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Cinema Alchemy
Workshops & Presentations
Facilitated by Birgit Wolz
"No form of art goes
beyond ordinary consciousness as film does,
straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight
room of the soul."
– Ingmar
Bergman
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Workshop for the General Public
For everybody who is interested in learning how to use movies for personal and spiritual growth:
Cinema Alchemy makes use of the impact movies have on us. It teaches us to watch films with conscious awareness as well as other powerful exercises, which are derived from different psychological and spiritual traditions. You will learn to use movies as a personal growth tool on a path toward empathy, awareness, and integration.
Building a bridge between your realizations in "reel" life and your experiences in real life can be transformational. Movie lovers learn to utilize future movie watching experiences for self-discovery and to reconnect with their essential Self.
Date:
Feb 20 - Feb 25, 2011: Big Sur, CA
"Cinema Alchemy - Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
Sept 15, 2011:
Seoul, South Korea
"Cinema Therapy - Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
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Seminar for Mental Health Professionals
For mental health practitioners
who want to learn how to use movies in their
clinical work:
The practice of using movies as
tools in therapy – in conjunction with established
therapeutic methods – is becoming more
popular. Used thoughtfully and creatively, the
emotional and cognitive impacts of films can
become a powerful ally in our work.
- How a client's film experience can be
utilized therapeutically.
- What guidelines to give to clients.
- What limitations to be aware of.
Date for Live Seminar:
Feb 20 - Feb 25, 2011: Big Sur, CA
"Cinema Alchemy - Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
Sept 15, 2011:
Seoul, South Korea
"Cinema Therapy - Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
Sept 16 - Sept 18, 2011:
Seoul, South Korea
"Cinema Therapy - Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
Nov 18, 2011:
Mountain View, CA
"Cinema Alchemy - Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
May 11 - May 13, 2012:
Berlin, Germany
"Cinema Therapy - Nutzung von Filmen für den therapeutischen Prozess"
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Cinema Therapy Certificate Program for the General Public:
To learn more about this certification program click here. No prerequisites required.
To sign up for this certification program click here.
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Continuing Education Online Courses and Certificate Programs for Mental Health Professionals:
Continuing education credits are available for Psychologists (APA), MFTs & LCSWs (CA-BBS), Social Workers (ASWB) and
counselors in California and other states. Click here for more information.
To learn more about individual courses and certification programs click here.
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Cinema Alchemy Worshops:
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Esalen
Big Sur, CA, Feb 20 - 25, 2011 "Cinema Alchemy – Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, Feb 20 - Friday, Feb 25, 2011
LOCATION:
Esalen
Big Sur, CA
Workshop description:
Movies affect us powerfully because the combined impact of music, dialogue, lighting, camera angles, and sound effects enables a film to bypass our ordinary defensive censors. Movies draw us into the viewing experience, but at the same time, and often more easily than in real life, afford a unique opportunity to retain a perspective outside the experience: the observer's view.
Cinema Alchemy teaches the art of watching films with conscious awareness, a form of mindfulness practice. Several techniques derived from spiritual traditions and transpersonal psychology will be introduced, and can help us recognize aspects of our shadow selves and latent capacities.
This expanded awareness helps us let go of unhealthy patterns and, consequently, reconnect with our authentic self and spiritual essence. Like dream work, inquiring into emotional responses to movies can open a window to our soul. Together we will build a bridge between our realizations in "reel" life and our experiences in real life. How we relate to a film's archetypal motifs reveals our inner life. As we examine reactions to the film, we avoid focusing primarily on the film or even the story. Instead, we explore ways of watching favorite films that connect us to our higher possibilities long after this workshop ends.
Additional teaching materials are available for clinicians who want to incorporate these methods into their practice.
Licensed psychotherapists can earn 26 CEU Contact: Esalen registration at 831-667-3005 or info@esalen.org
General Information about Esalen can be found here
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KonKuk University
Seoul, South Korea
Sept 15, 2011 "Cinema Therapy – Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, Sept 15, 2011, 3 - 5 pm
LOCATION:
Department of Literary Therapy
KonKuk University
Seoul, South Korea
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Korea University
Seoul, South Korea
Sept 16 - 18, 2011 "Cinema Therapy – Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
DATE & TIME:
Friday, Sept 16 - Sunday, Sept 18, 2011
LOCATION:
Department of Education
Korea University
Seoul, South Korea
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Santa Clara Vallley Chapter of CAMFT
Mountain View, CA
Nov 18, 2011 "Cinema Therapy – Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
DATE & TIME:
Friday, Nov 18, 2011, 11:15 AM to 1:30 PM
LOCATION:
Michaels at Shoreline
2960 Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043
CONTACT:
Santa Clara Valley Chapter of CAMFT,
Mid-Peninsula Region Luncheon
Phone: 408/235-0210
E-mail: mail@scv-camft.org
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Berlin, Germany
May 11 - 13, 2012 "Cinema Therapy – Using the Power of Movies for Healing and Transformation"
DATE & TIMES:
Friday, 6 - 8 PM, Saturday, 9 AM - 6 PM, Sunday, 9 AM - 5 PM
CEU can be earned
LOCATION:
Berlin, Germany, Schulpsychologisches Beratungszentrum Pankow, Gleimstrasse 49
CONTACT:
Helke H. Bär-Wolz
Email: baerwolz@arcormail.de
Per Fax: 01149- (0)30-40301338
Mail: H. Bär-Wolz, Pflugstr. 10/1B,
10115 Berlin
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For information about past workshops
and other events, see Previous Workshops and
Presentations.
For more information about any Cinema Alchemy
workshop contact:
Birgit Wolz at
bwolz@earthlink.net or (510) 919-6943.
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