Level 3. The Ground Work (The Supports)
This intermediate-level training explores how we support ourselves and how we interact within the metaphoric environment. This clarifies the principles of generative change work taught at level 2 and offers a useful extension for creating generative change.
Part 1
Context, Purpose, and The Metaphoric Environment
- The core component of a metaphor and what to look for in metaphoric elicitation.
- Embodied cognition and the physiological representation of metaphor, and how we support ourselves.
- Where and why: Where you stand, what you stand for, what you don’t stand for, etc.
- How we connect and interact with our experiential (autogenic) metaphor.
The Immersions and Other Lies
- Immersion Metaphor. This is an in-depth examination of immersion metaphor in its various forms, issues of boundaries, and the handling of crisis and high-drama lifestyles.
- The false self (persona), personal transformation, and the death of the ego.
Part 2
Binds: To Whom and To What We Attach
- Attachment metaphor and relationship. A detailed examination of double binds in metaphor as represented by attachment symbolism.
- A detailed look at container metaphor symbolism and the relationship between container metaphors and other metaphoric taxonomies.
Fitting in, Putting on a Show and Pleasing God
- Elevations and an examination of anxiety metaphors and how to work with anxious patients.
- “All the world is a stage.” Stage and performance metaphors and the relationship to the false-self (persona)
An exploration of archetypes and their relevance to Metaphors of Movement, autogenic metaphor, and language.
