Mark Wolynn -- Classes and Workshops

Mark Wolynn's
Workshop and Training Schedule

2010
· January 9 – Pittsburgh Workshop
· January 15-17 – Pittsburgh Training
· January 16 – Pittsburgh Workshop
· January 30-31 – Sacramento Workshop
· February 19 – University of Pittsburgh
· February 26-28 – Pittsburgh Training Level 1
· February 27 – Pittsburgh Workshop
· March 6-7 – St Louis Workshop
· March 6-9 – St Louis Training Level 3
· March 20-21 – Seattle Workshop
· April 16-18 – Pittsburgh Training Level 2
· April 17 – Pittsburgh Workshop
· April 24-27– Calgary/Edmonton Training Level 1
· May 1-2 – Chicago
· May 7 – University of Pittsburgh – Graduate School of Social Work
· May 15-16 – Raleigh/Durham, NC Workshop
· May 21-23 – Montreal Training Program
· June 4-6 – Pittsburgh Training Level 3
· June 5 – Pittsburgh Workshop
· June 19-20 – Columbus, OH Workshop
· June 26-27 – Corte Madera, CA
· July 23-25 – Pittsburgh Training Level 4
· August 21-24 – Calgary/Edmonton Training Level 2
· September 10-12 – Pittsburgh Training Level 5
· September 29-Oct 4 – 3rd US Systemic Conference – Featured Presenter
· October 23-26 – Los Angeles - Success in Work and Relationships
· October 30-31 – Sacramento Workshop
· November 12-14 – Pittsburgh Training Level 6
· November 20-23 – Calgary/Edmonton Training Level 3

2011
· April – Calgary/Edmonton Training Level 4
· June 24-26 – Montreal Training Program
· August – Calgary/Edmonton Training Level 5

THE FAMILY CONSTELLATION APPROACH

It is well known that we inherit physical traits from our parents. What is less known is that we also inherit our family’s emotional patterns. While our physical traits are easily discernable, our emotional legacy is more obscure. We are profoundly affected by our family history. Traumatic events -- such as the premature death of a parent, sibling or child, an abandonment, crime or suicide -- can exert a powerful influence over us, and in fact can leave their imprint on our entire family system for generations. These imprints then become the family blueprint, as family members unconsciously repeat the sufferings of the past.

It’s a common theme: sad mother, sad daughter... alcoholic father, alcoholic son... the relationship difficulties of the parents, mirrored by the children. Illness, depression, anxiety, unexplained fears and panic attacks, as well as financial failure, addiction and failed relationships can all be forms of this unconscious inheritance.

Family Constellations allow us to break these patterns so that we can live healthier, happier, more fulfilled lives. In a moment of insight, a new life course can be set in motion. The results are often immediate and life-changing.

Family Constellation Workshop in Pittsburgh

WHEN: Saturday, April 27, 10:00 to 4:00
WHERE: Medical Hynotherapy Center
1824 Murray Avenue, Suite 303, Squirrel Hill
COST: $ 145
CONTACT: Mark Wolynn at (412) 422-1955

THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY OF BERT HELLINGER

Considered one of the most innovative psychotherapists in the world today, Bert Hellinger has revolutionized the heart and soul of family systems therapy. His phenomenological approach to healing uses "family constellations" to expose the hidden and often destructive dynamics in family systems. With deep respect for what he terms, "the Orders of Love," possible solutions and healing resources can be implemented. Hellinger's approach to family therapy is practiced in more than 30 countries around the world. For further information about Hellinger and his publications, visit his Web site: www.hellinger.com/international/english/index.shtml.
Family constellation is a 60-minute group process that has the power to affect generations of suffering and unhappiness. This process allows people to untangle themselves from unconscious loyalties and offers a profound, concrete, and lasting solution. Through this significantly experiential workshop, you will be:

introduced to Hellinger's phenomenological approach to family systems group therapy, its principles, and theoretical understandings;

able to identify the theoretical differences between Hellinger's work and other models of group and family systems therapy;

able to personally experience family constellation work, either as clients, participants, or observers; and

able to identify ways that Hellinger's family systems therapy can be implemented in clinical practices with groups, couples, or individuals.

