Course # 120: Basic PeakStates™ Therapist
Professional Training
Revision 1.1, January 20, 2007
This 5 day
professional training is on peak states of consciousness
and our techniques for acquiring them. It is designed for
professionals (and qualified laypeople) who are interested
in exploring the new frontier of peak states of
consciousness (read comments from your colleagues who have
taken the class). The
prerequisite for this class is the Basic Whole-Hearted Healing
technique
for trauma healing, and we often give the two classes in
combination for a total of 9 days of class time.
PeakStates™ Therapist Training (5 days)
The class will be using several peak states processes, some our own, some developed by others. Everyone in the class will be expected to acquire the Silent Mind state. This state gives a wonderful silence in the mind and is critically important state for your own mental health when using merging techniques. Simple to do, it is ideal for clients. We'll practice the Inner Peace Process in class, which gives a continuous state where past trauma doesn't affect our emotional experience. This process is particularly easy to use for clients and groups. Given sufficient time, we'll also work with other important peak states that have minimal risk or adjustment problems for students.
In 9 days, we can’t possibly do everything to master even a part of this field. However, we’ve arranged the training so that participants will be exposed to a variety of healing processes and techniques for acquiring states, so that one can expect to come away with at least one or more states and a grasp on some of the tools presented. And as we will be emphasizing understanding, participants can expect to progress further on their own after the training. How fast we move through material depends on many factors, so we’ve set up the training to add additional items if time permits.
The training is designed for five purposes: 1) introduction and use of state-of-the-art powerful tools for healing; 2) acquiring some important peak states of consciousness; 3) be exposed to ways of inducing peak states into others; 4) an introduction to more fundamental spiritual and shamanic states of consciousness; 5) give people the chance to see if they might be interested in becoming either licensed practitioners for the proprietary healing techniques for the clinical projects of the Institute; (6) and a chance to meet Institute staff to see if working for the Institute might be a possibility.
As with anything, what you get depends on what you put into it and some luck. If you prepare ahead of time, your experience will be richer and more useful. You will be using trauma healing techniques which are applicable to any situation in your life, and can be done on yourself by yourself at home. We fully hope to see you in at least one peak state before you leave, but it will depend on how much trauma material is blocking your states. So there is no guarantee, but at a minimum you will leave with an understanding of what you need to continue working on when you get home. Plan on an average of six months of working at home to master the material presented in class.
A final note - several of the techniques are new and experimental - you will be informed so that you can decide if you wish to participate at these times.
Detailed Course Syllabus
Some of the unusual problems with acquiring peak states and ways to deal with them will be covered. How to deal with the Tribal Block to acquiring peak states will be used on everyone who attends, and is useful for clients in a variety of circumstances. This class uses the PeakStates Therapist Manual, Level 1 (see the table of contents). This manual is available only in class - it contains material that could pose safety risks for people who had not taken the training.
Prerequisites
- To get the
most out of the class, read Volume 1 and 2 of
Peak
States of Consciousness, and
the Basic
Whole-Hearted Healing Manual before the
class.
- List 5 or so
issues in your life that need healing.
- No current
psychiatric or major problem issues (such as suicidal
tendencies) - this class is not
for healing
of major personal problems.
- No
potentially life threatening conditions such as a weak
heart.
- If you're not
personally known by the workshop organizer, you will be
asked to fill out an application that discuss your
background to see if it is a good fit for this advanced,
experiential workshop.
- Familiarity
with EFT is highly desirable and worth doing for its own
sake.
- There
are required signed agreements
for the
class, for liability, safety, and protection of
intellectual property. You need to read them
before
you come
to the training.
- Emotional and physical pain will arise when deep personal trauma is uncovered - if this is something you are unwilling to experience, then the training would not be appropriate for you.
Why would you want to take the training for yourself?
- We all have
areas that we have trouble healing. Part of the class is
in understanding what causes this problem, along with
some in-class time to heal them.
- The fields of
healing and spiritual growth just don't have any
underlying models that explain the full range of people's
experiences. This class gives you the fundamental,
biological understanding of how they all fit together,
and what all these techniques are trying to accomplish.
- Get ongoing
support via phone conferences and the camaraderie of
peers who understand this new field.
- Be a part of
finding cures for previously 'incurable' diseases, new
peak states, and peak state processes that have never yet
been seen on the face of the planet.
- Master the
techniques well enough so you can add to your own
personal collection of peak states on your own.
- Meet some of
the people in the forefront of this breakthrough work,
and learn enough to be able to find other leaders in this
world-wide change in approach.
- This class is
required for our more advanced 'state-dependent
techniques for healing, which are much more powerful,
faster, and can be used on clients directly, without any
need to train them in technique.
- Several of our licensed processes require that you have completed this class with its professional certification procedure.
What are some of the drawbacks to this training?
- These new
techniques are only 'second generation', and so won't
work for everyone.
- Nor is the
developmental work complete - we don't have everything
for anyone. It is a lot like buying a Commodore 64 in the
early 1980s, useful but by no means as sophisticated as
the computers that came a decade later.
- The field is
changing rapidly. Techniques and theory are evolving
daily, and keeping up requires some effort. This probably
won't change for another decade or so.
- In the
limited time in a workshop, we can't reliably give
everyone all the targeted peak states. Expect this and
plan on working on yourself for an average of 6 months
after the training to complete everything and become
proficient.
- The class
isn't just one simple technique, but several, very
powerful techniques. If you expect to get the answers to
everything in something that can be explained in a 'sound
bite', you'll be disappointed. Like any worthwhile skill,
it requires time and commitment to master.
- Don't expect
to generate more professional income by taking this
training, since the entire field of peak states is
virtually unknown to the public. Instead, consider taking
this class for professional reasons - to improve your
ability to help your clients.