Unless otherwise noted: All classes are $300.00 for new or returning students or $250.00 for current Certified Journal Facilitator trainees. They are conducted online in an asynchronous (24/7) learning platform. Classes start on September 27, 2010, and run for 8 weeks through November 19. You will receive detailed information about the learning platform, which you can access from any computer with an internet connection, upon registration. All class sizes are limited to 12.
For more information about the CJF Program, click here. To begin application to the Certified Journal Facilitator program, download and complete Part One. You may register now at the CJF rate with the understanding that Part One of your application must be received before the term begins, and Part Two documents must be received within the first term of enrollment or the difference in trainee and non-trainee tuition will be charged.
Course List: (click to learn more)
TW513: Adams Trilogy (FULL)
TW533: Body Stories
TW5342: Visual Journaling: Beyond Words
TW535: Reclaiming the Wild Soul (FULL)
TW536: The Poetry of Mary Oliver
TW537: Write Way to Wellness
PA502: Basic Facilitation Skills
PD552: Vision & Manifestation (FULL)
PD563: Social Networking
PD591: Supervision Seminar
TW513 Adams Trilogy (FULL)
Required for CJF
Leia Francisco, MA, CJF, CAPF
Kathleen Adams is considered a primary theorist in the field of journal therapy, along with Ira Progoff and James W. Pennebaker. You'll read, discuss and write from three of her books: The Way of the Journal, The Write Way to Wellness and Scribing the Soul. (Note: The Write Way to Wellness is also offered this term as a full 8-week experiential elective. It is recommended that the two courses not be taken at the same time.)
TEXTS: The three listed above, all available from www.journaltherapy.com/bookstore.htm
Leia Francisco is a life/business coach who specializes in transitions. Leia’s blended career includes teaching college writing and authoring the textbook, Common Sense Writing. As a policy and program director for women’s initiatives in the Washington, D.C. area, for 20 years, she served as a master trainer, coach and leader for women, especially in career management. After starting her coaching business in 2002, she became a Certified Applied Poetry Facilitator and Certified Journal Facilitator. Leia leads workshops on journaling and transitions, both online and in the Texas Hill Country. She is core faculty for this program.
TW533 Body Stories
Debbie McCulliss RN, MSN, CAPF
The field of narrative medicine, as created and developed by Dr. Rita Charon at Columbia University, is increasingly becoming a part of medical school training. Having a patient write the body's story of illness and wellness, and/or having a health care professional write the illness narrative of a patient from a humanistic perspective, has been shown to have powerful effectiveness in helping patients and their doctors forge healing partnerships. In this course you will learn some core theories of narrative medicine and participate in an experiential guided journey through your own body's stories.
NO TEXT REQUIRED; INTERNET READING ONLY
Debbie McCulliss is a wellness educator and Certified Applied Poetry Facilitator who for the past two years has focused her study on narrative medicine. She has studied under Dr. Charon and other notables in the field and has taught narrative medicine at conferences and as guest lecturer at the University of Denver. Debbie has written her own illness narrative.
TW534.2 Visual Journaling: Beyond Words
Susan deWardt, MA, CAPF/CJF
Explore the potential of color and visual imagery as alternatives to language. This class integrates art and contemporary journal practice, providing an intensive individualized experience in using art for self-expression and for group process.
NO TEXT REQUIRED.
Life Coach Susan de Wardt is a masterful facilitator of process including art-making and reflective writing for inspiration and inner wisdom to create a richer and more purposeful life. An avid writer and journal keeper for over twenty years, Susan brings recognized expertise and perspective to the art of the personal journal.
TW535 Reclaiming the Wild Soul (FULL)
Mary Reynolds Thompson, CAPF, CPCC
The essence of the natural and untamed world -- flourishing and free -- pervades our deepest souls. But how do we access that part of us? How do we connect with the soul's wild landscapes? Working with the images of writers and poets like Joy Harjo and Barry Lopez, and your own precious images, this class explores the relationship between the earth's wild places and your own inner wilderness. Together, we'll journey through five archetypal landscapes--Deserts, Forests, Oceans and Rivers, Mountains, and Grasslands--in search of answers for your own soul, and a way of living that helps you connect with your natural and instinctive aliveness. An excellent companion course to Writing from the Natural World, but can also be a stand-alone class.
NO TEXT REQUIRED.
Mary Reynolds Thompson is a creativity coach, Certified Applied Poetry Facilitator and Certified Journal Facilitator in Marin County, CA. Her early career was spent in marketing, advertising and copywriting, with special expertise in branding. Mary is the creator of the Write the Damn Book! creative coaching process for those taking the heroic journey from procrastination to publication. She is the author of Awakening the Eco-Soul and has developed a writing program to explore the archetypes of inner landscapes.
TW536 The Poetry of Mary Oliver
Linda Barnes, MS, CPT
Experience the transcendent world of Mary Oliver in a facilitated discussion and process poetry group. Emphasis is on personal response to the poems of one of America’s most beloved contemporary poets. A parallel educational thread uses Mary Oliver’s nonfiction A Poetry Handbook to study the composition and structure of poetry. Perfect for non-poets, lovers of poetry, CJF trainees or facilitators, or anyone wishing to become immersed in Oliver’s world of nature and spirit.