DATE: Next class - February 19, 2010
TIME: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
PLACE: 2017C Cathedral Fee: $95 CE: 6 hours
(LSW, Psych, NBCC, CAC)
CONTACT: (412) 624-6902 or (412) 624-3711

FAMILY CONSTELLATION TRAINING PROGRAMS

PITTSBURGH
CALGARY/EDMONTON
MONTREAL
ST LOUIS
LOS ANGELES
DALLAS

For more information or to register...

CALL: Mark (412) 422-1955 - Pittsburgh
CALL: Jonathan (780) 426 1508 - Calgary/Edmonton
CALL: Claire (514) 850-0903 - Montreal
CALL: Gail (314) 995-9755 - St Louis
CALL: Diana (951) 538-8020 - Los Angeles
CALL: Judy (903) 534-6263 - Dallas

ST LOUIS WORKSHOP/ TRAINING

WORKSHOP: March 6-7, 2010
TRAINING: March 6-9, 2010
WHERE: St Louis
CONTACT: Gail Cloud at (314) 995-9755
ONLINE REGISTRATION:

SEATTLE WORKSHOP

WHEN: March 20-21, 2010
WHERE: Falls City, WA
CONTACT: Linda Apsley at (425) 591-5797 or primeapsley@hotmail.com
ONLINE REGISTRATION: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=196508

CALGARY/EDMONTON WORKSHOP/ TRAINING

WORKSHOP: April 24-25, 2010
TRAINING: April 24-27, 2010
WHERE: Edmonton, Alberta
CONTACT: Jonathan Hooton at (780) 426 1508

FAMILY CONSTELLATION WORK IN CHICAGO

WHEN: May 1-2, 2010
WHERE: Chicago-Center for Holistic Medicine
CONTACT: Judy (903) 534-6263 or Gail (314) 995-9755
ONLINE REGISTRATION: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=194677

DURHAM, NC WORKSHOP

WHEN: May 15-16
WHERE: Durham, North Carolina
CONTACT: Debra Wuliger 919-768-3836 or lumenartstudio@aol.com
ONLINE REGISTRATION: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=194832

MONTREAL WORKSHOP/ TRAINING

WHEN: May 21-23, 2010
WHERE: Montreal
CONTACT: Claire: 514-850-0903 clairekhudaidagenais@sympatico.ca
ONLINE REGISTRATION:

CORTE MADERA, CA WORKSHOP

WHEN: June 26-27, 2010
WHERE: Corte Madera, CA
CONTACT: Dalise Gada at 209-712-7363 frogdogs3@aol.com
ONLINE REGISTRATION:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=199843

SACRAMENTO WORKSHOP

WHEN: October 16-17, 2010
WHERE: Sacramento
CONTACT: Dalise Gada at 209-712-7363 frogdogs3@aol.com
ONLINE REGISTRATION: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=194706

FAMILY CONSTELLATION WORKSHOP IN LOS ANGELES

WHEN: October 23-26
WHERE: Los Angeles
CONTACT: Diana at (951)538-8020 for more information or luvnpeac@mac.com.

FAMILY CONSTELLATION WORKSHOP IN TEXAS

WHEN: 2010
WHERE: Dallas, TX
CONTACT: Judy Smith at (903) 534-6263
ONLINE REGISTRATION:

FAMILY CONSTELLATION WORKSHOP IN MIAMI/FORT LAUDERDALE

WHEN: TBA, 2010
WHERE: Aventura, FL
CONTACT: Mercy Da Mata (305) 302-6751 mercygracedamata@aol.com
ONLINE REGISTRATION:

One-, two-, three- and four-day trainings...

