Living Institute Self Development Review (SDR) Registration Regulation Provision 5(1)1 includes the statement: The Registration Committee or a body approved by the Registration Overview of Self Development Committee shall not recognize a program unless one of its core For any depth psychotherapy training there are three competencies is to develop competency in the safe and effective use areas of focus theoretical knowledge, clinical skills and – of self in the psychotherapeutic relationship. personal development. In the College of Regulated Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), the personal Explanation: One of the defining competencies of practising development of a Registered Psychotherapist in the psychotherapy: the therapist’s learned capacity to understand his or delivery of psychotherapy is reflected in the term “safe her own subjective context and patterns of interaction as they and effective use of self” (SEUS). inform his or her participation in the therapeutic relationship with the client. It also speaks to the therapist’s self-reflective use of his In the Living Institute Existential-Integrative or her personality, insights, perceptions and judgements in order to Psychotherapy Diploma (LIEIPD), training toward optimize interactions with clients in the therapeutic process. meeting competency guidelines for SEUS is referred to as development’. The main vehicle for this is in Rationale: Psychotherapy is delivered through a client-therapist ‘self personal psychotherapy or counselling, but self relationship. The psychotherapeutic relationship is a powerful and a development is also cultivated in aspects of training, demanding one. A Registered Psychotherapist must have specific including class discussion, experiential learning, course training, congruent with his or her mode(s) of clinical practise, in content and later in clinical supervision and client contact. how to enter that relationship and how to employ him/herself as a tool of the therapy both safely and effectively. The Living Institute calls upon students to develop themselves in ways that are required in the psychodynamic, humanistic, existential, transpersonal, somatic and archetypal modalities as integrated into Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy. This review will map their development of the CRPO competencies as interpreted with the LIEIPD modality. This is a tool for reflection, ongoing exploration and discussion of your self development during training. It does not result in a
Living Institute Self Development Review (SDR) Overview of Self Development For any depth psychotherapy training there are three areas of focus – theoretical knowledge, clinical skills and personal development. In the College of Regulated Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), the personal development of a Registered Psychotherapist in the delivery of psychotherapy is reflected in the term “safe and effective use of self” (SEUS). In the Living Institute Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy Diploma (LIEIPD), training toward meeting competency guidelines for SEUS is referred to as ‘self development’. The main vehicle for this is in personal psychotherapy or counselling, but self development is also cultivated in aspects of training, including class discussion, experiential learning, course content and later in clinical supervision and client contact. The Living Institute calls upon students to develop themselves in ways that are required in the psychodynamic, humanistic, existential, transpersonal, somatic and archetypal modalities as integrated into Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy. This review will map their development of the CRPO competencies as interpreted with the LIEIPD modality. This is a tool for reflection, ongoing exploration and discussion of your self development during training. It does not result in a Registration Regulation Provision 5(1)1 includes the statement: The Registration Committee or a body approved by the Registration Committee shall not recognize a program unless one of its core competencies is to develop competency in the safe and effective use of self in the psychotherapeutic relationship. Explanation: One of the defining competencies of practising psychotherapy: the therapist’s learned capacity to understand his or her own subjective context and patterns of interaction as they inform his or her participation in the therapeutic relationship with the client. It also speaks to the therapist’s self-reflective use of his or her personality, insights, perceptions and judgements in order to optimize interactions with clients in the therapeutic process. Rationale: Psychotherapy is delivered through a client-therapist relationship. The psychotherapeutic relationship is a powerful and a demanding one. A Registered Psychotherapist must have specific training, congruent with his or her mode(s) of clinical practise, in how to enter that relationship and how to employ him/herself as a tool of the therapy both safely and effectively.