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Understand the Blame Game: Shift Yourself, Shift the World
Presented by Janet Christie-Seely

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Time:   Sunday, August 3, 2 pm - 5 pm

 

Presentation Description: 

Hierarchy impacts communication; it creates blame and shame. Before the Greeks, a dramatic climate change prompted a shift from partnership to dominator societies. Now it’s essential we shift back. Using demonstration we’ll follow a culture-change process. A self-esteem/addiction sculpt is used to help people slide down the Iceberg (Virginia Satir’s key metaphor for understanding human nature) to Self and high self-esteem. An Affect Bridge, using body memory to connect present pain with past trauma, then leads to a transformative visualization which ends in a “camp-fire” discussion (“change history”) with forgiveness of others and self.

 

Objectives:

  • Have a deeper understanding of the Hierarchical and Growth Models, and the characteristics and impact on human lives and communication of dominator versus collaborative societies, in a historical context.

  • Be able to describe the six stages of the Self-Esteem / Addiction Sculpt and be able to use them as a visualization with a client.

  • Understand the role that negative self-talk ("the Gremlin") plays in maintaining the Old Status Quo and avoiding the deeper pain of traumatic memories, negative expectations, and the pain of yearnings.,

  • Learn the value of the Affect Bridge, connecting present pain with past trauma, to aid insight and transformation.

  • Experience how to guide a client through that pain to reach the level of Self / I AM, do a change history using resources with the child- and adult-self, and reach forgiveness of self and others..

Method of Conducting the Session:

 

 

Audience to Whom Session will Appeal:

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Clinicians, therapists, counselors, researchers
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Organizational consultants and coaches with non-profit and for profit business
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Community/social workers, i.e. working in communities and societies
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Personal coaches and individuals interested in personal and professional growth

 

Continuing Education Contact Hours: 2.75

 

Presenter:

Janet Christie-Seely, MD, MSc, FCFP, is Professor of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, a family therapist trained in Narrative Therapy, CBT, EMDR, NLP and hypnotherapy. She is author-editor of Working with the Family in Primary Care and has written on stress and illness, bereavement, physician self-care, Family Systems Medicine and The Satir Growth Model. She is the founder/leader of the Satir Learning Centre of Ottawa.

 

 

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