Program Topics Updated January 14, 2023 

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Discussion around Psychedelic-assisted therapy. Program Block #37

I would love to have a discussion around the resurgence of psychedelic-assisted therapy that is happening in the world right now. It is becoming a recognized treatment for PTSD, depression, anxiety and trauma. I have had personal healing experience with this, and I would love to hear other people’s. If you are interested to know more or to share, let’s have a chat.  Shayla Malek

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Allies Video Demonstration Sessions.   Program Block #37

Now that this workshop is closing, here is an opportunity to learn co-counseling techniques different from those in your own community. Experience what in-person workshops can offer, human touch and the power of an entire room honoring your inherent goodness in a session. 

I want to show a video of a 1999 workshop hosted by another co-counseling community here in Oregon (USA), neither CCI or RC. It’s called Allies: People to People. In this video Charlie Kriener acts as counselor in several demonstration (group). Charlie Kriener was a well respected co-counselor at the time, a strong advocate of men’s work and an activist working towards ending oppression.  Victor Williams

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Silence As Necessity. Program Block #34

A structured inquiry: exercises, exploration in sessions different types of silence with guided suggestion

sharing rounds for new discoveries and questions. You will need paper and pen.  Marjan Tuk

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Setback Card Game Program Block #30

Get together in groups of 4 to play Setback ( also known as Pitch or High/Low/Jack/Game).  You don’t have to know how to play …. We are also going to try to have the ability to just observe.  We will meet in the Zoom to figure out the details. Reach out via WhatsApp or email if you have any questions.  Cheryl Pytel - cherylpytel@gmail.com

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Tools Program Block  #34

Change behavior with tools by Dr. Phil Stutz - I will offer an overview of some basic tools and we'll do some work in pairs or in the group on the tools of our choice.  Janice Wasser

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Community Discussion US & Europe. Program Block #35

A community discussion that will focus on Co-Counseling in the US and Europe as well

as our virtual community.  Updates will be shared from each region represented.  Topics

include news, workshops, teaching, challenges and successes, and more. 

Kathryn Bass and Mike Root

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CoCo Coping As Carers Program Block #36

I am proud to offer a group on being a carer/ex carer: the joy, the fear, the love,   the pain, the pride (and prejudice faced too)                                                                                                                                    

We’ll work in a circle and pairs too.  A chance to speak the unspoken to others, to society, and to ourselves!   I look forward to meeting you. Chris Nikoloff

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Imaginal Dialogue. Program Block #20

Come on a journey into The Imaginal Realm of your subconscious.  We will engage in a guided imagery session to meet your Inner Advisor(s).  Come experience this powerful work that is not done with the ‘thinking’ brain.  Bring a way to jot notes down, if you wish.  Kathryn Bass

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Coco in ‘Mental Health’ situations - Making It work well. Program block#18

A discussion - time to ask questions, pass on your experience, explore ideas etc.  Sue Grey

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LGBTQ+ People and Their Allies in the Co-counseling community. Program Bock #36

LGBTQ+ Group/Demo Session and a panel discussion, question and answer. Open to everyone, LGBTQ+ people and their allies.   LGBTQ+ includes lesbian, gay (men), bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, nonbinary people, and more. Victor Williams

 

ID check: Making it work for you. Program Block #25

When last did you use this tool? By the end of this session, we're hoping that you'll be more comfortable using the ID check tool during coco sessions and appreciate the clarity it brings to your relationships. We're offering a carefully supported, intimate space to support you to dig deep into your assumptions and prejudices about others.

If you are able to join us we trust that you'll be impressed by the value of this less frequently used tool. Kevin Smith and Mark Davenport

 

LGBTQ+ Session Group Program Block #11 and Program Block #16

A time for those in the LGBTQ+ to connect and have sessions with each other. Majority of time for sessions. There will be a prompt for session time, but you can session on whatever you like.

LGBTQ+ includes lesbian, gay (men), bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, nonbinary people and more.

Victor Williams

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The Parts Inside Ourselves. Program Block #18 also Program Block #38

Have trouble describing your feelings? Maybe there are several "voices" from different parts of us. These "parts" have different roles. Understandings them facilitates our self-understanding and growth, and also improve our client and co-counseling skills. There will be a presentation that's based on a healing book, mini sessions, and discussions.  Emma Pan

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Exploring your inner victimizer Program Block #29

Explore your inner negative energies by externalizing them in a playful manner.

Bring paper and drawing materials and a sense of what these parts are like inside yourself.  Karen Andrews and Cat Sargent

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Engaging our multiple brains in the context of CCI.  Program Block #28 for those who missed it Wednesday.  Preview content here

The head, heart, and gut are best when operating cohesively.  If our head thinks something is a good idea but our heart isn’t in it, or if we have a gut reaction to it, will it be successful?  Wendy Bruce

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Co-Co Sessions! Program Block #9

Join us if you want to get a  session in. We’ll start w/ a couple of rounds – then split up into dyads, triads as numbers and desires allow. Small groups may also be possible. Judy Hartling

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Yoga Program Block #26

Lay out your yoga mat in your living room, set your camera up, and let's do yoga together!  For all abilities. Mike will do a guided practice. Michael Root

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Community Discussion US & points west Topic Group #10

A community discussion that will focus on Co-Counseling in the US, New Zealand, and Australia as well as our virtual community.  Updates will be shared from each region represented.  Individual regions within the US will be covered.  Topics include news, workshops, teaching, challenges and successes, and more.  Kathryn Bass and Mike Root

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Giving space to your creative side Topic Group #19

Do you have anything you are procrastinating about working on? A piece of writing (creative or for business), painting, crafts, even doing your taxes. Let's figure out what is holding us back and make space for that creative side of you to shine. - Bring whatever you want to work on. Shayla Malek

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CCI Co-Counseling Refresher Topic Group #6

This will be the first topic group slot and may be offered twice depending upon who might need it.  

