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Brief Description of Satir Training Courses & Workshops
A. Certificate in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy - CSSBT (English & Chinese)
This is a one year (12 months) part-time course designed for lay counsellors
(who are not trained in social work, counselling, or psychology ) The training
programme is designed for counsellors who wish to enhance their personal and
professional growth and his/her ability to help counselees go beyond problem-solving,
and bring about positive change in the person of the client. The training consist of 84
hours (12 days) of intensive practicum over the 12 months, consisting of lecturettes
and experiential learning and 48 hours (6 hours monthly) of clinical supervision
emphasizing the application of the Satir Model of Brief Therapy. Students who
successfully complete this programme would meet the requirement to proceed to the
1½ year (18 months) Post-Graduate Diploma Training Programme (DSSBT) designed
for professional helpers. The Cert. Training Programme in English are being offered in
Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia. The training programme in Chinese is currently
being offered only in Malaysia.
English (Singapore & Malaysia)
Trainer & Clinical Supervisor - Warren Tan
English (Indonesia)
Trainer & Clinical Supervisor - Warren Tan
Clinical Supervisor & Assistant - Sukirno Tarjadi
Chinese (Malaysia)
Trainer - Grace Yung
B. Post-Graduate Diploma in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy - DSSBT (English)
This is a 1 ½ year (18 months) part-time course designed for helping professionals
like social workers, counsellors, psychologists and therapists with a minimum of 3
years field experience. The training programme seeks to enhance the personal and
professional growth of the counsellor enabling him/her to do effective brief therapy
that aims at helping clients go beyond problem-solving, to transforming the person
of the client and his/her coping skills. The training consist of (16 days) 112 hours of
intensive practicum over the 18 months, consisting of lecturettes and experiential
learning and 84 hours (6 hours monthly) of clinical supervision emphasising the
application of the Satir Model of Brief Therapy. This programme is currently in its
5th run in Singapore (English) and is also being offered in Malaysia as of July 2001
(English & Chinese).
English (Singapore)
Trainer - Dr John Banmen
English (Singapore & Malaysia)
Trainer & Clinical Supervisor - Warren Tan
Chinese (Malaysia)
Trainer & Clinical Supervisor - Grace Yung
C. Certificate in Group Work Using the Satir Model
(Training for small group facilitators)
This is a 12 months (12 days) part-time training for small group facilitators in hospitals
or homes or in VWO settings who facilitate groups to achieve therapeutic/ growth goals
eg. groups for abused women or children, groups for women struggling with husbands
who have affairs, or personal growth groups (self-esteem or disability issues) etc. The
training will be experiential in nature involving group work theories, role plays & practice.
Participants will be taught how to start & run a small group & will be required to run a
small group as part of the course requirement. This course is for participants with
previous training in the Satir Model. Participants without previous training in the Satir
Model (minimum 6 days by approved trainers) will be required to attend 4 days of
additional training in the Satir Model (total 16 days).
Trainer - Dr. John Banmen & Warren Tan
D. Workshops
a. Going Beyond Problem-Solving series is a two days workshop which introduces the Satir Model of Systemic Brief Therapy for those who would like to have a better understanding of the Satir Model and its potential applicability & effectiveness in helping clients (individually, as couples or as a family). The workshop will clearly demonstrate Virginia Satir's belief that “the problem is not the problem, coping is” by showing how we can help our clients do more than just solving their problems. It will teach participants how to help their clients change how they see and feel about themselves and their way of coping, so that they can become better choice makers.
Trainer: Singapore - Warren Tan
Malaysia - Warren Tan
b. Treating Depression is a 2 days workshop seeking to examine the symptoms &
causes of depression & the different ways depressed individuals struggle to cope & the
consequences if left untreated. It looks at ways we can prevent or avoid getting
depressed & learning to cope better with disappointments & losses in life. Finally it
examines how counsellors can do a better job at helpings clients who are depressed
cope better & overcome depression using the Satir Model.
