In-Depth 5-Day SoulCollage® Facilitator Training
with Mariabruna Sirabella, MFT

August 22-26, 2009 (Revised date)
Pacifica Graduate Institute - Carpinteria, California

In response to requests from therapists, coaches, and others for a longer, more in-depth approach to working with SoulCollage® in helping relationships, Mariabruna has designed a special Training that provides an immersion in the depth and breadth of the SoulCollage® method.

In addition to teaching the core material and hands-on activities provided in the standard weekend program, this Training emphasizes the 'therapeutic' dimension of SoulCollage®, its unique approach to self-care, and offers an opportunity to augment your personal and professional skills through its creative, spiritual approach to transformation.

You are an ideal participant for this Training if you wish to delve deeply into what SoulCollage® has to offer and want more time to create cards and experience their transformational powers. Psychotherapists, counselors, clinical social workers and other helping professionals will find this program particularly suited to prepare them to use SoulCollage® in their practices, and materials about its clinical applications will be provided.

This Training offers 36 CEUs, including 6 mandatory units for Law & Ethics. Licensed therapists have the options to decline the credits, take only 30 credits, or take the full 36 credits.

In this program Mariabruna shares her many years experience of teaching SoulCollage® to groups and using it with clients in her psychotherapy private practice. Since 2004 she has co-facilitated retreats and advanced workshops with Seena Frost (View July and October programs). Often her new students find SoulCollage® to be a revelation, and over time share with her its capacity to be an amazingly clear mirror for the multiple aspects of their inner and outer life.

Mariabruna will be assisted by Fran Cherlow, a trained SoulCollage® Facilitator also in private practice as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Long Beach, CA. Among other accomplishments, Fran was the first Chair of the SoulCollage® Conference.

No degree, certification or artistic ability or experience is required to attend this Training. There are a few pre-requisites that will make the experience more enjoyable and fruitful that are outlined at the end of this page.

Location - Pacifica Graduate Institute

The 35-acre Ladera Lane Campus is a fully equipped educational retreat center. In addition to classrooms and lecture halls, it includes conference facilities, residential buildings, a dining hall, and a swimming pool. There are also faculty and staff offices, a large organic garden, an IT center, and branches of the Pacifica Library and Bookstore.

In forming its campuses, Pacifica has taken special care of the land. Plantings and structures blend in with and give back to the environment. Gardens and pathways have been designed to invite birds, insects, and other animals to make their homes in these places. Existing orchards have been converted to organic production. Growing fresh fruits, herbs and vegetables on campus allows Pacifica to move towards environmental sustainability.
Visit the Pacifica website to view a slide show of the campus.

Examples of Topics covered in the Training

Fundamental tenets and principles of SoulCollage® * The indispensable Archetypes * Description of the process and its therapeutic applications * The Soul of Ethics (law and ethics mandatory units) * Card making (techniques, etc.) * Using cards with individual clients * Using cards with groups * Using cards to teach * Teaching a workshop * Card readings (in dyads and in larger group) * Uses of SoulCollage * Shadow work with SoulCollage * Plenty of time to make some of your own cards!

About Mariabruna

Mariabruna fell in love with SoulCollage when she first attended a group with Seena Frost in 1996. Being mostly a visual person, she experienced the process of journaling in images, integrating colors, symbols and composition through collage inspiring and deeply satisfactory. She immediately realized and applied its potential for therapeutic work with her clients. Trained as a SoulCollage® Facilitator in 2004 by Seena Frost, she assisted in several trainings and became a trainer herself in 2007.

Mariabruna has taught at JFK University, UCD Experimental College, Cabrillo Community College, and at Mount Madonna Center and many other retreat centers and Yoga Schools in USA and Italy. She has presented SoulCollage at the Dance Therapy Conference, the Transpersonal Psychology Conference (with Seena Frost), The Psychosynthesis Conference (with Seena Frost) and the 2007 and 2008 SoulCollage Facilitators' Conferences.

