This course is designed to be delivered in short bursts of 2-3 hours over a 10-week period and is ideal as a ‘night school’ type programme.

Academic enough to provide a basis for further (serious) study, the level of study is still light enough for the more casual learner to make practical use of the knowledge and skills taught without feeling intimidated by too much ‘technical stuff’.

Within the framework of a general introduction to Psychology, the core models of Integrated SocioPsychology are introduced in brief form - including Spiral Dynamics, memes & schemas, the selfplex and Dimensions of Temperament.

Content:-

Week 1

• What Psychology is, what it is not and how it can be applied to ‘real life’
• The nature of beliefs, how they change and how they can be manipulated

Week 2

• A psychological understanding of ‘self’
• How ‘self’ develops – the impact of parents, teachers, friends & relations and experience

Week 3

• Identity – who am I and how many identities do I have?
• Motivation – the importance of values and context in changing motivations

Week 4

• Temperament – what is it and can it be measured?
• How temperament is reflected in body language
• Can temperament change through learning and conditioning?

Week5

• The relationships between temperament and motivation – how they can work together and how they can bring you to disaster

Week 6

• Gender – how different are men and women really from a biological point of view?
• How we socially construct gender

Week 7

• Children and the importance of attachments
• How early attachments can influence the way you develop throughout your entire life

Week8

• How children’s morals develop
• Morality and motivation – the connection

Week9

• Conflict – understanding how conflicts occur and how we can manage them better - using Robert Dilts’ Meta-Mirror and the Assimilation-Contrast Effect

Week10

• Bringing it altogether – summarising learning from the course and giving it a structure
• Ideas for exploring Psychology further

The workshop sessions are highly interactive, with games and materials to stimulate discussion,

Contact me to find out more about this highly popular workshop programme.

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