For those joining from RC or allies Co-counseling, or someone who has not Co-Counseled in a long time, this is a required offering that reviews the basics and highlights the unique aspects of CCI Co-Counseling. 

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Life beyond our patterns: How would it be to ‘let go of your story?’  Topic Group #36

Do you ever, as a seasoned co-counsellor (or even as a newly trained one), find yourself so wedded to your back-story (your patterns around ‘abandonment’, ‘rejection’, ‘betrayal’…. or whatever…) that you somehow limit yourself from moving through and finding freedom beyond?

This workshop will give an opportunity to explore any resistance to moving beyond the ‘familiar’ - the story that we have built for ourselves – the story that, if we don’t watch out, can give us an ‘excuse’ not to move beyond the comfort of our patterns.

We will look at busting some of our most ingrained, self-limiting beliefs and look at how life will be once we rise beyond our conditioning, beyond any sense of victim consciousness and into freedom.

Tonya Christie

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Transforming our patterns around money. Program Block #17

Have you a longstanding belief that money is somehow ‘dirty’, or that, somehow it ‘isn’t spiritual’ to be wealthy?’ Do you feel that there will ‘never be enough’, or do you instead have a warm and cosy feeling about it and feel that somehow you’ll always have what you need?

The subject of money can bring up some of our deepest, darkest material, and, as such, by working on our relationship with it, it can become one of our greatest teachers.

In this workshop, we will look at busting some of our limiting patterns around money and rebalance our relationship with it. There’ll be some coco and, if we have time, we’ll do a powerful group exercise/meditation that will bring us more clarity on our own unique relationship with money and any blocks that are preventing us from experiencing balance and sustainability. Tonya Christie 

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Healthy Vulnerability  Program Block #9

How does vulnerability help us in everyday life, feeling it and working through it. I’ll dive into a few circle rounds of answering questions around vulnerability. Session time to define what you see is vulnerability and what makes you feel vulnerable. What are the feelings around being vulnerable and how can you harness it to help you in your everyday life? Pen and paper are needed.  Cheryl Fuller

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Coco in mental ill health situations...exploring how to make it work well. Program Block TBA

Discussion and ideas exchange about enabling us/people who are not able always to give free attention as they are in crisis/a dip, to access CoCo safely. Any adaptions in training or additional agreements or tools etc people have found useful or have queries about. Sue Grey

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Introducing Coco More Widely Program Block #18

Would you like to invite more people to learn about CoCo?  Let’s explore how you can host an introduction workshop for people in your community and connect them with our growing list of facilitators. Celia Wilson

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Exploring Transition. Program Block #17

An opportunity to explore a way of approaching a life transition. Looking at making creative change an easier process.  Gilli Gladman

 

Tools Program block #7

The surest way to change behavior is with a tool by Dr. Phil Stutz.  I will offer an overview of some basic tools and we'll do some work in pairs or in the group on the tools of our choice.  Janice Wasser

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The Stories We Tell Ourselves. Program Block #27

Let’s explore the personal and cultural narratives that shape our lives. We humans are story-making creatures. Any story highlights certain things and leaves out others. We’ll look at ways to identify what stories you’re living (both familial and cultural) and how to become a skillful story editor!  Jeanne Mackey

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The Power of Ritual: celebrating, connecting, & healing: creating ceremonies to mark life passages. Program block #8

Ceremonies and rituals offer ways to connect with our past, define our present life, and show us a path to our future. We'll look at the meaning of rituals in our lives and explore ways to design a personal ceremony to mark life changes and transitions.  Jeanne Mackey

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The Parts Inside Ourselves. Program Block #18

Have trouble describing your feelings? Maybe there are several "voices" from different parts of us. These "parts" have different roles. Understandings them facilitates our self-understanding and growth, and also improve our client and co-counseling skills. There will be a presentation that's based on a healing book, mini sessions and discussions.  Emma Pan

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CCI Co-Counseling Refresher  This will be the first topic group slot and may be offered twice depending upon who might need it.  

For those joining from RC or allies Co-counseling, or someone who has not Co-Counseled in a long time, this is a required offering that reviews the basics and highlights the unique aspects of CCI Co-Counseling. 

 

Community Discussion US & Europe (led by Kathryn Bass or Mike Root), this will be a morning topic group slot in Eastern US, later points east.

A community discussion that will focus on Co-Counseling in the US and Europe as well as our virtual community.  Updates will be shared from each region represented.  Topics include news, workshops, teaching, challenges and successes, and more.

 

Community Discussion US & points west (led by Kathryn Bass or Mike Root), this will be an evening eastern US slot, earlier points west. A community discussion that will focus on Co-Counseling in the US, New Zealand, and Australia as well as our virtual community.  Updates will be shared from each region represented.  Individual regions within the US will be covered.  Topics include news, workshops, teaching, challenges and successes, and more. 

 

Engaging our multiple brains in the context of CCI.  Program Block #1 and #

The head, heart, and gut are best when operating cohesively.  If our head thinks something is a good idea but our heart isn’t in it, or if we have a gut reaction to it, will it be successful?  Wendy Bruce

 

An interactive workshop to create action around DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging).  Program Block #8

Let us brainstorm ways in which we can raise awareness of CCI to enrich our community by bringing more diversity of cultures, beliefs, and abilities to our community.  Wendy Bruce

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New topics are added daily!