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Short course in Logotherapy offered by Unisa
Logotherapy is meaning-centred counselling and psychotherapy based on the principles of living life with a sense of purpose and direction. It is applicable in cases where people have to deal with loss, tragedy, terminal illness and disease, chronic pain or disablement, or any other stress-provoking situation causing a crisis of meaning in their lives. It is also indicated in many cases of substance abuse, violence, crime, and depressions earmarked by a sense of meaninglessness and despair as a result of a lack of purpose and direction in life. The course is the first of its kind in South Africa and is run in close collaboration with the international body, The Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy in Dallas, Texas.The course aims at addressing the needs of participants to assist both themselves and others to find greater quality, meaning and direction in their lives. The course consists of three parts aimed at:
- clinical psychologists,
- counsellors,
- and professionals in the industry and
- teachers, lecturers and trainers (corporate and other in a workshop environment).
Course details:
- Introduction (distance education): runs over six months and is offered twice a year. It includes a three day workshop. The course involves an intensive study of the principles and applications of Logotherapy and the submission of a compulsory assignment.
- Intermediate section: runs over six months and is offered twice a year. It includes a five day practical workshop with the aim of acquiring the skills to use logotherapeutic methods and techniques in therapy and counselling, the presentation of case studies and a two-hour written examination at the end of the workshop.
- Advanced section: runs over a year and consists of two legs of which student chooses one:
- Group supervision for clinical psychologists and counsellors (8 sessions once per month of 180 minutes each and two full day sessions 8 hour each in February and July of each year, to a group of 5 to 10 participants).
- Training in research and teaching of Logotherapeutic techniques, in a workshop setting or as a Logotherapy Associate qualification to add onto an existing teaching, lecturing or training qualification (8 sessions once per month of 180 minutes each and two full day sessions 8 hours each in February and July of each year, to a group of 5 to 10 participants).
Admission requirements:
- Introductory Course: Senior Certificate.
- Intermediate Course: Successful completion of Introductory Course.
- Advanced Course: Successful completion of Introductory and Intermediate Course.
Click here to go to the Unisa website for more details about this course.
Click here for the registration form.
Other Short Courses offered by the Unisa Centre for Applied Psychology:
- Logotherapy
- Victim Empowerment and Support
- HIV/AIDS Care and Counselling
- Emotional Intelligence
- Interpersonal Skills
- Care for the Caregiver
- Developing Capacity
Click here for details about Workshops offered by the Unisa Centre for Applied Psychology.
Please Direct All Enquiries To:
- Unisa Centre for Applied Psychology: The Centre Manager
- Tel: 012-429-8544/3794 (Office Hours)
- Fax: 012-429-6853/3414
- E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
- Unisa Main Campus, PRETORIA
Theo Van Wijk Building
5th Floor, Room 5-152
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I think that taking life seriously means something such as this: that whatever man does on this planet has to be done in the lived truth of the terror of creation, of the grotesque, of the rumble of panic underneath everything. Otherwise it is false. Whatever is achieved must be achieved with the full exercise of passion, of vision, of pain, of fear, and of sorrow. How do we know ... that our part of the meaning of the universe might not be a rhythm in sorrow? |