Wayne Linton: College of Soul Focused Psychotherapy

College of Soul Focused Psychotherapy

I am fortunate to have been given the opportunity to observe a highly skilled master therapist work at a profoundly deep level. As part of this course Wayne enables the student to follow the process first hand. I am able to watch as Wayne leads a client to the depths of their being so as to be able to learn how to be responsible for their personal growth. As I observe these authentic sessions I become part of a process that theory alone cannot give me. Wayne is a very experienced therapist and this combines with his deep connection to heart/soul. I highly recommend this course.

Jacqui Docksey, Kinesiologist

The College of Soul Focused Psychotherapy came into existence to provide students with 3 essentials

Wayne, the founder/director of the College has created this original and unique combination of training essentials in response to his clients gaining valuable outcomes from his approach to therapy. These clients may have a long history of seeking tranformation through therapy with limited degrees of success or may have been led to Wayne's therapy essentially novices to this world of help and had a direct experience of change in their lives. Whatever the reasons, more and more people over the years asked Wayne to begin to teach what he actually does and how he does it so that in 2011 the College of SFP was born and the teaching began.

I've attended many courses in the past but none like this; this course is unique. Very interactive with lots of opportunity for discussion and feedback. The techniques (and wisdom) Wayne uses facilitate profound changes for the people he works with. To witness this feels like a real privilege. The course is definitely helping me grow as a therapist but it's also helping immensely with my own personal growth. Very practical and very powerful, and very highly recommended.

Steve Tibbits
Clinical Hypnotherapist, Geelong

What are the main elements of the 3 essentials?

A MODEL….THE THEORY - Modules 1 & 2

Module 1. A model that explains the relationship between Ego, Soul & Spirit. Our Spirit / Essence which gives rise to Soul / Higher Self which gives rise to Ego / Personality / Lower Self.

Module 2. Lectures - Additional extensive theory and techniques for therapists to assist operating within the model, and how they relate to the above model from shame through to enlightenment.

THE DIRECT EXPERIENCE - Modules 3 & 4

Module 3. Observation of Soul Focused Psychotherapist Client / Session

The direct experience of ACTUALLY WATCHING an experienced therapist assisting a client move through the stages of Personality / Ego based consciousness issues / patterns / limitations into Soul awareness, would prepare them for a holistic approach to working with their clients. This unique combination of modules combine to holistically prepare the therapist to enter very deep levels of assisting another person towards healing, whilst staying well themselves.

The student views the one hour session directly - as the therapist utilises the many approaches taught in modules 1-5. At the conclusion of the session the client leaves. For the next 30 minutes, the therapist then provides insights into the unfolding of the session and the students have opportunities to ask questions.

Module 4. Personal Soul Focused Psychotherapy Therapy Sessions - The student benefits directly by receiving Soul Focused Psychotherapy from a therapist with the opportunity for debriefing.

STAYING WELL AND ENERGETICALLY SUPPORTING THE CLIENT - Modules 5, 6 & 7

Module 5. Qi Gong

Qi Gong is a three thousand year old practice that teaches students how to recharge, balance male and female energies, become more centered, listen deeper to self and others and to not take on clients negative energies. Of great significance is the increased ability of the therapist as a Qi Gong practitioner to change their own energy structure / field / aura in such a way that it temporarily supports a client during a session in a number of possible ways:

I) The client energy body is “prepared” by the presence of the energy body of the therapist, ie: becomes more open and easier to access a clients ability to get insights.

II) Shifts / reasons for behaviours etc can be greatly enhanced by being in a Qi Gong practitioners energy field.

III) At the conclusion of the breakthrough, a client can shift into a higher Soul state of consciousness if the Qi Gong practitioner has been able to attain that state.

Module 6. Direct hands on healing through two modalities:

1) Reiki - a Japanese healing system

2) Qi Gong - a Chinese healing system.

Module 7. Chakra System - At the Diploma level only, a thorough theoretical and experiential examination of the Chakra system.

OVERVIEW OF TRAINING

The Modules of competency to complete Soul Focused Psychotherapy are:

Certificate of Soul Focused Psychotherapy

Pre-requisites: Nil

Module 1 Ego, Soul, Spirit Workshop

Module 2 Lectures

Module 3 Observation of Soul Focused Psychotherapy Client / Session

Module 4 Personal Soul Focused Psychotherapy Therapy Session

Module 5 Qi Gong Training

Module 6 Reiki - Level 1

Diploma of Soul Focused Psychotherapy

Pre-requisites: Certificate of Soul Focused Psychotherapy

Module 1 Ego, Soul, Spirit Workshop

Module 2 Lectures

Module 3 Observation of Soul Focused Psychotherapy Client / Session

Module 4 Personal Soul Focused Psychotherapy Therapy Session

Module 5 Qi Gong Training

Module 6 Reiki - Level 2

Module 7 Chakra System

COURSE OUTLINE

Certificate of Soul Focused Psychotherapy

Module 1 Ego, Soul, Spirit Workshop

Presenting a model that examines levels of consciousness experienced by humans and the traps / pitfalls / breakthroughs that occur between levels. Ego / Personality / Lower self operates through shame (lowest vibration) through guilt, apathy, grief, fear, desire, anger and eventually pride (ego's highest vibration).

