“Stress” has become a catch-all phrase for the myriad challenges life presents. Often overlooked is the concept of “pressure.” We all experience pressure but it morphs into stress when it goes on too long or there is pressure from multiple sources, which overwhelm our normal coping mechanisms. When we tip over into stress, the body and brain respond with ‘foggy’ brain, an inability to focus or make decisions, forgetfulness, exhaustion, and a sense of falling behind with our work. All of which make us work harder/longer – the precursor to the spiralling pathway to burnout.
What to expect from this training:
Our workshop endeavours to intercept this downward spiral, offering creative ways to help clients step off the spiral and find new perspectives that help redefine perceptions and foster renewed empowerment. Join us as we embark on a journey to disrupt patterns and equip our clients to not only navigate but to thrive amidst life’s inevitable challenges and find more inner mental and physical harmony.
Suggested Resources:
This is an experiential session so please bring your creative materials as you will need them to work with your own personal relationship with stress
FURTHER TRAINING
To learn more about the ChrisLin Method and book Training please visit https://www.awakeningcreativity.co.uk
WHY USE CREATIVITY IN YOUR PRACTICE AND WHY DOES IT WORK?
Creativity bypasses the conscious mind and provides a pathway to the unconscious mind. And that enables feelings, thoughts, beliefs and values to come to the surface that would otherwise be hidden. It’s at this deeper level that the more profound and lasting work can be done.
When clients only use their conscious mind, they may be locked by their thought patterns and not be able to find the right vocabulary to truly express what is going on for them. And that means you may only have part of the story to work with.
Working with the ChrisLin Method and the frameworks we share enables you and your client to safely explore the client’s hidden underlying patterns that can then allow them to make new choices about how they show up in the world.
Awaken your ability to use creative techniques by experiencing and learning how to use creativity in your practice. And by doing so, receive some much-treasured time to reflect on yourself too.
“Love these workshops, I have learned so much and now feel so much more confident using creative techniques with my clients.”
All of the creative techniques we share can be used virtually and face to face.
Don’t worry, NEITHER YOU NOR YOUR CLIENTS NEED TO BE ‘CREATIVE’ to get the benefit from these workshops. No artistic ability is needed.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: that you will be experiencing the creative Methods first-hand and working on yourself and your relationship with the topic. This way, you’ll feel the power of this approach personally and know how it can open up new thoughts and perspectives, so you feel confident about using them in your practice.
“I have learned so much from Christina and Lindsey over the last 18 months or so and today was no exception. I now use their techniques with many of my clients and love watching the clients moving forward, especially when they are stuck.”
PLEASE BRING: A4 paper and creative materials of your choice
Christina and Lindsey provide Training and CPD on The ChrisLin Method and believe Creativity deserves a prominent place in every Practitioners toolkit.
For all our workshops you will need at a very minimum, sheets of A4 paper, felt tip pens or coloured pencils. Plus scissors, glue or sticky tape if you have any items you want to stick on or glue together.
Other ideas: pastels (chalk and/or oil), paints, paint brushes, cotton wool, fabric, balls of wool, coloured thread, string, paper clips, elastic bands, straws, pasta (uncooked), dried pulses, sequins, beads, sea shells, stones, magazines with lots of pictures, e.g. holiday brochures. Things from nature such as pebbles or stones, sticks, leaves, seed heads, grasses, pressed flowers and pinecones are also good. The list of things that you can use on your creative work is endless. Start collecting!
We will not be telling you how or when to use things from your creative collection it is up to you to make the choice at the time of the workshop.
It would be helpful if you could have a little space around you so you have room to make your creative piece. If you have no space on your work desk, then perhaps a table that you could go to, as long as you can hear or see when it’s time to re-join the meeting.
We look forward to welcoming you on this workshop!
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event:
- Be confident with introducing creativity into your practice
- Understand the Yerkes–Dodson stress model and what symptoms indicate overwhelm and burnout
- Identify what is keeping clients stuck on the downward spiral of overwhelm and burnout
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- This workshop is suitable for experienced practitioners and those undergoing training. Counsellors, art-therapists, therapists, coaches.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- If you are already familiar with the ChrisLin Method you will add another approach to your existing skills. For newcomers, you will learn how to work creatively with clients in a simple and effective way
Course Content
Presenter
Christina trained as a humanistic psychologist and counsellor in the early 1980′s and then went on to develop skills in Art Therapy and sand play, and became a NLP Trainer, hypnotherapist and a Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling Practitioner. Christina brings a deep understanding of the structure of clients thinking and over 35 years’ experience to the ChrisLin Method. She has worked as a counsellor, personal coach, team consultant and executive development coach and today she is a Coach Supervisor, Executive and Leadership coach and works with individuals using her unique 2-day Chrysalis process.
Lindsey found her real calling and moved from a career in the Tech sector in Sales and HR to qualify as an NLP practitioner, trained in many approaches including Clean Language, Transactional Analysis, CBT and Motivational Interviewing and is CIPD qualified. Her work is highly influenced by Bessel van der Kolk, Peter Levine and Stephen Porges and she brings her knowledge of systemic processes and coaching skills to co-develop the creative interventions of the ChrisLin Methods. Today she works with corporate and private clients who are at a significant crossroads in their lives, including those who are Neurodiverse.
Christina and Lindsey are co-authors of The ChrisLin Method, 5 Steps for Working with Imagery and Metaphor.
