The Living Waters of our Rivers

What you will learn

Understanding use of metaphors and relevance in changing personal narratives

Gaining new counseling and facilitation skills relevant for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups

Learning different ways how to use metaphors in counseling with individuals and groups

Gaining advanced counseling skills based on narrative approach and art, using old folktales and storytelling

An insight into common themes in myths and tales connected to rivers and communities around rivers in three European countries.

Description

We are a species of story-makers and storytellers. Storytelling is the oldest form of human communication. As an ancient activity it finds its origins in some very old cultural traditions. Stories are central to our development of self concept and identity and how we distinguish ourselves from others – a process central to our wellbeing. Counselling through storytelling is both an ancient activity and an emerging conceptual model.

Traditional folk and fairy tales are concerned with concepts that are now scientifically investigated, such as resilience, self-realization, personal growth and meaning in life.

This course  is applying  a new narrative approach based on metaphors from fairy tales, myth and folktales that are told, discussed, and written in a group context for the purpose of promoting psychological well-being and growth.

Aim of the course is to provide  innovative model of learning  for helping professions and providing help, empowerment and therapy to disadvantaged groups of people through the use of mythology, storytelling, culture and art connected to the rivers.

In this course learners will be traveling through metaphors to gain following gifts:


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– An insight into common themes in myths and tales connected to rivers and communities around rivers in three European countries

– A model of counseling for disadvantaged groups of people based on narrative therapy and art, using old folktales and storytelling, as well as methods from art therapy.

– Introduction with innovative practical tool of working with disadvantaged groups of people.

– Increased cultural awareness of European cultural heritage

Connecting Circles: The Living Waters of our Rivers is a project carried out by three organizations in Croatia, Italy and Serbia funded by Erasmus + program.

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Content

Intro to the course

Intro in to the course
Practice – Letter to myself

Love and passion for stories

What is a metaphor?
How stories change our brains
Metaphors in the counseling
Are there times not to use metaphors?
Story healer’s principles
Conceptual metaphor theory brief

Love letters to the rivers

Metaphoric meaning of the rivers
River As Life From Birth To Death
Practice – To Hear the Wisdom of the Rivers

Stories from our Rivers: storytelling, myth and art in personal transformation

Waters of Life and Waters of Death
Practice: Walking through 7 keys

Flow

River as a flow
Practice: Journey through the fairytale

Connection

River as a connection
Practice: By the well

Life Cycles

River as life cycles
Practice: River as life

Liminal space

River as a liminal space
Practice: Memento Mori

Birth

River as a birth
Practice: Canvas rifer of life

Fate

River as a fate
Practice: Images of yourself

Masculine & Feminine Principles

River as a relationship of the masculine/feminine principle
Practice: Presence and relatedness

Manifesto

Manifesto