Our ACSD Open Day Offers workshops to both members and non-members of the association.
If you are a non-member and would like to attend one of these Open Day Workshops please click on the “Registration for 2022 ACSD Open Day” link below.
Cost is $85 for members, and $95 for non members.
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ACSD recognises the ever changing nature of NZ’s management of Covid 19. Should the workshops need to be cancelled due to COVID, ACSD will refund your fee, less a non-refundable deposit for administration costs of $5
After 26th June 2022, should you cancel your own booking, regrettably there can be no refunds. This is so we can honour our commitment to caterers and venue hire.
You can choose ONE of the following three workshops, they will run from 10-4pm at the named venue..
1. Interactive Drawing and Spirituality
At St Christopher’s and Our Lady of Fatima Church in Tawa:
Please note this is only for those who have done the IDT foundation course
- St Christopher in Tawa is on the corner of Main Road and Lyndhurst Road in central Tawa.
- Church of Our Lady Fatima (Our Lady of Hope Church) is 169 Main Road, Tawa.
- The two churches are directly opposite each other and a simple lunch will be provided at St Christopher’s on that day.
What does it mean to “be where the client is”? The guiding principles of IDT (Interactive Drawing Therapy) call for the practitioner to be present, to trust, to have the capacity to sit with uncertainty and to allow for periods of stillness and reflection so that the inner resourcefulness of the client has space to emerge from the depth. Not attempting to control the outcome because we trust that there is a deeper wisdom at work, but aiming “to be present with what is” is a key skill for any IDT practitioner.
This IDT workshop approach is a non-denominational and explores the potential of spiritual qualities such as presence, trust, connectedness and stillness in relation to using IDT. We will explore how mindfulness fits in with IDT and how we can cultivate a state of presence within ourselves to best create a safe space for our clients.
Led by Mary Brownlow trained as an art therapist 30 years ago integrating IDT as a modality in working with children and families coping with illness, dying and bereavement, then in Child & Adolescent mental health services and adult counselling and parenting issues. IDT has been a practical tool in her own supervision, with supervisees, and recently in Emotionally Focused Therapy couples work. She is an experienced IDT teacher trainer who worked with Russell Withers to bring IDT courses to Wellington in 1996 and run IDT Foundation courses. Her spiritual path informs her practice, as she is a student of the Ridhwan School, the Diamond Approach, in which the cultivation of presence supports understanding of what it is to be a human soul. This workshop will be limited to 30 participants.
2. The Incarnation of Spirituality: The unification of Mind/ Body/ Spirit
At St Christopher’s and Our Lady of Fatima Church in Tawa
- St Christopher in Tawa is on the corner of Main Road and Lyndhurst Road in central Tawa.
- Church of Our Lady Fatima (Our Lady of Hope Church) is 169 Main Road, Tawa.
- The two churches are directly opposite each other and a simple lunch will be provided at St Christopher’s on that day.
Ferrell will provide experiential exercises to enhance focus on our body selves. She believe that we can increase awareness of our spiritual selves through body awareness. She will also be teaching the tools of the 12 steps of AA. These steps will be offered as an aid to our own healing, wholeness and spiritual growth! They are also tools for the people we work with. The aim of the day will be to offer further integration of mind, body and spirit. This workshop will be limited to 30 participants
Ferrell Irvine has a Masters of Science in Psychology and 7 years of post-graduate training in Bioenergetics Analysis. She rose to the level of trainer and supervisor in Bioenergetics. She has practiced psychotherapy for 46 years, specialising in addiction and trauma recovery.
Ferrell works from the unifying principal of mind, body and spirit are worked together by God. She has also spent 28 years teaching the 12 steps of AA to Christian communities for universal use of the tools they offer, as a spiritual journey. She attends a Pentecostal church, has been involved with Salvation Army for some 30 years and in the last 10 years has also worked with Anglican ordinands.
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