CE-SEMINAR
(6.5 credit hours)

SELF-WORTH ENHANCEMENT IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
A Role for Creative Imagery

In this seminar, which is based on Dr. Cochrane's e-book, The Self-Worth Odyssey, participants receive research-validated guidelines for the enhancement of one's felt-sense of self. The therapeutic significance of a felt-sense of self and one's relationship with self are central to the discussion that arises from these guidelines.

Participants learn that self-worth is not about me first or me only and it is not about entitlement. Self-worth does not mean esteem without results. Self worth is about valuing self. It is actualized through the relationship that each of us has with our self and it therefore includes our commitment to take care of our health and well-being and to participate in relationships that are loving and life-enhancing. It is reflected in our values clarification, our goal-setting and the socially responsible pursuit of our goals. When necessary, it also involves our willingness to be unambiguously self-protective. People with self-worth do not knowingly harm themselves and, in personal and professional settings, they do not allow others to harm them.

People with self-worth accept responsibility for themselves and consequently, they do not abandon themselves. They can take on challenges knowing that, if they give it their best and fail, they failed at the task but failure at a task does not make them a failure.

Dr. Cochrane then introduces his creative and clinically refined imagery activities designed to help clients identify and therapeutically respond to their ego-damage so they can build their own felt-sense of worth. Everyone distances, at least initially, from ego-damaging emotions. Emotional distancing reduces self-awareness which, in turn, reduces the chances for compassionate responses and the creation of personally meaningful therapeutic responses. Dr. Cochrane's imagery activities safely, respectfully and effectively facilitate client absorption in each phase of the personal change process.

Considerable emphasis is placed on helping clients establish the kind of reliable trust-based relationship with self that becomes an ongoing expression of their sense of worthiness. Seminar participants are given extensive opportunity for supervised practice with Dr. Cochrane's clinically-refined imagery activities.

This seminar is designed for health professionals but can be effectively adjusted for lay participants.

For more information please call: Cochrane Psychology at 1-604-263-3312.

www.cochranepsychology.com