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WOLYNN is the Director of the Hellinger Institute
of Western PA and the Co-Director of The Hellinger Learning
Center in NYC. He conducts workshops and trainings in
family systems therapy throughout the USA, England,
Canada, Latin America, and for the University of Pittsburgh’s
Graduate School of Social Work’s Continuing Education
Program. Mark specializes in working with depression,
anxiety, obsessive thoughts, fears, panic disorders,
self-injury, chronic pain and other medical conditions
unresponsive to conventional treatment.
Mark possesses a rare understanding
of family and systemic dynamics and is highly skilled
in their application in both individual and group settings.
Mark’s trainings are designed to give his students a
solid foundation in systemic dynamics so that they in
turn can address client needs in the most effective
and thorough manner possible.
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This training program is designed
to provide a rich and deep understanding of Bert Hellinger’s
phenomenological approach to working with family systems,
as well as to provide a thorough working knowledge of
the principles and practical aspects of facilitating
systemic therapy in groups and individual sessions.
Participants will explore the unconscious loyalties
and destructive patterns present in our families and
learn pathways that lead to possible solutions. With
personalized guidance and numerous opportunities to
practice all aspects of systemic work, students will
gain the tools and skills needed to become effective
facilitators. Profound internal shifts take place throughout
the training, as new definitions of healing and health
begin to take root.
Mark incorporates developmental theory,
new avenues of somatic languaging, and a continually
deepening body focus into his work. These integrations
broaden and strengthen Mark’s reach as a facilitator
and a teacher.
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The five four-day trainings
cover the following levels of information and practice:
Level One: The Foundations
of Hellinger's Systemic Therapy. This level is designed
to provide a working knowledge of the principles, practical
aspects and applications of Bert Hellinger's phenomenological
approach to working with family systems. Together we
will construct a systemic lens through which students
can explore their personal as well as their clients'
most complex and difficult issues. Students will learn
to expand the traditional “family tree” to include those
members whose exclusion or rejection caused discord
in system. Topics will include: Orders of Love, Orders
of Precedence, Three Levels of Conscience, What Creates
Bonding and Belonging in Families and the Systemic Messages
that keep us mired in destructive patterns. Upon completion,
students will be able to begin to apply systemic principles
in their own practices with groups, couples or individuals.
Level Two: The Anatomy
of Love: Success and Failure in Relationships. This
level of the training is designed to get to the heart
of what prevents us from having the closeness we all
desire. Students will learn how to work with singles
and couples, and learn what to look for when relationships
struggle. We'll explore the forces that influence relationship
choices on a subconscious level — silent sabotage, hidden
family loyalties, invisible identifications, as well
as the habitual behaviors that erode our intimate relationships.
We'll examine in depth the dynamics affecting the success
and failure of relationships, learn how to determine
who holds the true weight in a relationship, and discuss
the importance of an equal balance of giving and taking.
We will learn to differentiate between mama’s boys and
father’s sons, as well as between daddy’s girl’s and
mother’s daughters. Upon completing this level, students
should be able to diagnose and recognize dynamics affecting
relationships, as well as be able to construct pathways
toward successful resolutions. Once we are free of entanglements
from the past, new ways of giving and receiving love
can begin to take root.
Level Three: Intake
as Intervention. By exploring a client’s words, fears,
symptoms and body language, students will learn an intake
process that quickly and effectively reveals a client's
core issue. Students will learn how to extract a Core
Sentence from their client’s “list of complaints,” and
develop it into a constructive inner image. In this
way, a client's deepest issue can surface within minutes
and be transformed into a healing resource. In this
level, students will also learn The Systemic Approach
to Working with Illness, how to identify the family
dynamics that contribute to the development of physical
and psychopathology, as well as how to work with patients
with specific illnesses.
Level Four: Creating
Effective Resolutions in Individual Sessions. In this
level, students will learn how to identify systemic
causes of anxiety and panic disorders, learn how to
create three-dimensional resolutions, learn how to design
individualized homework assignments, and learn how to
implement practical and safe treatment plans to help
clients break destructive family patterns. The process
of working with fears, phobias, anxiety and panic disorders
will be explored and analyzed. If time permits, How
to Work with the Trauma of War, Sexual Abuse, etc. will
also be presented. Whether working one-on-one or in
a group setting, students will learn the importance
of using dialogue, imagery, body-centered awareness
techniques, homework and ritual to support healing and
resolution.
Level Five: The Art
of Facilitating Family Constellations: In this level,
students will learn how to facilitate dimensional healing
in large groups. Supervised group work and assisted
constellations will be offered as part of in-class practice.
Also in this level, we will discuss The Art of Helping,
The Stance of the Facilitator and How to Work with Children.
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