop prior to the training if it is feasible to do so, and if you haven't done so already. This will give you an opportunity to experience the process first as a participant before we engage with the material as facilitators. You can search for a trained facilitator in your area. Please know that attending an introductory workshop is a "nice-to-have" and not a prerequisite for the training.
 

These preparations are important so that you can gather experience from your own card-making process before working with others who are learning to make cards.

We also request that participants bring all of their SoulCollage cards when they come to the Training. To receive a certificate of completion a participant must attend and complete ALL sessions of this Training.

Persons who complete the SoulCollage training will receive a Certificate of Completion and may use the SoulCollage® trademark in doing individual or group work according to the Principles of SoulCollage®. Thus, SoulCollage trains, rather than "certifies," facilitators.


What the SoulCollage Facilitator Training Covers

Anne Marie Bennett, assisted by Jeanne Marie Merkel, will teach using her extensive experience of facilitating SoulCollage in groups. The training will include:

* How to facilitate SoulCollage card-making, including ways to support self-esteem and avoid competition and self-criticism

* How to implement a therapeutic structure which both protects and encourages self-discovery, without the facilitator doing therapy

* Ways to adapt the process to different individual issues and different populations

* Demonstration of ceremonial work with SoulCollage cards

* Discussion about how to use the internet to support and encourage "SoulCollage" community, including the SoulCollage Facilitators' Yahoo Group, the Facilitator's "Neter Letter" newsletter, SoulCollage® Exhibitions, and referral listings on the website for trained SoulCollage® Facilitators

* Help in envisioning a plan for facilitating SoulCollage that fits your own passions, intentions, and competencies

* We will make cards, share cards, and use our own processes as teaching examples for facilitator training. Participants bring all the SoulCollage cards they have made so far to use in the group exercises that we will be demonstrating.

Your Investment

The training fee (see below) includes:

  • 2 nights lodging
  • 6 meals
  • tea, coffee & snacks
  • all training sessions
  • all materials including lots of blank cards and an abundance of images
  • a year's membership in the SoulCollage® Facilitators' Circle
  • Subscription to the SoulCollage® Facilitator monthly e-newsletter
  • An invitation to join the collaborative SoulCollage® Facilitator list serve (Yahoo group)

In order to make this Training more affordable and accessible, you can choose to pay in three smaller payments (every other month for 6 months).

And... if you sign up for Early Bird Registration (before July 30), you'll save $50. That's right, the price is going UP $50 on August 1.


Location

Nestled in the foothills of the Berkshires,Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center invites you to an experience of peace and tranquility.

This former center of spiritual development for the community of Catholic sisters, the Daughters of Wisdom, provides an environment conducive to reflection and creative expression..

Now Wisdom House is the interfaith center which welcomes women and men who value seeking and learning in a contemplative environment. The center is a ministry of the Daughters of Wisdom of the United States Province.

As a country retreat and conference center, Wisdom House spans 54 acres of meadows, woods and brooks. Indoor and outdoor sanctuary areas and labyrinth encourage meditation, prayer and creative thinking.

You have your choice of a single or a shared room, so please be sure to choose the correct PayPal button below.




Cancellation Policy

A full refund, less a $50 processing fee, will be given at the cancellation of a SoulCollage Facilitator Training registration as long as the cancellation is received up to one month prior to the training.

No refund or credit is given for cancellations made with less than one month notice, if you fail to attend, or if you leave the event early, unless someone is able to take your place at short notice from our waiting list.

Some exceptions may be made for sudden incapacitating illness or family emergencies. You may also apply a credit toward another SoulCollage Facilitator Training led by Anne Marie Bennett within the next 12 months.



Early Bird Registration (before July 30)

Please note that there is a high interest in this Training and we expect the spaces to go quickly. If you are interested, please secure your place before July 30!

DOUBLE Room
Pay In Full Here:


$629





DOUBLE Room
Pay In 3 Smaller Payments Here:


$215
every other month (3 payments)

Note: Choosing this option means that PayPal will automatically charge you $215 every other month for the 3 payments.






SINGLE Room
Pay In Full Here:


$689





SINGLE Room
Pay In 3 Smaller Payments Here:


$240
every other month (3 payments)

Note: Choosing this option means that PayPal will automatically charge you $240 every other month for the 3 payments.




Checks Accepted for Full Amount Only:


Please send to:

KaleidoSoul
PO Box 745
Beverly, MA 01915