"Mariabruna definitely gets five stars in my book of SoulCollage® facilitators. She and I have co-led several workshops over the years, so I’ve had a close-up experience of her teaching skills, and also of her ability to be very present both as a high witness and a gentle guide. Intuitively she knows when to alert a person to unexplored layers of soul, ones she may see hidden in a card’s images or in the words of a SoulCollage reading. As needed, she will then assist in the birthing, naming and exploring of these newly found soul parts. Perhaps we could call her an excellent soul midwife. In addition, if ever you have the chance to let Mariabruna guide you through the beauties of her home country, Italy, take it. I did, and my soul expanded several sizes."  Seena Frost

Training Tuition

Tuition for the Training is $700-$715 (if received by July 15) or $800-$817 (if received July 16 or later). (Tax deductions applicable for business and educational expenses.) Overnight accommodations at Pacifica or elsewhere are not included in this fee.

YOUR TUITION COVERS:

• Training sessions at Pacifica (5 days – Saturday to Wednesday)
• All materials needed for the Training (blank cards, images, scissors, hand-outs, binder, glue)
• One-year membership in the SoulCollage® professional organization, the SoulCollage® Facilitator’s Circle
• An invitation to join the Facilitators’ list serve
• A monthly e-newsletter for Facilitators only.

After the training, you will be able to use the trademarked name "SoulCollage®" and the designation "SoulCollage® Facilitator. In order to receive a completion certificate, all sessions must be attended.

Cancellation Policy
If your cancellation is received by August 1, 2009, an administrative fee of $50 will be deducted from your refund. No refunds for tuition or accommodations will be given after August 1; however, depending on the date of cancellation and the non-refundable expenses already sustained, a portion of your tuition payment may be applied to a future workshop. A full refund will be given if the Training is cancelled.

How to Register

1. Email Mariabruna with your inquiries and to check availability before registering. You may also call her at 831-768-1442. This training is limited to a small group due to the nature of the instruction.

2. Complete payment for the Training and your accommodations using PayPal/CC or mail as described below. Your accommodations at Pacifica include 4 nights and 12 meals.

3. Download and complete a registration form (PDF) and return to Mariabruna.

Payment Information

#1 -  Using PayPal/Credit Card (small processing fee included. (If you wish to pay with a credit card and don't have a PayPal account, click "continue" at the bottom left side of the PayPal payment page.)

* Early Bird Tuition (received by July 15)  -  $715
* Regular Tuition (received July 16 or later)  -  $817

* Shared room  -  $510
* Single room  -  $588
* Commuter Day-use fee  -  $290

* 30 Continuing Education Credits  -  $17
* 36 CEUs (including Law and Ethics and a text book)  -  $66

Training and Accommodations

Early Bird-Single $1,303.00 Early Bird-Shared $1,225.00 Early Bird-Commuter $1,005.00

Continuing Education Units

30 CEUs $17.00 36 CEUs $66.00

#2 -  Using a check, money order or bank transfer payment (no fee).
Mail payments to Mariabruna Sirabella at 240 Westgate Drive, Suite #125, Watsonville, CA

* Early Bird Tuition (received by July 15)  -  $700
* Regular Tuition (received July 16 or later)  -  $800

* Shared room accommodation at Pacifica  -  $492
* Single room accommodation at Pacifica  -  $568
* Pacifica Day-use fee for commuters  -  $280

* 30 Continuing Education Credits  -  $17
* 36 CEUs (including Law and Ethics and a text book)  -  $66

Preparation and Pre-Requisites

No degree or certification is required to attend this Training, but it is highly recommended that participants prepare by reading Seena Frost's book, SoulCollage®, listening to her two talks, "Introduction to SoulCollage®" and "Facilitating SoulCollage® in Groups" on CDs (available at www.hanfordmead.com) and beginning to make SoulCollage® cards for their own decks. Although the basic tenets will be reviewed in the beginning of the Training, participants will greatly benefit by gaining some experience before they take a step that will enable them to use this method with others. Please bring any cards you have made when you come for the Training.

Those who complete the SoulCollage® Training will receive a certificate of completion and may use the SoulCollage® trademark in doing individual or group work according to the "Principles of SoulCollage®." They may also use the designation “SoulCollage® Facilitator”. Click here to read these important "Principles" at the SoulCollage® website.

What participants have said about the SoulCollage® Training with Mariabruna... "Learning this process has truly been a relief because finally I have a way to express what has been locked inside of me for years. I could not have done it only with words! Now I safely dialog with many dark aspects of my past." "Please know the SoulCollage process has been life changing for me!" "I really appreciate your wisdom and ability to dance in the moment as the pictures evolved throughout the weekend. You were SO inspiring and it was so freeing for me to put some of the images I have been saving down on a card."