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LISTENING TO OUR OLDEST SELVES

Reclaiming the
WARRIOR, HEALER,
VISIONARY, TEACHER
Archetypes

A MEN’S RETREAT

with Richard Palmer
and Tom McGee

December 5-7, 2008

La Casa de Maria
Santa Barbara, CA

$295.00

REGISTER FOR THIS RETREAT

CEU's AVAILABLE

In these times, we are particularly vulnerable to fear-laden messages that lead us away from ourselves and our missions in life. Fearing fear, we create space for blind terror to grow. We can easily succumb to seeking simplistic answers that offer a false sense of security. Having lost many "technologies of the sacred," we increasingly turn to technologies that do not help us find our way.

When we listen to earth based peoples, we are listening to our oldest selves.

Wisdom from these cultures tells us what modern physics and science is beginning to prove: that we are all interconnected in an intricate web of life; when one part is affected, we are all affected. We must seek out and practice ways of being that recognize this basic truth.

The wheel of life presented in Angeles Arrien's "Four-Fold Way" is a sacred technology that contains four basic principles: show up and be present; pay attention to what has heart and meaning; tell the truth without blame or judgment; be open to outcome, not attached to an outcome. We will explore these principles and the four major archetypes that carry them: warrior, healer, visionary, and teacher.

Please join us and help us to begin to create a world in which we, our children, and our grandchildren would choose to live.

Tom McGee is a psychotherapist in private practice in Ventura, CA. He employs dream work, nature practices, wilderness experience, trauma work, focused attention, compassion and imagination in his work.

Richard Palmer has been a counselor for over twenty years. His love of sould and his devotion to restoring the community of men has led Richard to become active in bringing initiation practices to the community. He is a poet, a lover of beauty and a fierce advocate for the impassioned life.

REGISTER

FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING HOUSING AND REGISTRATION, CONTACT:

La Casa de Maria

800 El Bosque Rd.

Santa Barbara, CA 93108

registerb@lcdm.org

www.lacasademaria.org

805-969-5031

CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR

MFTs AND LCSWs:

This course meets the qualifications for 15 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

In this training you will learn through study of the four archetypes listed in this brochure the following strategies that can be used in work with men:

Understanding power and vulnerability in men

Group facilitation methods that elicit emotional responses

Indigenous concepts of healing as they apply to the therapeutic setting

Facilitating truth-telling without blame or judgment

Ways of addressing the phenomenon of projection

A $15 fee for CEUs will be collected at the retreat. Please bring cash or check.

CEUs provided by BBS provider #PCE 3783

Thomas McGee, LCSW

CANCELLATION POLICY: Deposit for registration is nonrefundable and will not be returned in the event of participant's cancellation. Payment for the event is required one week in advance of the retreat. Requests for refunds after that may or may not be honored depending on the circumstances. Questions regarding this policy should be directed to La Casa de Maria, 805-969-5031.

Workshop will be held from 7 PM Friday, December 5 to 4 pm, Sunday, December 7, 2008

Directions and further instructions will be sent upon registration.

Scholarships and partial scholarships are available.

Contact Tom McGee at 805-648-5574 or tommcgee@sbcglobal.net

Or Richard Palmer at 805-428-0393