About this event
The dark night of the soul – or spiritual emergency – is one of life’s most challenging experiences. A misunderstood and overlooked aspect of inner transformation, the dark night journey is deeply counter-cultural, and brings about a profound reckoning with oneself and one’s life. It can happen to anyone, including those who have previously done extensive work on themselves, those who have a long-standing spiritual practice, and those who have done neither.
In this workshop, the first in a series of four, we will explore a number of questions around the exact nature of the dark night phenomenon, including: why and to whom does it happen? Why is it so visceral, even for people who have done years of therapy beforehand? How might we accommodate experiences of the mystical or spiritual? What role might psychotherapy play during the dark night, and how might we help our clients navigate this intense psychospiritual terrain?
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Participants will be introduced to the nature of the dark night of the soul (also known as spiritual emergency) and its various phases.
- Participants will learn how to differentiate the dark night of the soul/spiritual emergency from depression and anxiety.
- Participants will explore how to support clients who are going through a dark night of the soul, and how their practice may be challenged in this process.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- All therapists, counsellors, coaches and spiritual directors.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- This workshop will help participants to recognise when clients are going through the dark night of the soul. Participants will have a greater awareness of and ability to respond to clients who are navigating this terrain. Participants will also be supported to reflect on their own experiences.
RECORDING
This workshop will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.
ZOOM
This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.
Fiona Robertson
Fiona Robertson is the author of The Dark Night of the Soul: A Journey from Absence to Presence, and has recently published a poetry collection, Eve Was a Realist: Poems for the Untamed Heart. She is a facilitator of somatic inquiry, and supports people from around the world, many of whom are going through a dark night of the soul or spiritual emergency/emergence, to reconnect with and deepen into their real selves.
Website | www.thedarknightofthesoul.com
