Introduction Journey

INTRODUCTION TO JOURNAL THERAPY

Prerequisite for all level one journeys

During this flagship journey, you will be introduced to the Online Journal Therapy Programme and the expressive writing technique.

During the 7-day cycle, you will receive:

A 30-minute, audio teaching discussing benefits and tips to support your journal writing practice and get you started.
An instruction audio of 5-10 mins on the first day of your event
Four writing prompts (requires 15-30 mins per day for four days) - you write in your own time every day.
Support and coaching to encourage your progress.
Access to the private Google Chat Group.
Access to the 90-mins debrief and teaching online session

Investment:
ZAR 300 for South Africans and SADC
ZAR 600 for those outside the region

Booking and registration:

Please Whatsapp +27722431451 to request a Yoco payment link and provide your Gmail address.

Event Dates and FB Links:

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OJTP Level One Journeys LEVEL ONE JOURNEYS

After completing the Introduction Journey you can participate in the following level one journeys:

Character Sketching Technique - exploring the inner life
Unsent Letters Technique - healing through expressive writing
Finding New Cheese - dealing with change

UNSENT LETTERS TECHNIQUE - HEALING THROUGH EXPRESSIVE WRITING

During this journey, you will be introduced to the unsent letters technique of journal writing - a powerful tool to connect with others or parts of ourselves for healing, remembering, restoring, letting go and transforming. The technique will be practiced using the expressive writing process learned in the Introduction to Journal Therapy journey.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Journal Writing.

During the 7-day cycle, you will receive:
An instruction audio of 5-10 mins
Four writing prompts (15-30 mins per day for four days) - you will write in your own time every day
Support and coaching to encourage your progress
Access to the private Google Chat group
Access to the online Google Meet debrief and teaching session

Investment:
ZAR 300 for South Africans and SADC
ZAR 600 for those outside the region

Booking and registration:

Please Whatsapp +27722431451 to request a Yoco payment link and provide your Gmail address.

Event Dates and FB Links:

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CHARACTER SKETCHING TECHNIQUE - EXPLORING THE INNER LIFE

Character sketching is an imaginative journey of introspection. Using various characters from our personal lives (real or imagined), we engage with our inner world from various perspectives. In this journey, we connect with a range of characters that have significance for you to encourage a comprehensive reflection process. The well-paced, reflection days and guidance from the facilitator will enable you to gain maximum benefit from this creative journal therapy technique.

This 11-day, level-one journey is a prerequisite for Symbols, Archetypes and Inner Child Journeys.

During the 11-day cycle, you will receive:

An instruction audio of +/- 10 mins explaining the 11-day journey
4 writing prompts (15-30 mins per day for four days with reflection days in between)
Support and coaching to encourage your progress
Access to the private Google Chat group
Access to the online Google Meet debrief and teaching session

Investment:
ZAR 400 for South Africans and SADC
ZAR 800 for those outside the region

Booking and registration:

Please Whatsapp +27722431451 to request a Yoco payment link and provide your Gmail address.

Event Dates and FB Links:

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FINDING NEW CHEESE - DEALING WITH CHANGE

This journal therapy process explores the wisdom of Dr Spencer Johnson's famous story "Who Moved My Cheese?" - a little but powerful book about change. In a rapidly changing world, we are expected adapt to new environments and ways of being. "Who Moved My Cheese?" reveals important aspects of change and provides helpful insight for transformation. The expressive writing process will enable personal reflection into your current change responses and realities - necessary reflection to adapt and find new cheese.

During the 11-day cycle, you will receive:

An instruction audio of 12 mins explaining the 11-day journey
A freeware, PDF copy of "Who Moved My Cheese?" (if you don't have the book)
4 writing prompts (15-30 mins per day for four days with reflection days in between)
Support and coaching to encourage your progress
Access to the private Google Chat group
Access to the online, Google Meet debrief and teaching session

Investment:
ZAR 400 for South Africans and SADC
ZAR 800 for those outside the region

Booking and registration:

Please Whatsapp +27722431451 to request a Yoco payment link and provide your Gmail address.

Event Dates and FB Links:

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OJTP Level Two Journeys

LEVEL TWO JOURNEYS

All level two journeys require the Introduction Journey and at least one level one journey.

Please check the prerequisites before booking for a level two journey.

WORKING WITH SYMBOLS - LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL

This journal therapy process allows you to work with symbols meaningfuly. Symbols may include: keepsakes, heirlooms, photos, images, jewellery, stories, poems, songs, animals, places, characters from a movie etc. As long as it holds personal meaning for you, it becomes a symbol. Symbols have incredible transformative power if we pay attention to them. They are the language through which the soul communicates the numinous. The expressive writing process will enable personal reflection on your symbols and explore them for their deeper meaning and transformation possibilities.