TEXTS: New and Selected Poems Volume I by Mary Oliver (Original Publication, 1992. Revised editions are acceptable at this time) and A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (Mariner Books, 1994)
Linda Barnes, MS, completed training as a Certified Poetry Therapist (CPT) in 2005 under the mentorship of Kay Adams, with whom she became a Certified Journal to the Self® Instructor in 2001. A prize-winning poet, Linda has taught numerous workshops and college classes in poetry, memoir and journal writing. She lives in southern Oregon.
TW537 Write Way to Wellness
Janice Putrino, LCSW, CJT
It’s no secret that writing out thoughts and feelings builds bridges to inner strength, self-understanding, and mind-body awareness. Now, medical research offers scientific evidence of the power of writing to increase physical wellness. In this 8-week experiential course, you will be expertly guided along a healing journey of self-discovery that you can employ personally and in your professional practice. You will use powerful guided imageries and step-by-step writing processes to explore your individualized imprint of wellness; befriend your healthier self and empower the healer within; learn to access core values and use them to manage stress, align with guidance, and make good choices; find journal help to manage pain and soothe suffering; and discover five keys to wellness that can transform lives. (Note: This is an expanded experiential version of the survey approach to this book taken in Adams Trilogy. It is recommended that the two classes not be taken together.)
TEXT: The Write Way to Wellness, Kathleen Adams www.journaltherapy.com/bookstore.htm
Janice Putrino is a medical social worker specializing in oncology and the owner of Writing for Wellness. She is the first graduate of the Certified Journal Therapist (CJT) program (April 2009). Janice is co-author of My Healing Companion for Healthcare Providers and was the Outreach Coordinator for Gilda’s Club in Rochester NY, where she conducted journal workshops for those touched by cancer. She is passionate about bringing social science research about writing and healing to the medical and educational communities.
PA502 Basic Facilitation Skills
Limited to CJF students only please
Kate Thompson, MA, CJT
This course teaches basic facilitation skills, but it's more than just skill-building. It also delves into the philosophy of faciltitation, including the orientation of service, when and how a facilitator utilizes her/his own self in process work, the role of supervision and the use of the journal in self- or peer-supervision, and numerous tips of the trade from a seasoned practitioner. Guest appearances by Kay Adams, offering on-line faciltation skills. Limited to CJF trainees, unless prior permission of instructor is granted.
TEXT: Becoming Naturally Therapeutic, Jacquelyn Small. The Gift of Therapy, Irvin Yalom
Kate Thompson is a BACP senior accredited Supervisor & Counsellor, journal therapist, writer and vice-chair of Lapidus (Literary Arts for Personal Development) in the UK. She trained in London and in the United States at The Center for Journal Therapy. She has given invited talks and trainings on journal therapy in the UK and the US and has published articles & book chapters on the subject. With Gillie Bolton & Victoria Field she edited Writing Works (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).
PD552 Vision & Manifestation (FULL)
Kathleen Adams, LPC, CJT, PTR
In this lively course you’ll learn the essential concepts and steps to create what you want out of the power of your conscious choice, using practical laws of applied physics. You’ll learn the four fundamental choices that successful manifestors make, the power of “create and adjust,” and a simple guided imagery technique that moves your vision into actualization.. You’ll practice all of it and more through the manifestation of your course-long practice vision.
TEXTS: The Path of Least Resistance, Robert Fritz. New York: Fawcett Books, 1984, 1989.
Kathleen Adams, LPC, CJT, PTR founder of the Center for Journal Therapy and creator of the Certified Journal Facilitator, Certified Journal Therapist and advanced study training programs, studied with Robert Fritz in the mid-1980s and immediately began integrating his teachings. Among her first “creations” were the Journal to the Self® workshop and the Center for Journal Therapy. She has practiced these principles to manifest her visions for a better world for the past 25+ years. Her life reflects the outcomes.
PD563 Social Networking
Samara O’Shea
Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Linked-In and the steadfast practice of blogging are now essential ingredients in any successful marketing strategy. Social networks are an excellent way to find and connect with like-minded people and to immediately, cost-effectively promote your events. They can also help you brand yourself and develop your niche as a facilitator of therapeutic writing. You’ll be guided through start-up, lingo, insider tips, and how to forge your individualized path. As it is with writing a journal, social networking is all about discovering yourself and finding your niche. That’s what this class will help you do.
TEXT: No Text Required
Samara O’Shea is the author of For the Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to the Art of Letter Writing and Note to Self: On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits. Samara had no intention of joining any social networks until the Author’s Guild Summer 2007 newsletter mentioned that MySpace and Facebook might be good for book sales. She reluctantly joined both and is very glad she did. As a result, she has reconnected with old friends, made new ones, garnered publicity for her books, and come upon other opportunities that wouldn’t have happened otherwise.
PD591 Supervision Seminar
Required for CJF
Kate Thompson, MA, CJT
Supervision allows us to think about the way we work, the effect it has on our clients/students, and how we can become more finely tuned. In this class we will share good practice and gain perspective. Prerequisite: CJF trainee in facilitation stage or permission of instructor.
NO TEXT REQUIRED.
Kate Thompson is a BACP senior accredited Supervisor & Counsellor, journal therapist, writer and vice-chair of Lapidus (Literary Arts for Personal Development) in the UK. She trained in London and in the United States at The Center for Journal Therapy. She has given invited talks and trainings on journal therapy in the UK and the US and has published articles & book chapters on the subject. With Gillie Bolton & Victoria Field she edited Writing Works (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).
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