Anxiety and Panic Disorders: A Systemic Perspective

This training is designed to provide a nonpharmacologic, family systems approach to treating anxiety and panic disorders in adults and children. Distilled from systemic principles originated by Bert Hellinger, Virginia Satir, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, Milton H. Erickson and others, this course provides therapists with an overview of the dynamics in family systems that lead to anxious behaviors, as well as offers practical tools and methods for safe and effective intervention.

Therapists will be able to identify systemic causes of anxiety and panic disorders and implement practical treatment plans to help clients break destructive family patterns. Therapists will learn to expand the traditional “family tree” to include those members whose exclusion or rejection caused discord in system, and learn methods to reconcile relationships with missing fathers, biological parents, deceased siblings, etc., even when contact is not possible. Upon completion, therapists will be able to apply systemic principles in their own practices with groups, couples or individuals.

Contact (412) 422-1955 for more information.

Trauma and the Family System

Family traumas live in our bodies, in our anxieties, in our fears— even in the words we speak. The idea of an inherited “family nervous system” appears to be an observable phenomenon. A woman may, for example, carry a trauma of sexual abuse— but it may not be her trauma. A man may live his entire life depressed, estranged from those around him, and never understand why. As therapists, we often encounter clients who carry symptoms of a particular trauma, yet know of no such information in their lives or in their family systems. In this training, therapists will learn how to uncover trauma in the system by exploring their client’s words, fears, symptoms and body language. Therapists will also learn how to extract a Core Sentence^TM from their client’s “list of complaints,” and develop it into a constructive inner image. In this way, the trauma in the system can surface within minutes and be transformed into a healing resource.

Contact (412) 422-1955 for more information

Trauma and Reconciliation:
Interventions in Individual and Group Sessions

Therapists are frequently called upon to evaluate and treat clients who have experienced trauma. A client may present with a specific history of trauma, or with vague symptoms, which can often be traced to an underlying traumatic event in the family system. Symptoms such as mood swings, lack of concentration, anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, eating disorders, insomnia, migraines, chronic pain and substance abuse can all be manifestations of trauma.

This training is designed to provide a nonpharmacologic, family systems approach to treating trauma in adults. Therapists will learn how to implement safe, practical and effective treatment plans to help clients restore physical, psychological and emotional equilibrium.
Reframing the trauma and reconciling the experience between victim and perpetrator will be addressed. Whether working one-on-one or in a group setting, therapists will learn the importance of using dialogue, imagery, body-centered awareness techniques, homework and ritual to support healing and resolution.

Contact (412) 422-1955 for more information

The Core Sentence^TM

The Core Sentence^TM is a therapeutic process which can reveal the roots of fears, phobias, anxiety disorders and trauma patterns, including those of unknown origin. By exploring a client’s verbal and somatic language, the core essence of an unresolved trauma can quickly be brought to light.

In this training, therapists will learn how to extract a Core Sentence^TM from their client’s “list of complaints” and develop it into a constructive inner image. In this way, the trauma in the system can surface within minutes and be transformed into a healing resource.

Contact (412) 422-1955 for more information

Having the Relationship I Want

Whether working with singles or couples, this training is designed to get to the heart of what prevents us from having the closeness we all desire. We'll explore the forces and dynamics that influence relationship choices on a subconscious level -- silent sabotage, hidden family loyalties, invisible identifications, as well as the habitual behaviors that erode our intimate relationships. Once we're free of entanglements from the past, new ways of giving and receiving love can begin to take root.

Contact (412) 422-1955 for more information

Self-Injury and the Family System

They cut themselves, pull out their hair, pick at their skin, etc. They’re caught between an unacknowledged victim and perpetrator. They enact both fates in one body, harming themselves and then suffering from self-inflicted distress. In this training, therapists will learn to recognize the dynamics behind self-injury, as well as learn to perceive the self-injurer’s words, symptoms and physical actions as signs leading to traumatic events in the family system. Methods for integration will be demonstrated. Whether working one-on-one or in a Family Constellation, therapists will learn the importance of using body-centered awareness techniques, homework and ritual to support healing and resolution.