During the 11-day cycle you will receive:

An instruction audio of 15 mins
4 writing prompts (15-30 mins of writing per day for four days with reflection days in between)
Support and coaching to encourage your progress
Access to the private Google Chat group
Access to the online, Google Meet debrief and teaching session

Prerequisites for this Level Two Course:
Introduction to Journal Therapy
Character Sketching

Investment:
ZAR 400 for South Africans and SADC
ZAR 800 for those outside the region

Booking and registration:

Please Whatsapp +27722431451 to request a Yoco payment link and provide your Gmail address.

Event Dates and FB Links:

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INNER CHILD JOURNEY - RECONNECTING AND REMEMBERING

Details coming soon

Prerequisites for this Level Two Course:

Introduction to Journal Writing
Character Sketching journey

Investment:

ZAR 400 for South Africans
ZAR 800 for those outside South Africa

Booking and registration:
Please Whatsapp +27722431451 to request a Yoco payment link and provide your Gmail address.

Event Date and Link:

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OJTP Level Three Journeys

LEVEL THREE JOURNEYS

SOULSCAPES JOURNEY - SOUL-GAZING WITH IMAGE WORK

Soulscapes image work is one of the most powerful forms of accessing our individual and collective unconscious - the mysterious inner world. The soul does not speak to us with words and language. It does not construct sentences that follow linearly. It communicates with us through images that spark a myriad of memories, thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams. The creative use of images in soulscapes enables a connection between the conscious mind and the unconscious domain of the psyche. The elusive journey to "know thyself" is powerfully supported with soulscapes. In this journal therapy process, we combine artwork and expressive writing.

During the 11-day cycle, you will receive:

An instruction audio of +/- 20 mins explaining the 11-day journey
A 40-minute, online soulscapes teaching session (recorded for those who miss the live session)
Support to create two personal soulscapes
Four writing prompts relating to the soulscapes you create (15-30 mins of writing per day for four days)
Support and coaching to encourage your progress
Access to the private Google Chat group
Access to the online Google Meet debrief and teaching session

Prerequisites for this Level Three Course:

Introduction to Journal Therapy
Character Sketching
Working with Symbols

Investment:

ZAR 500 for South Africans and SADC
ZAR 1000 for those outside the region

Booking and registration:

Please Whatsapp +27722431451 to request a Yoco payment link and provide your Gmail address.

Event Dates and FB Links:

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ARCHETYPES JOURNEY - UNDERSTANDING OUR INNER ENERGIES

Details coming soon

During the 11-day cycle you will receive:

An instruction audio of +/- 20 mins explaining the 11-day journey
A 40-minute, online, Google Meet teaching session about archetypes (recorded for those who miss the live session)
Support to identify working archetypes
Four writing prompts relating to the selected/identified archetypes (15-30 mins of writing per day for four days)
Support and coaching to encourage your progress
Access to the private Google Chat group
Access to the online Google Meet debrief and teaching session

Prerequisites for this Level Three Course:

Introduction to Journal Therapy
Character Sketching
Working with Symbols

Investment:

ZAR 500 for South Africans and SADC
ZAR 1000 for those outside the region

Booking and registration:

Please Whatsapp +27722431451 to request a Yoco payment link and provide your Gmail address.

Event Dates and FB Links:

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HOW IT WORKS audio

The Online Journal Therapy Programme is designed to support your journey of self-discovery and personal growth. We explore journal therapy techniques and work with topics using the expressive writing process.

After you book and make payment on Yoco we proceed as follows:

You will receive a personal invitation on Google Chat. (you require a Gmail account to access the programme)
I will send a link to the 30-minute journal therapy orientation audio which you will listen to in your own time (normally sent two days before the journey starts).
You will then be added to the Google Chat Group on the date of your event by 9 am.
I will send a link to the instruction audio which explains everything you need to know about the Introduction Journey (or relevant follow-up journey).
The first day is only for introductions, technical support and logistics.
The journeys are 7 or 11 days and you work in your own time each day.
Both require only 4 days of writing for 15-30 minutes per day - no more than two hours in an entire journey.
In the 11-day journeys, we have reflection days which provide more time to reflect on the prompt.
You receive coaching and support throughout the process in the Google Chat group.
We end each process with a Google Meet audio/video call (depending on the group's needs) to debrief and receive input and guidance.

Other journeys follow the same process with minor changes.

DISCLAIMER

The Online Journal Therapy programme is not a substitute for medical treatment. Where serious mental and emotional challenges exist, professional medical assistance is required. Participants may be encouraged to seek medical assistance if the need becomes apparent during their participation. Participants are not obligated to share medical conditions but may advise the facilitator privately to raise awareness and sensitivity.