Trainer: (Singapore) - Dr John Banmen
Trainer: (Malaysia) - Warren Tan
E. Small Group Supervision
Small group clinical supervision in the Satir Model for practicing professionals. The small group supervision of not more than 6 persons will be currently offered once a month for 3 hours each session from 7.00pm - 10.00pm. A variety of approaches will be employed for supervision. Supervisees will have the opportunity to present their cases, video taped sessions etc. for feedback & discussion, view session tapes of other professionals, view actual clients in session during supervision, practice with each other as clients & counsellors etc.
Clinical Supervisor - Warren Tan
(Malaysia & Singapore)
Training in Satir Brief Therapy 2004
1. Certificate in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy - CSSBT (English)
Singapore - Coming Intake March 2004
Malaysia - Coming Intake February 2004
Indonesia - Coming Intake March 2004
2. Certificate in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy - CSSBT (Chinese)
Malaysia - Coming Intake June 2004
3. Post-Graduate Diploma in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy - DSSBT (English)
Singapore - On going
Malaysia - Coming Intake July 2004
4. Post-Graduate Diploma in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy - DSSBT (Chinese)
Malaysia - Coming Intake January 2004
5. Workshop - Treating Depression
Singapore - 20-21 April 2004
6. Small Group Supervision
Malaysia & Singapore - Monthly starting January 2004
7. Certificate in Group Work Using the Satir Model
Singapore - Coming Intake October 2004 / April 2005
For more information on the above courses and workshop, please contact
Singapore Association of Social Workers (SASW)
CHANGING FROM THE INSIDE OUT:
PERSONAL GROWTH THROUGH THE SATIR MODEL
Facilitator: Ms Kathlyne Maki-Banmen, MA, RCC
Change is a natural human process. We change as we learn and grow. We change as we make new decisions. We also find that we are required to change as our situations and relationships change. Sometimes we hope others will change in ways we wish or expect and are disappointed when they don't. The need to adapt to changing circumstances can sometimes leave us feeling helpless, powerless, afraid, hurt or angry.
The process of change can be an empowering one if the change comes from within. Rather than focusing only on behaviour, we can learn to take charge of and change our feelings, our perceptions and our expectations. We can tap our universal yearnings which point us in the direction of growth. We can connect with our deepest spiritual essence to find the resources and wisdom we need to make choices and respond to change instead of reacting to it.
This workshop will help participants discover their own capacity for positive change and growth. It will focus on helping people to discover the richness of their inner worlds and their internal resources. It will help people to discover their relationship patterns and to open up to new possibilities. Through experiential exercises and activities, participants will learn how to tap their Life Energy to discover more joy and vitality.
Participants will be encouraged to discover ways to apply their learnings to the various contexts in their lives: their families, their work relationships, their students or clients, and their friendships.
CONTENT
Day I: What Is On My Inside?
 Feelings and emotions
 Perceptions, beliefs, thoughts and assumptions
 Expectations of myself, of others and from others.
 Universal yearnings and longings: My Soul's emotions
 Self: My Essence and Spiritual Core
Day II: Ways of Perceiving The World
 Living in a hierarchical system
 Living in an open, organic system
 How we cope and survive
 Creating peace and harmony
Day III: My Family's Influence On My World Today
 What positive resources did I inherit?
 What relationship patterns did I learn?
 What did I learn about me?
 What do I appreciate about my learnings?
 What do I still carry that i want to change?
Day IV: Creating The Changes I Want
 Changing my relationship with myself.
 Changing my relationships with others.
 Fulfilling my yearnings for love, acceptance, safety, freedom and connectedness.
 Creating peace, joy and vitality.
PROGRAMME DETAILS
For Whom?
Anyone serving the social service sector or who is in the helping profession and is interested to make an inward journey which will help link the head to the heart, the hardest journey that man has to make.