Soul (higher self) operates through courage, neutral, willingness, acceptance, reason, love, joy, peace and eventually enlightenment.

Focusing more on the theory of ego/personality levels of consciousness with overview of soul levels of consciousness.

Module 2 Lectures

Lecture 1 Archetypes / Ego states / Roles we play.

• Identifying archetypes: How to bring an archetype to the surface for expression.

• Interact, encourage listening, watch the archetype as the therapist.

• Become that which the archetype has “issue” with.

Lecture 2 Karma

• The levels of karma operating

• The nature of karma and how it is created

• The role of karma in healing and / or suffering

Lecture 3 Yin (Female) / Yang (Male)

Much of our behaviour can be understood as the interplay of these energies. From the nothing came the one, from the one came the two, from the two came the many. Looking deeply at the nature of Yin/Yang interactions within ourself first, then between two (or more) persons is vital for understanding how change can come about.

Investigate the difference between Yin and Yang operating principles and their qualities, characteristics, tendencies and operating patterns, and how and when to include this as an approach to therapy.

Lecture 4 Possessions, Entities and Angels

Clients can arrive “affected” by something that feels “not me”. This can be:

• voices telling the client what to do or how to act

• behaviours not encountered before

• desires destructive to self or others

Types of possessions, entities and angels. How to bring them to the surface in a session:

• listen to them

• talk to them if appropriate

• remove them if appropriate

Module 3 Observation of Soul Focused Psychotherapist / Client Session

Students view a Soul Focused Psychotherapist (Wayne Linton) therapy session with a client for one hour. Choose from ongoing Saturday sessions, 9:45am or 11:30 am. This is followed by 30 minutes of theory, questions and answers in relation to the session.

Topics to be covered at Certificate level:

• Gaining Rapport with the Client

• Relating client issues to the chart of “Levels of Consciousness”

• Personality wants versus Soul impulse.

• Highlighting theory application taught in modules 1 and 2

• Use of dreamwork, symbolism and imagery

• Conditioning and belief systems

• Strategies for breakthroughs

• Spiritual emergency and crises procedures

• Other people as mirrors in the outer world

• Guiding clients into higher levels of consciousness

• The art of Surrendering

• Ethics - practitioner responsibilities

• Male / Female Integration

• Assessment of progress in follow-up sessions

• Appropriate homework setting for clients

• Forgiveness / judgement / attachment

• Provision of resources for client support

• Understanding of client and therapist personal boundaries

• Importance of soul in mental, emotional and physical world

• The clients inter-relationship of mental, emotional, etheric and physical bodies

• Importance of breathing

• Moving from Victim / Perpetrator to Self empowerment / taking Responsibility

• The role of parents / teachers in creating a sense of “self” and how to undo that where appropriate

• Approaches specific to client age and stage of development

Module 4 Personal Soul Focused Psychotherapy Sessions

In these one-on-one personal sessions with a Soul Focused Psychotherapist, students

experience being taken through their own issues / growth with a Soul Focused approach

and are debriefed at the end of the session in relation to theory covered in Modules 1, 2, 3

and 7.

Module 5 Qi Gong Training

• 2 moving Qi Gong techniques: Qi Gong Dai, and Self Healing

• 5 passive / meditative techniques - Absorbing from outer worlds; Microcosmic Orbit;

Cleansing; Absorbing from inner world; Balancing Yin and Yang.

Module 6 Reiki - Level 1

• Introduction to energy transference for generating healing.

• Receiving attunements,

• Learning to bring universal healing energy to self and others.

COURSE OUTLINE

Diploma of Soul Focused Psychotherapy

Module 1 Ego, Soul, Spirit Workshop

Review of the Certificate level, plus focusing more on the theory of ego/personality levels of consciousness with overview of soul levels of consciousness.

Module 2 Lectures

Lecture 1 Archetypes / Ego states / Roles we play.

Review of the Certificate level plus:

• as the therapist become the archetype and assist the client become the “issue”

• How to assist coming out of the issue, debriefing

• assist the clients different archetypes directly communicate with each other.

Lecture 2 Karma

Review of the Certificate level plus:

• How to change karma - continue to suffer or be of service

• Karma and the levels of consciousness

• Soul karma

Lecture 3 Yin (Female) / Yang (Male)

Review of the Certificate level plus:

• Assisting clients to achieve higher states of soul consciousness by connecting to their

male and female parts / roles / energies and integrating them.

