Advanced Training: Bringing the Depth of Who We Are to Our Work - California
10/17/2009 - 09:00
10/17/2009 - 17:00
Self-Reflection in Action for Conflict Professionals: Bringing the Depth of Who We Are to Our Work
With Gary Friedman and Norman Fischer
Schedule:
October 17, 2009
December 12, 2009
January 16, 2010
February 6, 2010
March 27, 2010
9:00am to 5:00pm
Headlands Institute
Sausalito, CA
Understanding our internal reality is essential to being a conflict professional. Deepening this process of self-reflection will be the focus of five Saturday sessions presented by the Center for Understanding in Conflict.
Through a meditative perspective, we will explore the inner dimensions of our work with persons in conflict, and how that understanding directly applies to our cases and helps us deal more effectively and whole-heartedly with parties/clients. We have found that this inquiry brings a deeper appreciation for what is within us when we work with persons in conflict, a greater sensitivity to what is going on for the parties as well as the other professionals, and a framework and language for integrating that understanding into our work as conflict professionals - particularly with respect to mediation and collaborative practice.
In the course of five Saturdays, we will seek to recognize and articulate the impulses that fuel our commitment to working with people in conflict, such as compassion and the search for greater self-understanding and mutual understanding. We will also deal with the tendencies that interfere, such as being judgmental or the need to control.
This series arises out of our experience in exploring these questions. While an appreciation for the deeper currents that underlie our work with conflict was incorporated in the conception of our approach, we have continued to explore these dimensions. Two years ago, joined by Norman Fischer, a Buddhist Meditation teacher whose work focuses on bringing together our inner lives with our actions in the world, we offered a nine-month intensive training in these skills, which we then extended for another year at the request of the participants. The success of that intensive program led us to design this new advanced training series.
This year's program will be a series of five Saturday meetings, from 9 am to 5 pm, at the Headlands Institute in Sausalito, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Our hope is that you attend all of the days we are meeting, but you can choose to attend individual meetings. Please let us know if you are interested in coming to this special, advanced program and if you have any questions. Our phone number is: (415) 383-1300.
To Register:
Please complete and return the registration formalong with your payment.
Please note:
It is possible the program will be oversubscribed. If you wish to participate, we ask that you confirm your intention via e-mail in addition to returning the registration form.
