Malte Loosa, a German psychotherapist from Berlin, founder of the school of psychotherapy, meditation and martial arts «Inner Stille» came to Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University at the invitation of Head of Department of Practical Psychology and Psychodiagnostics Liudmyla Mahdysiuk.
On November 15–16, 2023, the department held the seminar «Transformation of Subconscious Structures: Transformation of Trauma into a Resource» within the framework of the «Psychology of Life Crises and Crisis Counseling» and «Psychological Counseling» ECs.
During the training, individuals who had obtained the first and second levels of higher education, practical psychologists, worked on: resource replenishment and resourceful living of the stress of war for psychotherapists, psychologists, touch specialists and their wards through conscious contact and interaction with the body (with the use of Tai-Chi martial arts practices) ; conscious verbal techniques and structured representation / systemic psychotherapy / systemic alignment to build a natural connection between consciousness and subconscious and to approach the key element of psychotherapy – the root transformation allowing to achieve deep structural internal changes. The techniques learned can be applied to any pattern that limits inner awareness and mobility, such as: fears and anxieties, panic attacks, emotional numbness and more.
In general, the seminar course consisted of a theoretical introduction, demonstrations and practical application of techniques and a large amount of practice. Therefore, higher education students studied changes in unconscious structures and characteristics of those parts of mind in which they are rooted. The focus is on the fractality of experience and ability to suggest changes to internal structures. The main differences explored by listeners are hard and soft thinking, and introspection versus trance without hard patterns. The properties of fluidity and ephemerality of conscious thinking were carefully studied, as well as ways of improvement of thinking modes were discussed: independent decision-making, game community and revolution through the proper use of flow.
Department of Practical Psychology and Psychodiagnostics