Lecture 4 Possessions, Entities and Angels

Review of the Certificate level plus:

• Advanced therapy / practice of the above

Module 3 Observation of Soul Focused Psychotherapist / Client Session

Module 4 Personal Soul Focused Psychotherapy Therapy Sessions

In these one on one personal sessions with a Soul Focused Psychotherapist, students

experience being taken through their own issues / growth with a Soul Focused approach and are debriefed at the end of the session in relation to theory covered in Modules 1, 2, 3,and 7.

Module 5 Qi Gong Training

Certificate level Qi Gong techniques, plus 4 additional series of techniques:

• Opening energy body through physical movements

• Opening energy body through energy movements

• Advanced cleansing (3 techniques)

• Expanding / Contracting energy body

• Opening the Heart chakra

Module 6 Reiki - Level 2

• Introduction to energy transference for generating healing.

• Receiving attunements

• Learning to bring universal healing energy to self and others.

• Distance Healing,

• Learning to work with guides,

• Learning to work with the powers of Reiki symbols.

Module 7 Chakras

• Overview of the Chakra system.

• Explanation of each individual Chakra

• Colour vibration

• Main functions and which energy body is activated

• Main malfunctions and different ways to release

• Activities to connect, clear and revitalise each chakra

• How to identify the location of an issue within the Chakra system

COURSE PREREQUISITS

Prior training is NOT essential. Admission is not automatic because a student wants to do the course.

Selection for the training is by individual interview where certain capabilities are required. These are:

• A strong sense of a call to service

• Boundary setting is solid

• Willingness to be flexible with new material/information

• Personal life is organised, ethical and relatively stable

• Capacity to understand personal projections and the projections of others

• Understand that the courses at SFP are both theory content rich AND very experiential so that personal challenges and issues will arise that WILL lead to personal growth.

NUMBER OF STUDENT CONTACT HOURS

The course will run over 46 weeks of the year.

The College of Soul Focused Psychotherapy provides two certification levels:

1) Certificate of Soul Focused Psychotherapy - 6 modules with 130 contact hours plus 470 home study hours (= 600 hours).

2) Diploma of Soul Focused Psychotherapy - 13 modules with 290 contact hours plus 910 home study hours (this certification level includes Certificate of Soul Focused Psychotherapy) ( = 1200 hours).

Attendance and home study combined requires approximately 15 hours per week. The certificate is designed to be completed in one year and the Diploma in two years.

Modules 1, 3 and 5 of Certificate, and modules 1, 3, 5 and 7 of Diploma are set times of the year.

Modules 2, 4 and 6 are flexible. Students are free to choose times that suit them, so how long it takes to complete the Certificate or Diploma will depend upon how quickly they complete and pass all modules.

REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION

In order to qualify for the Certificate or Diploma, students must fulfill the following requirements:

1. Attendance at all required workshops, courses, theory lectures, personal sessions, and observation sessions. Where attendance is not possible through circumstances beyond the students control, they will be required to watch the filming of that module.

2. There is one written assignment for each module to be handed in for assessment.

Post course support: Graduates can email queries, difficult client issues etc for ongoing support.

DURATION

The hours for each Module of competency to complete Soul Focused Psychotherapy are:

Certificate of Soul Focused Psychotherapy

Pre-requisites: Nil

Module 1 Ego, Soul, Spirit Workshop 10

Module 2 Lectures 20

Module 3 Observation of Soul Focused Psychotherapy Client / Session 60

Module 4 Personal Soul Focused Psychotherapy Therapy Session 5

Module 5 Qi Gong Training 27

Module 6 Reiki - Level 1, 8

6 modules - total hours: 130

Diploma of Soul Focused Psychotherapy

Pre-requisites: Certificate of Soul Focused Psychotherapy

Module 1 Ego, Soul, Spirit Workshop 10

Module 2 Lectures 20

Module 3 Observation of Soul Focused Psychotherapy Client / Session 75

Module 4 Personal Soul Focused Psychotherapy Therapy Session 5

Module 5 Qi Gong Training 23

Module 6 Reiki - Level 2 12

Module 7 Chakras 15

13 modules - total hours: 160

To watch Wayne work is to watch love in action. There is magic that occurs when someone who is ready for love encounters love and it is a gift to be enabled to witness this process. It seems that what any course with Wayne is really teaching is the mastery of love. It seems that when that occurs love itself directs every interaction, therapeutic or otherwise. Therefore, this course is very different to any other psychotherapy course. The measure of success seems to rest purely in your own ability to allow exposure to love to transform you so that you can learn how to drop all that is not love within you. Only then can you transcend the consciousness level of the ego and learn to embrace the consciousness levels of Soul. The vibration of love that emanates from Wayne encompasses not just the ‘client', but the students who are watching and learning. To participate in this course is to agree to raise your own level of conciousness and then to help others.

Sandi Dwyer
Myotherapist, Hypnotherapist, Geelong

I have found the classes invaluable. The environment is of genuine integrity, non-judgement and truth. Every class I feel like I am the client. I am able to adapt the concepts, learnings and understandings to my own journey, and its a beautiful reminder that we are all on this journey of life together. Thank you.

Kerrie Dixon, Geelong.

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