For those in the helping profession, this is a highly recommended introductory course leading to the Diploma Certificate using the Satir Model in Family Systemic Brief Therapy.
When and Where?
Date: 5 Feb (Thur) to 8 (Sunday) Feb 04
Time: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
Training
Venue: YWCA Outram Road (10-15mins walking distance from Outram
MRT)
Nature of Workshop
Experiential. As such, participants must be willing to engage in self-disclosure to learn and enjoy with greater meaning one's inner landscape.
Number of Participants: maximum 24. Priority will be given to members of SASW.
Cost of Training (including manual, 2 tea breaks and certificate of participation)
$450.00 per participant based on 24 participants ($410.00 for SASW
members). VCF funding is being sought.
Deadline for submission of Application Form: 10 Jan (Saturday) 2004
(Please see Application Form below)
For enquiries, please contact Hati at SASW telephone number: 6775-4776
DIPLOMA COURSE IN SATIR'S SYSTEMIC
BRIEF THERAPY
with Kathlyne Maki-Banmen, MA, RCC
This will be a 10-day program over one full year; it will consist of two training sessions of 5 days each, the first session in July, 2004 and the second session in February, 2005. Full attendance will be required.
The graduation requirements will include a written case study and an oral exam with a videotape of the participant's therapy session with a client. The oral exam will take place five months after the last training session (in July, 2005) so that participants will be able to practice what they have learned, with clinical supervision, before the exam.
Participants will be required to meet for all class sessions, as well as skill development and supervision between the two parts of the course, as follows:
Part I
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July 2004
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5 Day Program
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Kathlyne Maki-Banmen & Singapore Team
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Practicum
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July 2004 to
February 2005
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 21 Hours of Clinical Supervision
 28 client contact hours, minimum.
(at least 3 clients)
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Singapore Supervisors
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Part II
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February 2005
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5 Day Program
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Kathlyne Maki-Banmen & Singapore Team
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Practicum
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February 2005 to
July 2005
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 15 Hours of Clinical Supervision
 20 client contact hours, minimum
(at least 3 clients)
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Singapore Supervisors
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Exams
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July 2005
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Oral Exams with Videotape
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Kathlyne Maki-Banmen
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In between workshop sessions (July 2004 - February 2005 & February 2005 - July 2005), participants will be expected to complete as follows:
 meet in trios, at least once a month for skill development practice to complete
assignments as given by the program leader (36 hours total).
 meet in small groups, at least once a month for clinical supervision with local
supervisors to study videotaped sessions of participants' therapy with their
clients (36 hours of supervision total).
 attend at least one full-day case presentation session/mini-workshop or
tutorial per month between workshops (10 days).
 provide a videotaped session of a case for the oral exam.
Successful completion criteria will be based on the participant's ability to bring about transformational change with their clients. The aspects of therapy taught in the certificate and diploma course will be expected to be evident in the therapy session.
About the Program:
The major goal of the program is to improve the change therapy competence, congruence and confidence of the therapist participants in working with individual, couple and family clients.
Outline of the Program:
 Continue to develop the role of the therapist.
 Help participants build their own conceptual framework within the Satir Model.
 Work on keeping therapy experiential.
 Focus more therapeutic work on the internal world of the client instead of the
story.
 Build a positive directional therapy practice.
 Set positively directional goals for change.
 Increase therapist skills and congruence.
 Expand on the Self of the Iceberg.
 Increase the transformational change skills.
 Demonstrate second level change.
 Deepen the use of family-of-origin work.
 Sculpt clients' internal process in office therapy sessions.
 Do family therapy with relationship differences which result in conflict.
 Do family therapy with some special problem areas (possibilities include
addictions, depression, suicide, anger, grief, violence and anxiety).
 Do couples therapy to help the whole family.
Who Should Attend:
This program is for graduates of a certificate course in Satir's Systemic Brief Therapy offered by the Singapore Association of Social Workers (or an equivalent program as approved by the course leader) and who are presently working with clients in a counselling role/position. Preference will be given to credentialed professionals in a helping profession.
