Melbourne Professional Training

BEGINNING OCTOBER 2023.

Melbourne Hakomi Training’s take place on the lands, waters, mountains and valleys of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung People of the Kulin nations who have lived and cared for this land in custodianship for millennia. We extend our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Elders past, present and emerging for this deep tap root of history and connection.

Applications now invited.

To submit an application form, please click here.

Expressions of interest

For more information or expressions of interest, please contact the Training Organiser, Tessa Priest, via email.

Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy

As a systematic study of experience, Hakomi provides a detailed model of how to intervene on the physical, emotional and mental levels.

The theoretical concepts as well as therapeutic Hakomi skills are taught, practiced and supervised. The curriculum includes: the healing relationship, working within the principles, states and maps of consciousness, character theory, the experimental approach, the flow of the therapeutic process and applying mindfulness in therapy.

The training has a high teacher/student ratio and employs a variety of teaching approaches: experiential exercises, lectures, demonstrations, discussions, group process sessions, expressive arts, supervision, use of video and study groups.

For more information, please download the Hakomi Professional Training Brochure

For details presented here, please download the Hakomi Professional Training Information Sheet

Training dates

Offered in three Levels. Level One (2 x 6 day modules) commencing in October 2023 (see below).

Training Team

Each training is taught by a team of Certified Hakomi Trainers, Teachers and experienced assistants. Faculty are members of the Hakomi Institute Pacifica Team.

Jules Morgaine is Lead Trainer, supported by teacher Aladdin Jones. Level Two will include additional Hakomi Pacifica Team Faculty. A further team of tutor assistants support the training also.

Acceptance into the Training

The Hakomi training is intended to build on existing skills. It is therefore preferable that participants have some background in psychology, counselling, social work, healthcare or prior experience working with people in a professional capacity. However, applicants who do not meet the above criteria will also be considered. Attendance of one Hakomi workshop is a pre-requisite for acceptance onto the training. See contact details for an application pack.

Training Venue

Vine and Branches Personal Growth and Education Centre.

27 Bonds Road, Lower Plenty, VIC 3093

Venue includes limited residential facilities for up to 14 people in shared rooms. Shared $30 per night. A separate room may be possible depending on demand at $60 per night.

Application Form: Online

To submit an application form, please click here.

Completion and Certification

On successful completion of the Hakomi training, students are eligible to apply for certification with the International Hakomi Institute, USA. A Certified Hakomi Therapist (CHT) is entitled to practice and advertise as a CHT, to use the Hakomi logo and is networked by the Hakomi Institute. Post training certification modules are also available as required.

LEVEL ONE: HAKOMI FUNDAMENTAL RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

2 X 6-DAY MODULES (76 HOURS TRAINING)

PRE-REQUISITE: ATTENDANCE AT A HAKOMI WORKSHOP.

Level One may be undertaken as a stand-alone training for those who wish to learn skills for working somatically and using mindfulness as a basis for therapeutic work.

Purpose: To train Psychotherapists and allied health professionals in the fundamental building blocks of the Hakomi method. Emphasis is on the development of self and connection to others. Hakomi tools can be applied to therapy, business settings, coaching and other healing modalities.

Target Group: Psychotherapists, Psychologists, Counsellors, Doctors, Social Workers, Massage Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Yoga Teachers, Coaches, Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Cranio-Sacral Therapists, Teachers, psychiatrists.

Module 1: Meeting the Other: Skills for Respectful Relationship

Mindfulness, Hakomi Principles, Relationship Skills
Attachment theory
Loving Presence
Contact statements and tracking skills
Accessing organic self/impulse towards potential
Mindfulness techniques for emotional self-regulation

Module 2: Follow the Leader: Skills for Facilitating Growth

Mindfulness as technique
Use of Body/somatic intelligence and supporting organicity
Somatic resourcing for Trauma
Following and Leading
Experimental attitude
Ethical practice and Cultural Diversity

Dates:

Module 1: 29 October – 3 November 2023

Module 2: 22 – 27 January 2024

Investment:

Earlybird: $3,600 + GST ($3,960) if paid by 25 August 2023
Full fee: $4,000 + GST ($4,400), paid by 1 October 2023
Two instalments:
$2,100 + GST ($2,310) by 1 October 2023
$2,100 + GST ($2,310) by 15 December 2023

Upon acceptance into training a deposit of $500 is required to secure a place.

LEVEL TWO: HAKOMI PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TRAINING

4 X 6-DAY MODULES (144 HOURS TRAINING)

Purpose: To teach the methodology, techniques and theoretical frameworks of the curriculum of the Hakomi Institute (USA).

Pre-requisite: Level One: Hakomi Fundamental Relationship Skills.

Dates:

Beginning early 2024. Dates to be advised.
NB: Dependent upon sufficient enrolment.

Investment:

Commensurate with Level One

Application Process

For more information, please download the Hakomi Professional Training Brochure

For details presented here, please download the Hakomi Professional Training Information Sheet

To submit an application form, please click here.

Expressions of Interest and Queries

For more information or expressions of interest, please contact the Training Organiser, Tessa Priest, via email.

A gift - a wonderful experience that will shape the rest of my life.

—Kate Mazuy, M.A., L.P.C., Colorado

Learning the Hakomi Method has been one of the most personally and professionally enriching experiences of my career. I've gained tools to help my clients rapidly access and transform their pain and struggle, and found it profoundly effective across a wide range of individuals with a variety of long-term and challenging clinical and life problems. I can't recommend this training highly enough.

—Jeffrey Rutstein, Psy.D., Clinical Psychologist, New Jersey

The biggest attraction was seeing the change in people who had done the Hakomi training before me - they were more centred, more confident, more themselves. This was what I wanted for myself, too.

—S.T., Psychotherapist, Australia

I learned so much, thoroughly enjoyed the people and the process, and found the instructors awesome in the breadth and depth of their experience and knowledge.

—Pat Waterman, L.C.S.W., Vermont

There's no question that the Hakomi training is the best psychotherapy training I've ever done. The Hakomi trainers, without exception, embody and constantly demonstrate the Hakomi principle of loving presence towards all the students they train which powerfully facilitates the students' learning of the method.

—J.K., Psychotherapist, Australia

Excellent - rich and satisfying. It has expanded me as a person and as a therapist. The trainers were exceptional - all were superlative. The training enables you to deepen self-awareness, become more present, and learn to work with inner and outer challenges with ease, compassion and honesty - and then help others to do the same.

—Debra Babarsky, M.A., L.P.C., Virginia

Its experiential approach has been very nourishing, and as someone who has spent many years studying, it has been wonderful to engage in a learning process that did not involve the usual academic processes. I could relax into the learning, and learn without great effort or strain. I now have a deep appreciation for the wisdom inherent in such experiential teaching.

—K.V., Psychologist, Australia