Contact (412) 422-1955 for more information

Intake as Intervention

The issue, and often the solution, is revealed within the first moments of interaction. By exploring our client’s verbal and somatic language, the core essence of the family trauma, whether known or unknown, is brought to light. Using this approach, unconscious loyalties and systemic identifications are quickly exposed. What emerges is a rich, multilayered way of coming to clarity within the first few moments of chairwork, often obviating the necessity for further intervention.

Contact (412) 422-1955 for more information

The Effects of War

We belong to a nation, like a big protective family, that exists to protect its people who cannot do it on their own. This bond must be acknowledged. Failure to do so can invite suffering in the successive generations. For example, a man who leaves his country to avoid fighting in a war often cannot take his being saved when others in his community perished or paid a difficult price. Later on, someone in his family may be drawn to war, or suffer like those left behind who suffered. In this training, we will learn how to work with the effects of war trauma in the family system. We’ll explore the dynamics affecting subsequent generations, and demonstrate ways to bring about healing and reconciliation. We'll take a close look at PTSD and learn how to work with soldiers who have witnessed the death of a fellow soldier, have been attacked or have taken another's life.

Contact (412) 422-1955 for more information

FAMILY CONSTELLATION WORK IN MADISON, WI
	WHEN: TBA WHERE: Madison, Wisconsin - Clarion Suites COST: $275 REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=121057 CONTACT: Shirley Cornell (608) 226-0302

FAMILY CONSTELLATION WORKSHOP IN BUFFALO
	WHEN: TBA WHERE: Wayside Presbyterian Church- Hamburg CONTACT: Jill at (716) 649-8487 gannon.jill@gmail.com ONLINE REGISTRATION: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=161685

FAMILY CONSTELLATION WORKSHOP IN SEATTLE
	WHEN: TBA, 2009 WHERE: Falls City, WA CONTACT: Linda Apsley at (425) 591-5797 or primeapsley@hotmail.com ONLINE REGISTRATION: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=164726

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"Having the Relationship I Want"

We are not our thoughts. Nor are we our emotions. Yet most of us are constantly being swept downstream by the torrents of our painful thoughts and feelings.

Once free from the mental "noise" that runs your life, you may find that your problems aren't so problematic. You will embrace a profound inner calm that allows you to be compassionate with yourself and with others.

Trained in Indonesia and certified as a meditation instructor by Jeru Kabbal, Mark presents a simple, step-by-step process for living peacefully in the moment, regardless of the life challenges we may face.

Evening Workshop

WHEN: TBA
TIME: 6:45 to 9:45 PM
WHERE: Squirrel Hill
COST: (Class Size is Limited - Advance Registration Only)
CALL: (412) 422-1955

The purpose of this body-oriented workshop, led by Mark Wolynn and Eve Greenberg, is to offer tools to the therapist for keeping the client fully embodied, present and mindful of his inner experiences during release work. Often, if the experience includes a high degree of affect and body sensation, a client may actually leave his body during the session, thus limiting the effectiveness of the gross motor process to release stuck feelings and body sensation.

In this workshop, a method of working with trauma will be offered that slows down the process so that the client fully participates, not only in the release of the trauma in the body, but also in expanding and savoring the positive sensations of the release.

This trauma process incorporates the principles of Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing and Pat Ogden's Hakomi Integrative Somatics. It follows the trauma model proposed by Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of Traumatic Stress, and Joseph LeDoux in his book, The Emotional Brain.

Working primarily with the primitive impulses of the reptilian brain and the client's somatic experiences, the therapist can make contact directly with the client in his physical process to facilitate a deep release of stuck trauma. Other therapies that focus on the neo-cortex, or on the more sophisticated brain processes, can enable clients to dissociate during the release work and not attain a full body release. In this trauma process, body sensation is tracked, sequenced and released through the body. Feelings and thought patterns that arise from the deepest part of our being during the sequencing are also encouraged.