The total number of participants will be limited to a maximum of 24 people.
Course Contents:
The Elements of Transformational Change Therapy
 Tapping the positively directional life energy.
 Engaging all of the person (physical, emotional, cognitive, spiritual)
experientially.
 Changing the inner world of the client instead of problem solving the external
circumstances.
 Setting and meeting incremental goals to prepare for the transformational
change.
 Using the Self of the therapist congruently.
 Changing the impact, not the event.
 Intrapsychic and Interactive change.
 Skill development practice and demonstration.
Making a Treatment Plan
 Assessment and Evaluation through the Iceberg metaphor, the family of origin map and the coping stances.
 Goal Setting: Positively directional and internal change focused before interactional change focus.
 Interventions: Working on change.
 Techniques to bring about change.
 Anchoring Changes: Within the session and for homework.
 Bringing closure to therapy.
 Skill development practice.
Resolving Unfinished Business From The Past
 Assessing impacts from the family of origin.
 Finding positive patterns of resources from the past which can be used in the present.
 Finding patterns of dysfunction from the past which still impact the present
 Resolving old hurt, anger, fear or pain from the past which still impact the present.
 Helping the client choose Life when he/she has given up.
 Skill development practice / demonstration.
Using Sculpting In Therapy
 Sculpting coping with individual clients in the office setting.
 Sculpting coping with families in the office setting.
 Sculpting relationships within families in the office setting.
 Using sculpting as a vehicle for change.
 Reconstructing the family of origin to resolve past issues.
 Skill development practice / demonstration
Resolving Unfinished Business In The Present Family
 How coping patterns affect present family relationships.
 Resolving conflict by accepting differences.
 Moving from a closed to open family system.
 Working through power struggles.
 Letting go of hurt, anger, fear and disappointment.
 Acceptance, appreciation, and celebration.
 Skill development practice / demonstration.
Working With Couples
 Making contact with both partners.
 Listening to the problems and setting positively directional goals.
 Tapping the yearnings to facilitate connection.
 Accepting differences and appreciating uniqueness.
 Resolving patterns from the past that impact the present.
 Building a foundation of positivity.
 Resolving hurts and disappointments by resolving unmet expectations.
 Learning to give and accept love.
Working with Child and Adolescent Clients in the Family Context
 Engaging parents in the change process.
 Protecting the child or adolescent client's privacy while encouraging open
communication.
 Working with all clients' inner worlds in the context of their relationships.
 De-enmeshment of family members.
 Changing unmet expectations and letting go of hurt, anger, fear and
disappointment.
 Acceptance, appreciation and celebration.
Treating the Depressed or Suicidal Client
 Assessing for risk of suicide.
 Engendering hope.
 Resolving grief and loss.
 Finding meaning in life.
 Choosing Life.
 Letting go of anger, hurt, shame and guilt.
 Involving the family in treatment.
Treating the Angry/Defiant or Violent Client
 The inner experience of acting out behaviour.
 The anger/hurt dynamic: resolving unmet expectations.
 Anchoring strengths and resources from unexpected sources.
 Empowerment from the inside: the power of choice.
 Opening the heart to love and forgiveness.
 Involving the family in treatment.
Self Care for the Therapist
 What is vicarious traumatization?
 Staying congruent when clients are in pain.
 Self-care through the Satir Mandala.
 Using the Mandala with clients.
 Review of Satir Model Therapy.
 Closure.
Cost per participant: $2,230/-. VCF funding will be applied for in May 04.
Priority: Members of SASW will be given priority if criteria given are met.
