Freedom from the Inner Critic
APPLY NOWWorking with Core Beliefs, Shame Dynamics, Self-Compassion and the Adult Self in EAP / EAL practice
Freedom from the Inner Critic is a 4-day experiential and practice-focused Training Intensive that extends the institute Model Foundation practice by engaging in an in-depth experiential inquiry and exploration of the topics of self-criticism, shame, core beliefs, self-compassion and present-centred awareness practices, supporting a return to wholeness and dis-identification from fixed self-diminishing beliefs.
Who is this training for?
This training is for you if you have already completed our EAL or EAP training, and you personally or professionally wish to deepen your understanding and practice in working with fixed beliefs and self-talk that is harmful, in the context of equine assisted practice. You are interested in how to work with shame and un-helpful beliefs in a loving, effective and deeply relational way. If you have not completed our EAP/ EAL foundation training, you are welcome to apply, and places will be offered as available, and appropriate.
How is the training delivered?
The program is delivered in-person in collaboration with our herd, who are our co-facilitators, at the Institute HQ near Daylesford in Victoria.
What is the format of the training?
This 4-day intensive will use a mixture of didactic teaching, discussion, demonstrations, equine experiential exercises and skill-based practice sessions, to make the concepts and methods more intimate. The focus will also be on applying these concepts in an equine assisted psychotherapy and learning context. There will be a strong focus on offering experiential exploration and practical skill development.
What are the Learning Objectives?
- Understand the developmental ages, stages and needs of children and adolescents.
- Learn and Apply the basic psychotherapy principles and practices of child-centred play therapy, child-focused gestalt therapy, and psychodynamic principles in the context of equine assisted psychotherapy and equine assisted learning.
- Understand and apply the unique intake format when working with children including individual child, parents, family assessment sessions and formulation /feedback session
- Understand the difference between a psycho-educational session and psychotherapeutic session, and psycho-educational interventions and psychotherapeutic interventions.
- Learn specific child and adolescent focused equine experiments you can offer your clients to facilitate change.
- Understand trauma and how it affects the brain, nervous system, emotions, cognitions and behaviour or the child.
- Understand and apply trauma-informed equine assisted practice principles with the young client.
- Utilise the Institute Horse Wisdom ® supporting the social-emotional learning of the child or adolescent.
- Integrate I-Thou relationship across the practitioner-young person-horse and herd system, to support healing in relationship and safety in relationship.
- Understand and articulate the Learning Goals and Therapeutic Goals in working with children and how these goals shape the design of the equine experiences.
- Utilise and discuss a range of equine experiments including liberty, on-line, led mounted, and creative projective experiments, that are appropriate for diverse young people with different referral issues and presenting needs.
- Assess the appropriateness and benefit of utilising evaluation tools (psychometric tools) for different young clients to track your EAP or EAL effectiveness with specific client cohorts.
What is the Investment?
3 Days Training $1,100 plus GST
Why Train With Us?
We are uniquely placed as the first comprehensive Australian model of equine assisted practice – EAP (psychotherapy) and EAL (experiential learning) – since 2011. Our sister branch Animal Assisted Psychotherapy International has set a high bar for Animal Assisted Treatment – psychotherapy (AAP) and Animal Assisted Education – psycho-social learning (AAL) education and Training. Founder Meg Kirby is co-author of a recent peer-reviewed published article on best practice terminology recommendations for the international Animal Assisted Services sector of research and practice.
Celebrating our 13th year of training in equine assisted practice, animal assisted therapy and ecotherapy, we are an established private training organisation with an international reputation for excellence, high professional standards, and advocates for animal welfare, wellbeing and enrichment protocols.
Who Is Our Trainer?
This advanced training is facilitated by our senior trainer, Noel Haarburger.
Noel Haarburger
Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Gestalt Therapy Trainer, and Trauma Specialist and Assistant with Somatic Experiencing Australia.
Noel is an experienced senior trainer, psychotherapist, group facilitators supervisor and registered mental health professional who lives and learns with a herd of 12 horses, 1 dog, 4 cats as part of his extended family.
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