Please fill in the Application Form attached and email to: admin1@sasw.org.sg or fax : 6775-4776
A Professional Counselling Certificate Course in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy organised by SASW & the Satir Institute of the Pacific. This certificate programme is designed to provide therapist and counsellors with the knowledge and skills to work with indivdiuals and families. The focus will be helping people to change, not just their behaviours, but will also focus on resolving anger, hurt and fear, on changing beliefs and assumptions which interfere with healthy family life, and on resolving unmet expectations which lead to reactive situations. It will assist clients in tapping their universal yearnings and their life force energy to lead towards growth and healing. Therapists will also learn how to resolve and heal past traumatic events which still impact clients' lives, how to help clients take charge of their lives and how to assist clients in living more responsibly. The trainer is Kathlyne Maki-Banmen.
Course began in March 2003.
Working Through Grief Using
The Satir Model
by
Kathlyne Maki-Banmen. MA. RCC
PROGRAMME
Phase 1: September 25 - 29, 2003 ; (10 am - 6 pm)
Phase 2: February 9 - 12, 2004 (10 am - 6 pm)
Evaluation February 13 -16, 2004
Participants will be interviewed individually (between 45 to 60 minutes) on a
videotaped session with a client using the Satir model.
Participants
Participants must be working directly with clients in counseling or social work.
Maximum size of group is 24.
Course Requirement
Participants will be expected to meet in trios on a monthly basis to practice their
skills and facilitate their learning. Assignments will be given for the monthly trio
meetings. In addition, participants will be expected to meet in small groups on a
monthly basis for supervision from their small group facilitator. Once a month the
group will meet on a Sunday from 2-5 pm to share, discuss and be further
inducted into the use of the Satir model. However, this component is optional
unlike the trio meetings and the small group supervision which are compulsory.
Training Fee
$1,785 per participant. SASW will be submitting an application for VCF funding.
However, should funding be given, the maximum funded is only 50% and for
NCSS affiliated agencies only. The subsidy will be paid direct to the agency upon
the applicant's successful completion of the course in February 2004.
Registration
Interested participants are required to fill in the form attached. Acceptance is on a
first-come-first served basis. Training fee must be sent not later than 30 July
as confirmation of attendance. Please make cheque payable to Singapore
Association of Social Workers and post to:
SASW
c/o FRTC
Blk 324 Clementi Ave 5
#01-209
Singapore 120324
Organised by:
Training and Professional Development Committee
SASW 27 June 03
Program Description:
 This nine day certificate program is designed to provide therapists and counsellors with the knowledge and skills to work with individuals and families who are experiencing grief associated with significant loss. The focus will be on helping people change not just their behaviours, but will also focus on resolving anger, hurt, anxiety and fear, on changing beliefs and assumptions which interfere with healing and on resolving unmet expectations which may lead to depression or “acting out” behaviours. It will assist clients in tapping their universal yearnings and their life force energy to lead towards growth and healing. Therapists will also learn how to resolve and heal past traumatic events which still impact clients' lives, how to help clients take charge of their lives and how to assist clients in living more responsibly.
 The Satir Model requires that counsellors have a high level of therapeutic competence and congruence. The experiential aspects of the training will provide counsellors with opportunities to resolve some of the issues which may interfere with the therapeutic process. The use of the Self of the therapist is one of the most important tools of effective therapy. Therefore, the program will aid counsellors in becoming more competent, more confident and more congruent.
 Kathlyne Maki-Banmen will utilize lecturettes, small group discussions, structured exercises, demonstrations, experiential learning, videotape analysis and skill practice sessions as part of the program.
 The training program will focus on helping individuals resolve their grief and loss and develop some skills in helping other individuals and families with their grief and loss.
 Unresolved losses colour our lives. A history of unmourned losses affect people differently: some balk at changes, some make contextual change a way of coping; some avoid saying goodbye, others prolong goodbyes and will call frequently between meetings for reassurances; some experience anger and despair while, for others, grief is expressed through sadness and regret. Grief is the series of emotions that accompany mourning and the chaos of losing something before one is ready to let go.
 New losses revive past losses and the grief associated with them. Death is the most concrete of the losses. The process of loss also includes the loss of a role, a relationship or a potential.
 This workshop will focus primarily on loss through death, although other losses will also be addressed.
Program Outline:
Days 1 & 2: Introduction to the Satir Model
 The Satir principles of working with loss and grief.
 What is therapy? What is transformational change?
 The goals of therapy.
 Working with people rather than with symptoms.
 Working with the internal system to change the impacts of events.
 Working with the family system to change interactions and relationships.
Day 3: Working with Individuals in Therapy
 Making contact; being accepting, non-judgmental; providing safety.
 Hearing the problem: how is grief a problem for the client?
 Setting positively directional goals towards healing.
 Getting commitment for change.
 Clearing unfinished business from the past that impact healing from grief.
 Bringing about change within the person and within their relationships.
 Anchoring changes.
 Making change an ongoing process.
Day 4: What is Grief?
 How people cope with devastating change.
 What is lost is more than the loved one.
 The ups and downs of the grieving process (the process of change).
 How do people grieve? The Intrapsychic experience of grief.
ú loss ú hurt ú guilt ú anger
ú chaos ú love ú confusion ú relief
 The myths about grief.
 The Interpersonal experience of grief.
 the coping stances.
 grieving together.
 accepting differences.
 supporting each other.
 grieving rituals.
Day 5: Working with the Phases of Grief
The Shock Phase
 dealing with the shock of loss.
 finding inner resources
 working through beliefs about life and death
 understanding the chaos.
 dealing with suicidal thoughts.
 day-to-day coping with loss.
 family shock - dealing with differences.
 family shock - connecting through rituals.
The Suffering and Disorganization Phase
 accepting the loss.
 dealing with the “roller coaster” of emotions.
 working through unfinished business from the past.
 working through unmet expectations.
 working through guilt and feelings of failure.
 dealing with anger and disappointment.
 letting go of and grieving the future that will never happen.
 refocusing on Self and building inner resources.
 working through family changes.
The Reorganization, Adjustment and Transformation Phase
 strengthening Self - present and future.
 building a new relationship with the loved one.
 getting through anniversaries and special events.
 letting go of personal belongings of loved ones.
 staying connected with friends of loved ones.
 strengthening relationships with others.
 dealing with long term impacts of loss and grief.
 the possibility of grief as a vehicle for growth.
 Case study or demonstration.
Day 6: Grieving Before the Death: Working through the
Terminal Illness
 Accepting the diagnosis.
 Keeping hope during treatment.
 Accepting the coming death.
 Talking about the dying process.
 Working through unfinished business from the past.
 Planning for after death.
 Saying goodbyes to family and friends.
 Rituals for the transition to death.
 Receiving support and help from the outside.
Day 7: Working with the Grief of Children
 how children show grief.
 helping the family support the child.
 making sense of death.
 finding ways to honor and remember.
 special kinds of loss:
- death of a grandparent
- death of a sibling
- death of a parent
 witnessing a traumatic death.
 grief at developmental stages.
 dealing with anger, fear and sadness.
 getting through anniversaries and special events.
 Case study.
Day 8: Working with Grief Following Suicide
 impacts of suicide on families and friends.
 impact of suicide on the therapist and other professionals.
 suicide as a traumatic event.
 dealing with the judgments of others towards suicide. (shame)
 accepting the death and the decision to die. (not taking it personally)
 separating the person from behaviour - honoring person.
 dealing with guilt and feelings of failure.
 dealing with anger and disappointment.
 grieving the future that will never happen (letting go).
 refocusing on Self. - present and future.
 getting through special events and anniversaries.
 dealing with the roller-coaster of grief.
 letting go of personal belongings of loved one.
 staying connected with friends of loved one.
 strengthening relationships with others.
 Case study.
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Satir Institutes with Training Affiliations in Singapore:
Satir Institute of the Pacific
Satir Professional Development Institute of Manitoba
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